The leaves are finally pretty much down off the trees. Thankfully, the weather is still wonderfully mild - high's in the 50's. I guess mild is relative. But so far, I have felt pretty warm. Last year at this time, I felt like I was FREEZING! And I had already been sick 2-3 times. So far, praise God, I have been healthy. I've also gotten vaccinated with the seasonal flu (twice), the swine flu, the avian flu, the bovine flu, the canine flu, the feline flu, and every other animal flu that fit in the ark...
Here's one last fall video before winter strikes!
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
The tooth is out!
While Sandy and Emery were away, I decided to take care of some unfinished business with one of the boys. Andrew has had a loose tooth for many weeks if not months, and I decided it was time for it to come out. His adult tooth had fully come out behind the baby tooth, but he was not too ambitious when it came to shaking that baby one out. He didn't want me to pull it either. So we decided to use some thread and pull it. It was either me or him so he insisted on doing it himself, and this is what happened. (Excuse the picture - how did that happen?!)
2 done, 18 to go...but a couple more are loose (insert dramatic evil sounding laugh). Unfortunately for Matt, he's a little too short to be in the video and a little too short to see anything!
And on a completely different note, Matt asked me this question tonight:
If you get bitten by a poisonous spider, will you die or turn into Spiderman?
He's going to grow up and do great things...
2 done, 18 to go...but a couple more are loose (insert dramatic evil sounding laugh). Unfortunately for Matt, he's a little too short to be in the video and a little too short to see anything!
And on a completely different note, Matt asked me this question tonight:
If you get bitten by a poisonous spider, will you die or turn into Spiderman?
He's going to grow up and do great things...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Welcome home!
Sorry, it's been a while. Sandy and Emery left for California thanks to a gift from someone at our church. Apparently, I can't blog without them!
We decided to bake them some welcome home cupcakes. Don't look too closely at the cupcakes! I think this is the first time I've baked anything since we've been married. Needless to say, I really surprised Sandy. And I didn't think to take the picture right away. So we lost a few letters. The "z" is part of Emzy. I didn't have enough cupcakes to spell out Emery.
They went to the beach. Emery LOVED the beach.
It looks like they had a good time. But we're glad to have them back home in Kansas.
We decided to bake them some welcome home cupcakes. Don't look too closely at the cupcakes! I think this is the first time I've baked anything since we've been married. Needless to say, I really surprised Sandy. And I didn't think to take the picture right away. So we lost a few letters. The "z" is part of Emzy. I didn't have enough cupcakes to spell out Emery.
They went to the beach. Emery LOVED the beach.
It looks like they had a good time. But we're glad to have them back home in Kansas.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Bibliology
Andrew pretty much has his bibliology verses down - 2 Tim 3:16 and 2 Peter 1:21. Now I can teach him about verbal plenary inspiration. :)
Try not to be distracted by Emery in the lower corner. I think she's bored to tears.
Try not to be distracted by Emery in the lower corner. I think she's bored to tears.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Proverbs 1:7
It's never too early to teach our kids about the benefits of fearing the Lord.
It's amazing how easily memorizing verses come to Emery.
It's amazing how easily memorizing verses come to Emery.
Monday, November 9, 2009
While mom's away...
we play. Well, not really. But Sandy went to Bible study...
So Matt did a 25 piece puzzle all by himself. He was really proud of his accomplishment and actually so was I. I hope he continues to like puzzles when he grows up because I like to do them too.
Everyone took baths. Although I have to confess, I was a bad father tonight. As Emery finished up her dinner, she asked for some oranges. Everyone had already finished and eaten their oranges, but because I was washing the dishes and didn't want to bother cutting up an orange, I told her not to eat an orange and to wait for popcorn. So what did she say?
"Dad, I don't want to eat popcorn because it's junk food. I want to eat an orange." Of course, after a second or 2 of thinking about, she said, "Actually dad, I changed my mind. I'll have popcorn." Thankfully, Sandy hadn't left yet and cut up an orange for her.
And we all had popcorn and a movie night! It's good to be dad.
So Matt did a 25 piece puzzle all by himself. He was really proud of his accomplishment and actually so was I. I hope he continues to like puzzles when he grows up because I like to do them too.
Everyone took baths. Although I have to confess, I was a bad father tonight. As Emery finished up her dinner, she asked for some oranges. Everyone had already finished and eaten their oranges, but because I was washing the dishes and didn't want to bother cutting up an orange, I told her not to eat an orange and to wait for popcorn. So what did she say?"Dad, I don't want to eat popcorn because it's junk food. I want to eat an orange." Of course, after a second or 2 of thinking about, she said, "Actually dad, I changed my mind. I'll have popcorn." Thankfully, Sandy hadn't left yet and cut up an orange for her.
And we all had popcorn and a movie night! It's good to be dad.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Books
I'll be honest. I've been a bit burnt out in my reading. So I turned to book #4 in the Left Behind series for a bit of light entertainment to give my mind a break and have some fun. It was exactly that.
I also read another Christian fiction book - Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. I must say that it was very well written. I think it has to be the most poetic and colorful book that I've ever read. I think everyone loves this book and while I liked it, for some reason, the story didn't move fast enough for me. I think I want to read about explosions, battles and mysteries in my fiction.I set a goal to read 12 books this year. So far, I'm at 17. I think I may hit 20 by the end of the year. Amazing! I've never read this much in my life.
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