Advent Calendar

Here's a neat idea for a do-it-yourself Advent calendar. One of these years I'm going to do this.

Not this year, I fear.

Forget Harry Potter

Trek fans, look what's coming!



Hurry up, May 2009!

Counting Down

It's snowing outside--giant, fluffy flakes. It's starting to feel like Christmas! We have a bit of a dilemma this year, about where to put the tree. We're thinking of getting an itty bitty potted tree, in which case the ornaments above will remain in storage.

The family room got smaller, you see. In January we added a treadmill because there was no other space to place it.

Somehow I can't envision a full-sized, bedecked Christmas tree surviving in the same room with a treadmill that gets pounded on multiple times per week.

What to do...

Like Father, Like Son

Last Chance

...to play in the leaves this season.
They did eventually get around to removing the leaves.

Thirteen Is

Sweet
Thoughtful
Hopeful
and Fun!

You are the busiest thirteen-year-old I know. This year you are taking dance, voice, and drama. You are involved in FIRST Lego League, flag football, confirmation classes, youth group, and piano. You're best subjects are...all of them. You want to be an author when you grow up, and to be a mom. You love babies and wish that I would have more of them (!).

You write, knit, draw, sculp, stamp, and bead.

You are a sincere and loyal friend, and you have a big heart.
Your birth changed our lives forever, and for that we Thank God every day. I can't wait to see what the next thirteen years bring you.

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!