It's Over

Thanksgiving, Birthdays, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years Eve, New Years Day; it's ALL over. I always feel a little relief when January finally comes. However, I truely enjoyed the holiday season. I love my family and dearest friends and I feel so blessed to share my life and the lives of my boys with each one of them. Kevin was home for a week at Christmas which always makes our Christmas complete. It's always hard to say goodbye though. We're holding our breath in hopes that he'll move west very soon. (Go west young man!) =) Julie is going to finish her last semester of Bible College in Spain. She leaves Feb.1st and I'm going to miss her. I'm excited that she has this opportunity. She will, without a doubt, get the bug and this will only be the beginning of her travels. However, I hope that one day our family can all live close to each other again. I'd settle for the same state. =) I'm excited to see what this new year brings. On with 2008!

1st Birthday

James turned one on Nov. 16th. He didn't get a huge party like his older brother. I really didn't think I'd be the kind of Mom that does everything for the first child and then nothing for the rest. So I feel like I need to defend myself with all my excuses. Well, it's 6 days before Thanksgiving and I figured that it's a bit redundant to get the family all together for a celebration twice in one week. We have 4 birthdays in my family in November and it's just easier to celebrate them all together. We DID sing to James on his birthday and he got to have some carrot cake. He just ate the frosting. I took a few pictures to prove we celebrated so that when he is old enough to see that his brother got a party, he won't feel too left out.

Happy Birthday James!

Circus

We were given last minute free tickets to the Circus at Arco Arena. We went on Saturday and it was great. It was our nephew's birthday so we brought him as well. It is pretty amazing what they can train the animals to do. It was a 2 hr show and the kids loved it. This was just one event in our busy schedule this past weekend.

The State of the Science

Everyone should know about this. I love their products!!

Mail Call

"Mom, can I look at that Harry Pottery Barn Kids magazine, please?"

-Caleb

Empty Pockets

I found lots of little treasures in Caleb's pockets before doing his laundry today. I found a popsicle stick, acorn, two Cherrios that looked like they had been sucked on prior to entering the pocket and had lint stuck in their centers, a bee bee, and a light saber (not life size of course). Quite a treasure collection, wouldn't you say?

Morning Routine

We're starting to get used to our new morning routine before school. We have to wake Caleb up around 7:00am, feed him breakfast, get dressed, etc. Today when I was trying to convince him to let me put product in his hair (which he hates), he said he can tell if he's hansome by laughing in the mirror. So after every pass through his hair with product he would turn and laugh in the mirror. Satisfied he said, "yup, handsome." I agreed.