2009 Vacation

Well, it's official. Or at least partially official. We booked our Alaskan cruise/tour last week to celebrate our "official" 10th anniversary a few months early. We leave Dallas on Wednesday, June 10 and will be touring Fairbanks and Denali National Park on the land part and then taking a cruise from Seward down to Vancouver with several stops along the way. We plan to spend a couple days in Vancouver (since we went there on our honeymoon.) We should be home on or around Friday, June 26th.

For those who might be interested, the cruise lines are offering some terrific deals right now due to the slow economy. Our package cost of half of what it was listed at back in November when we first started investigating prices.

Jay Bird

We spent most of the day yesterday in the front yard getting rid of the bushes that had overtaken our front flowerbeds. As we were beginning to clean up, I walked around to the backyard to get the kids to come clean up their toys. I found Katie laying on top of the picnic table naked as a jay bird! Apparently, she needed to go #2 and didn't want to have to come into the house, so she took care of her business outside and then was enjoying her new freedom without clothes! I sure hope none of the neighbors saw that!!

Friction

Josh stays after school with me a couple days each week. He loves to watch these children's videos called "The Magic School Bus." They are about an elementary class that takes field trips with their Science teacher and learn all kinds of things first-hand. I guess he has been learning things from watching them because after watching one on movement the other day, he applied his new understanding. Today as we left the building to go home, he was carrying a package of cheese crackers on top of his library book (with the slick plastic library cover). After the crackers fell on the floor twice, he asked me if they fell because there was no friction.

Manners

As we were getting ready to leave for church this morning, Katie asked Josh to help her buckle her seatbelt. His reply was "Yes Ma'am." I guess he realized that he didn't have to call his sister Ma'am, so he quickly said, "Yes, Katie."

Ice Day

After six different phone calls this morning, we ended up sleeping in due to the cancellation of school for an ice storm last night. Stan checked outside to find that the street was dry around 9:30. We got the kids dressed and decided to go get donuts. As we left the second donut store that was closed, Katie says, "Where is the donut store?" After we tell her it is closed, she says "Waaait a minute!" We then ended up at McDonalds, but breakfast time was over so the kids had chicken nuggets. As we were leaving, Josh asked his sister, "Katie did you like our breakfast at McDonalds?" She said, "Yeah," to which he replied, "I enjoyed our breakfast," sounding just like an adult trying to be polite.

Nowhere and Cute

Earlier this week Joshua asked me "where are you if you are nowhere?" I was really surprised by his question, and it took me a second to think of how to answer him. I told him that you can't be nowhere if you are alive. He seemed to be okay with that answer.

Katie's new thing is to get on her pajamas each night, which happen to have frog princesses on them. Then she asks to go show the mirror and when she sees it, she points at herself in the mirror and says "I'm cute."

Christmas 2008

I am starting this blog as a way to keep in touch with my friends and family.

To start, I thought I'd share a quote I saw today on another blog. It seems very prophetic for me and hopefully my family will agree.

“What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal and that every path may lead to peace.” - Agnes M. Pharo