We missed Looney's but....

This was fun.

White Christmas!

We were in Iowa for Christmas day after spending some days in Springfield with Rob's family. Cold but fun for Ian and Lily to play in the snow. Lily was turning red and shaking from the cold but refused to come inside....we had to drag her in crying.

Cool new thing for me.

I've always wanted to make sketchbooks. So I searched it on You Tube to see if I could find out how. I did.


She makes it really easy to do. I've made some adjustments to make it easier for me...but I loved doing this. I made a journal for Rob.







I was pretty excited with how it turned out, so I made a "baby book" for a friend a.k.a. blog stalker. I don't have a picture of it...but it was pretty cute.

So, you should try it. It's fun. Let me in on any ideas, suggestions or anything.

Our Thanksgiving Rocked!

I mean that...we have gone the last few years to our good friends family's house for Thanksgiving. This year our other friend...or I should say (as Ian says every time we see him at church) "my friend", Stuart, played a little Led Zeppelin for us and a little of his own original work. He was quite impressive and I could tell has many hours of practice put in on the guitar. We are welcomed year after year to this sweet family's house and this year it was very anticipated, coming from a difficult couple of weeks. It was nice to sit and be around these loving people that show Christ's love and spirit, not just today, but always. Ian was in heaven running and sweating like a madman with the thousand grandkids. Lily wasn't feeling well, but enjoyed sitting with mom and dad and listening to the music...they both enjoyed the cranberry sauce.

.Ian for notes lovE

So, here is Ian's first love note. It was in his folder coming home today. She is a very skilled artist and I love her sentence structuring. Very unique. (I'm not even going to post one of Ian's pictures, not near as impressive) Lindsay, the author's mother, told me that she writes them to him frequently, but this was the first I've seen in person. Ian says he has more in his cubby at school. So....how long can preschool love's last? If you look at the links....it's been a little longer than I thought. Conversation example of the other day....

Mom: So what would you name another baby?

Ian: I want to have 10 girl babies and 10 boy babies.

Mom: hmmm....(not happening) I'll let your wife know that.

Ian: You mean Tatum? (the love of his 4.5 year old life)

Mom: ......yea, I guess.

Happy Birthday, a few days late

too you....Happy Birthday, a few days late, too you. Happy Birthday, a few days late, Dear Colleen....Happy Birthday, few days late too you.

Happy Birthday, a few days late

too you....Happy Birthday, a few days late, too you. Happy Birthday, a few days late, Dear Kristin....Happy Birthday, few days late too you.

Would it really be me, if I wasn't late?