How Refreshing

Today went surprisingly well, considering it was a Monday. Typically, Mondays are our day to stay home, get laundry done, and put the house back together. This equals a pretty blah day, but today was not so. We did the usual laundry, and playing, but had a last minute visit from Aunt Jen (no school for her today). She called around 11:00 and was soon on her way to visit with mommy, while the boys napped. What a treat.

The boys both took excellent naps, which allowed Jen and I to catch up on each others lives. I helped check second grade math papers and we both enjoyed white chocolate mochas.

On another note, Jason and I will be leaving Wednesday for Mexico! I can't wait. Of course, we will be going will the rest of Jason's co-workers. How many jokes start "5 engineers walk into a bar?" None and there's a reason. Whatever follows is not likely to be funny to anyone but the 5 of them. Oh well. For Sun, Sand, Sea, Pools, and an couple days off from my day job, I'll do my best to laugh at their jokes and make the most of things.

The boys will be staying at two of Tacoma's finest 5-star luxury all-inclusinve resorts, also known as their grandparents. I hope they want to come home at the end of their vacation.

ADIOS!

Trying Something New

Last week I decided to try and arrange my spices a different way. I have always kept them in the cupboard next to the stove, all in nice rows, arranged alphabetically. It just seems like I continue to gain new varieties of spices with no real neat way to store them. So, I set out to find a new more organized style of keeping my spice containers. It did not take me long to discover that the almost useless, storage shelves on the other side of the stove would be a perfect place to keep them. The shelves are only useless, because you can store nothing larger than a 14.5oz can of food along them, one can deep and once can high.

After only a short time, I had moved my kitchen around, and so far it's all working great!

Our Little Scholar

It's hard to enjoy a fire burning in the fireplace without a good book in hand, and of course daddy's glasses.

A New Year

Happy New Year to you all! Before completely moving on to a new year, I wanted to share a few pictures from out Christmas last week.

Making Memories

Last night we made sugar cookies. Levin felt pretty special, being able to put the decorations on himself. He was even given permission to eat one cookie, once they were done baking.

Snow, snow and more snow

A combination of the weather, and Jason's truck being out of commission, has left the boys and I at home nearly all week. Yesterday I finally took the boys out to play in the snow, which Levin was pretty excited about. I think we stayed outside for a total of maybe 10 minutes, because it was so cold. Philip was not a huge fan, since he had a hard time walking in all his layers of clothing.

As Good As New

Today was Philip's surgery, and we are blessed to be able to say that all went well. The Doctor did diagnose the lump as a Thyroglossal Duct Cyst. It is nothing serious, and should require no further treatment. The surgery was a bit more involved than initially thought (meaning that the cyst was larger than forseen, and even had some scar tissue in parts around it), but Philip did well, and is now at home resting comfortably with the aid of many drugs.

Thank you for your prayers!