January Pictures

Here are some pictures from January.

Jan 2009

"Funny things are everywhere"

"Every day, from here to there, funny things are everywhere." (Dr. Seuss)

On Friday, after many requests, I made cookies with the kids. I had the hand mixer going, with both Sienna and Colby standing on stools at the counter “helping”. Ashley was holding onto my pant legs but let go and fell flat on her face, screaming. So I quickly turned the mixer off to bend and pick her up. I set the mixer on the counter, still with a lot of cookie dough on the beaters. Not missing a beat, Colby grabbed the mixer and switched it to on, with the beaters still in the air. Result: cookie dough everywhere! All I could do was laugh.


(This was actually taken last Sunday when it was Colby's turn to help with treats for Family Home Evening.)

Yesterday we went to Dunbar Caves State Park, near Clarksville, Tennessee. It was 36 degrees outside, but it was sunny and felt nice and we had cabin fever. So we needed to go somewhere. It was a small park. We started by feeding the geese and ducks at the lake. The caves were actually closed for the winter. The kids probably would have been scared anyway. So we kept walking around the lake.

We’d been there about 20 minutes when Bryan decided to walk on a tree that had fallen over onto the lake. It was hardly in the water at all. Then he got Sienna and Colby to climb out on it.



Three minutes later...



It was all great until Colby decided to walk back by himself. I was dancing around on the sidewalk with Ashley, afraid to watch but couldn't not watch. He actually did really well and made it almost to the end, but then turned around and fell in. It wasn’t deep and Bryan pulled him out, but he was soaked and cold and quite upset. It was so hard not to laugh, and I'm afraid we didn't try very hard. The best part was Sienna’s line immediately after: “I told you we should have brought our swimsuits!”

So that put an end to our outing. We went to a nearby Walmart to get him a change of clothes, then to Applebee’s for lunch. It was a nice outing, dip in the lake included.

Art Mowseum

Announcing the grand opening of the Sienna Clare "Art Mowseum":



Visitors welcome, but remember, "Dontuch."

Brrrrr Cold

It's 2:30 in the afternoon and 18 degrees outside. Cold enough to make your hair stand on end.




Here's some pictures from our Christmas vacation and the rest of December.

Christmas Vacation 2008

Dec 2008

Grocery shopping in style

Yesterday while I was sitting at the computer Sienna was behind me playing with my hair (I love that feeling). She stuck about 5 barrettes on top at random angles. I should have taken a picture. Then after the kids went to bed I went grocery shopping. I totally forgot about the barrettes in my hair. Tells you how much I care about my appearance these days. Luckily the store was fairly empty.

As a side note, if I put a link to this Food Storage Blog in my blog, I get entered into a giveaway drawing. So there you go.

Colby Concert

Colby is quite the little soloist. Here are some of our favorites over the last little while.

"Hey Diddle Diddle"



"I Can Count by 10s"


Our favorite: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"


And yes, he likes to play with his ear.

November Pictures

Nov2008