Where to Begin

The lack of blogging is not due to nothing to blog about, but rather where to begin.

I'll start with our church's Christmas party. I am over activities at our church which includes an annual Christmas party. We had different soups for dinner with rolls and then everyone brought a dessert to share. Brent and my nephew Adam put together a conference call with Santa live via satellite from the North Pole and the primary children sang. We did a reenactment of the Nativity that turned out well for being VERY last minute. I hope nobody could tell. I was so grateful for the talented people around me that were willing to step in and help put it together. Overall I think it was a success and I already have thoughts churning in my head about what to do next year. (No pictures. I was counting on my lovely sister bringing her camera so I didn't bring mine and I don't think I saw her taking any pics)

The ladder slipped out from under Brent as he was cleaning up the wonderful light display he had strung across the ceiling. Luckily he sustained no major injuries and Ian had walked away from that area. Phew! What a blessing nobody got hurt. I think my heart stopped for a sec when I heard the crash and everyone gasp when I was out in the hallway. I'm grateful he's out in the living room playing with the Little People sets with our 2 boys.

More to come...

Super Saturday

Ian slept in until 10:30. My body won't let me sleep past 8:00 anymore. We got to spend 2 hours laughing and playing with Seth.

I got to hear him say, "Thatsh sho aweshome!" many times and he asked me if his feet smelled like roses.

Went to a birthday party for a girl in Seth's preschool class and got to see him take bowling very seriously. Got to meet some pretty cool moms too.

Dropped Seth off at my sisters and went to eat and visit at our neighbors. They have twin babies and they were baptized at their church today. I'm grateful for good, fun, normal neighbors.

Came home to discover that someone had cut the Christmas lights in our bushes...again. Yes, it is officially a crime in my book and the perpetrator will be caught. Oh yes. He/She/They will be caught.

FHE Idea

This is what we did for our activity for Family Home Evening last Monday. I got the idea from my friend Angela's blog, but since her blog is private, here's our pics.

It's a fun idea. We didn't really tie it into the lesson but you could easily. I would suggest leaving the marshmallows out for a little bit before you build it because ours were a little too soft at first. I did take the toothpick out of Ian's mouth right after I saw it but I thought he was funny how he acted like it was no big deal he put it there. Do we have a redneck on our hands? Not that there's anything wrong with that.

So big!

Ian is growing up too fast. He's already getting his own cereal in the morning. It's actually kind of nice because now I can sleep in. :)

Big Brother Tison

My brother and his wife just had baby number four! A boy!

Hopefully his older brother Tison goes a little easier on him then he did on Ian.

3-2-1 Liftoff!

I don't know if it's because I grew up here or not, but I love to watch the shuttle go up. I never get tired of seeing it and always get a little teary-eyed. All of the launches are cool, but the night launches can't be beat. It is as bright as dawn when it goes up.

Amy planned a bonfire on the beach so a bunch of us went and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and had the perfect view. The kids had a blast digging in the sand and running around.

Halloween

I love Halloween. It's the start of the major holiday season. My plan was to do a Halloween craft a day with Seth, even if it was a small one, but we didn't quite make it. We did a lot of fun ones though and I'm geared up for December.

We kicked off the trick or treating with the Fall Festival at church. Seth was running around from booth to booth and car to car.

Then we went trick or treating on Halloween with the cousins in their neighborhood. We went to our neighbors across the street before we left and they gave Seth a some glow sticks. It was so thoughtful and Seth loves glow sticks. Seth dressed up as Obi Wan Kanobe (Star Wars fans, correct me on my spelling if that's wrong) and Ian went as a football player, in case you couldn't tell) Are they not the cutest boys?