Frosty mornings

MXRice, you would not be proud. I have had to start idling the car in the mornings to warm up before I leave. It is frosty (more like icy) these days in Virginia. If I don't go out and warm it up for at least 45 minutes (kidding!) I am just too cold driving with my shorts and T-shirt. :)
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OK you caught me, the pic is last year, but it shows the outfit I most like to wear this time of year. Just have to keep my gloves on so my hands don't get cold.

Want to use my laptop?

Last night Sydney came to me with two puzzles with all the pieces taken and asked me if I wanted to use her laptop. She set the boards on my lap with one laying (like the keyboard) and the other standing up (like the screen). So, I pretended to type on it. She told me I should write an email to Grandma. So, I talked out loud as I typed the email. "Dear Grandma, Sydney loves to talk to you on the phone. We can't wait until you come to visit us in Grundy, etc., etc., Love, Mommy" Next it was Sydney's turn. She decided to Email Jackson. "Dear Jackson, I don't like it when you come in the bathroom while I'm going pee pee. Sometimes you forget to use your inside voice. I like to play with legos, etc., etc., Love, Sydney" We took turns back and forth emailing people. I told her it was time to do one more email and then go to bed. She decided to email Jesus. "Dear Jesus, I love you so much. Sometimes when I have a scary dream I say a prayer to help me go back to sleep. I like to go to Primary. Love, Sydney."

Isn't it amazing how kids have the desire to talk to and know Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ? Out of all the friends she could have "emailed", she chose our Savior. I think we can all learn a lesson from that.

high-YAW!

Project Poodle

With Halloween just around the corner Sydney and I spent the afternoon working on her costume. She helped me lay the material to measure and cut it and then sat by me while I sewed on it. I don't know if she's ever seen me use the sewing machine before....probably because I rarely sew, and when I do it's during the kids' naps. Anyways, she was very interested and we had lots of fun. Here are some pictures of our project.

Of course the Minnie Mouse shirt won't be a part of the costume ;-)

Jackson's coloring

long night

Balloon fun

sunny day

After posting some pictures on Facebook of me as a baby I had several people comment on how much they could see Jackson in me. So, just for kicks I put together this picture of all four of us when we were one year old. On top it's me and Jackson, and on bottom it's Sydney and McKay. what do you think?

A new beginning.

So, thanks to tons of help from McKay we have compiled all our past blogging updates into this blog. Thanks to Linda, Angie, Andrea, and everyone else who has wonderful blogs where I got good ideas for mine. I'm hoping this blog will be easier to maintain and keep everyone updated on our lives while we're so far from home.

~Keresa~