We haven't done as much decorating as last year, but we really like our new fence! We actually had the lighted garlands since September, before our fence was even installed. We like how the look turned out.
So it's been busy around here since Thanksgiving. We had a fun time in Pennsylvania with Grammum and Pappy and their new puppy Zeke. The kids did pretty good in the car. We're looking forward to Christmas in Oregon and meeting the new cousins...
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Evalyn's Cute Sayings
(I realized I never put these cute Evalyn-isms into a post, so I'll call this Dec 5th)
At bedtime we routinely step outside and say goodnight to the moon and stars, or clouds if they're blocking the former. We'd been talking about how the moon looks different and changes. One night as we look out at the moon and she saw it's gibbous state exclaimed: "The moon is going to have a full belly!"
We've been going over the nativity scene and Baby Jesus in the manger, usually surrounded by yellow hay. I was lounging on the couch and invited Evalyn to climb up and sleep with me. She said, "It's my own manger!" while settling in on a yellow blanket in the crook between Mommy's bent legs.
At bedtime we routinely step outside and say goodnight to the moon and stars, or clouds if they're blocking the former. We'd been talking about how the moon looks different and changes. One night as we look out at the moon and she saw it's gibbous state exclaimed: "The moon is going to have a full belly!"
We've been going over the nativity scene and Baby Jesus in the manger, usually surrounded by yellow hay. I was lounging on the couch and invited Evalyn to climb up and sleep with me. She said, "It's my own manger!" while settling in on a yellow blanket in the crook between Mommy's bent legs.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Happy Halloween!
So I'm a little late with the post, but it's better late than never! A few days before Halloween we went to the church party that always includes a Trunk-or-Treat. Only this year it was raining heavily, so they improvised and had the adults line the hallway and overflow instead of the trunks of their cars to hand candy out to the throngs of children who squeezed through with parents.
Pumpkin carving with the kids was a blast! Henry just chilled, but Evalyn really got into it. She was still sqeamish about handling the slimy innards of the pumpkin, but she loved the faces we carved and seeing them all lit up. : ) "Daddy's pumkin's smiling at me!" she said upon seeing it lit for the first time.
And finally Trick-or-Treating on our street. All 7 of the houses that had their lights on. But that's about right for two kids under 3! Henry would've been fine after one house, but Evalyn was raring to go. She was most excited about the apple from our neighbor across the street who saved one just for her. Since we are the only people on the street with young kids, it's a novelty to have "homegrown" trick-or-treaters!
And of course, here's some photos. : )
Pumpkin carving with the kids was a blast! Henry just chilled, but Evalyn really got into it. She was still sqeamish about handling the slimy innards of the pumpkin, but she loved the faces we carved and seeing them all lit up. : ) "Daddy's pumkin's smiling at me!" she said upon seeing it lit for the first time.
And finally Trick-or-Treating on our street. All 7 of the houses that had their lights on. But that's about right for two kids under 3! Henry would've been fine after one house, but Evalyn was raring to go. She was most excited about the apple from our neighbor across the street who saved one just for her. Since we are the only people on the street with young kids, it's a novelty to have "homegrown" trick-or-treaters!
And of course, here's some photos. : )
Sunday, October 29, 2006
123rd Page
(I saw this on Corinne's blog.)
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
Although "my dear Father in his dear Son, roused me every now and then by dangers and deliverances," Marrant wrote, it was not until after his discharge ashore that he again found the Lord. Boston King experienced similar spiritual isolation. Born into South Carolinian slavery, King fled to the British navy about the time Marrant succumbed to the press. He served a short naval stint, worked on a pilot boat out of New York, and then fished several seasons on the Labrador coast after joining the loyalist exodus to Nova Soctia.
This is from Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail, one of Matt's research books for the screenplay he started writing several years ago. The first book I grabbed (52 Weeks of Family Night) only had 103 pages. The next one (Famiy Home Evening Guide) had a picture on page 123. So I went to Matt's bookcase and grabbed the first one that caught my eye.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
Although "my dear Father in his dear Son, roused me every now and then by dangers and deliverances," Marrant wrote, it was not until after his discharge ashore that he again found the Lord. Boston King experienced similar spiritual isolation. Born into South Carolinian slavery, King fled to the British navy about the time Marrant succumbed to the press. He served a short naval stint, worked on a pilot boat out of New York, and then fished several seasons on the Labrador coast after joining the loyalist exodus to Nova Soctia.
This is from Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail, one of Matt's research books for the screenplay he started writing several years ago. The first book I grabbed (52 Weeks of Family Night) only had 103 pages. The next one (Famiy Home Evening Guide) had a picture on page 123. So I went to Matt's bookcase and grabbed the first one that caught my eye.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
We love the fall!!
On Friday we had a great family day. We drove up to the Catoctins near a small town called Thurmont, MD. We hiked to the falls at Cunningham Falls State Park, journeying through forested glens accented by the sharp, yet muted colors of fall admist the great Eastern hardwoods. We rewarded ourselves with a picnic spread at the end, curtesy of a fine made-to-order at Sheetz :-) Then the kids napped in the car while Matt fished the step pools on Big Hunting Creek and Holly read a book. Then we drove off to the famed Crumland Farms and enjoyed a late-afternoon barnyard frolic -- think hayrides, pumpkin patch, corn maze, goats and Johnny Cash!
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