Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Over the Mountain and through the Desert...

Because, yes, Washington does have a desert.

Heading to Spokane for Thanksgiving.

Not excited about the drive. But I am excited about the food. Mmmmm.
Not excited about the drive back.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday, November 20, 2009

I am so ready for Christmas Vacation…

THE MOVIE!

I can’t wait for Thanksgiving to come so we can finally start watching all of our Christmas movies. That is one of my most favorite traditions of ours. We have quite a few Christmas movies and we watch ALL OF THEM between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I’m not going to lie…sometimes we watch a few after Christmas too. Hot Chocolate and a movie on Friday night? Yes, Please. I almost always fall asleep before the end of every single movie we watch. But NEVER during Christmas Vacation. Although, I think this year we are going to need to do some talking about the appropriateness of some of the movie…I still love it.

"...'lota sap in here..."

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Really? really?

So, I'm picking T up from Girl Scouts.

They had a parent meeting at the end of the troop meeting so I'm sitting there trying to look 10 years older. Let me tell you, a Girl Scout meeting is no place for a Dad.

The leader is telling us about this program that the girls are doing in January. I'm listening attentively. T is going to work with another girl, let's call her "Emma" on this program. Emma's Mom comes up to me and says, "So, your Tayler's Mom?" I say, "I'm Tayler's step-mom." To which she says, "Oh, I see." And gets up walks across the room to sit with another Mom...

What does she "see"? Can someone tell me? I'm really curious.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Happy Birthday T!

We carved pumpkins...
with power tools.



















We painted pumpkins...



















We did rough drafts first....













We looked too darn cute....




















T also blew out some candles. Ate some chili. Ate some brownies. Opened some super thoughtful presents. Went trick-or-treating. And FELL into BED. Completely exhuasted. Great Birthday and Halloween all around. Thank you for helping make T's day special!