Holidays and Illness

I am not certain of the exact statistics on this particular phenomenon, but in my household, it seems that every time there is a holiday, most of us end up ill. 

Today, I am the one who is starting this lovely holiday trend.  Sore throat, achy body and a cranky mood.  What wonderful fun.   Anyway, we are persevering and I am sure we will all have some lovely fun tomorrow.

Summer was lovely this year.  We had loads of fun swimming in the local lakes and we discovered that Ayden is actually afraid of the water.  Imagine that, lol.   The garden did really well for the most part.  We ended up with about 36 pints of salsa from our tomatoes and onions.  I did have to purchase some of the peppers, since they didn't do so well.  We also got lots of green beans, broccoli, cabbage and Kale.  Yum.   The last thing I picked were the pumpkins.  I ended up with about 24 of them.  I am thinking we will be eating lots of pumpkin bread and pie this year.  :-)  No sorrow there. 

 Lest anyone wonder, Ayden put himself in the dog house and it is not latched.  However, it was very amusing at the time because he was pretending to be the dog and take a nap inside the kennel. 

Another update

Life has been very boring lately. This is a very good thing, excitement is over rated. In fact, I think that an old chinese curse was, "May you live in interesting times."

So, here is a Huzzah for boredom.

Long overdue update

Ayden was very unsure about the whole unwrapping presents gig. As you can see from his expression, he would have rather been somewhere else, doing something else. However, the rest of us were fully amused by his expressions.

These photos are all from the cell phone camera, so they are a bit fuzzy at times. But, if I didn't have the cell phone camera, there wouldn't be any photos at all. :-)

After seeing the first several photos, one might conclude that Ayden likes hats and other fun adornments for the head. This would be a correct conclusion. We had pork ribs from Famous Dave's. Ayden ate the first rib and cried when I tried to take the sparkly clean bone away from him. He was only willing to give it up when he had a new one in exchange.

As you can see, he was fully engrossed in the important business of eating. YUMMY!

David with his snowman. Made it by himself and used rocks and branches for face and arms.

Ayden in my lap at our Christmas party this year (2009)

This photo is a bit blurry, but Ayden is wearing a hand made hat from Bolivia, brought home by Andrew from his mission. I thought it was pretty cute.

One of my vases being displayed at the Franklin Art Show

Of course, Ayden.

An old Family photo.

Life has been most interesting. Finals are almost over. Now, I have a little time for twaddle and funny thoughts, plodding hyperbole and brilliant metaphor.

Hum, I think I may need to hire someone.

Ayden and Music ball

School season and Fall...2009

So, school is upon us again. Expensive books, brisk air and sharp pencils that hopefully lead to sharp minds. I hope that mine starts to feel that way soon.....

David is doing well and Ayden is growing up fast. He has his first tooth and is getting two more on top. David especially is enjoying his 2nd grade year. He has a great teacher and is enjoying spending some time with his grandparents during the week.

Ayden is crawling and climbing all over the place. Yesterday, he climbed up on the coffee table. I have decided that the wool shorties and longies are great. I especially like the wool longies for this cooler weather. They protect Ayden's legs really well and keep him warm and dry at the same time.

James Blunt Same Mistake Lyrics:
Saw the world turning in my sheets and once again I cannot sleep.
Walk out the door and up the street; look at the stars beneath my feet.
Remember rights that I did wrong, so here I go. Hello, hello.
There is no place I cannot go.

My mind is muddy but my heart is heavy. Does it show?
I lose the track that loses me, so here I go.
And so I sent some men to fight, and one came back at dead of night.
Said he'd seen my enemy.
Said he looked just like me, So I set out to cut myself and here I go.

I'm not calling for a second chance, I'm screaming at the top of my voice. Give me reason but don't give me choice.
'Cause I'll just make the same mistake again.
And maybe someday we will meet, and maybe talk and not just speak.
Don't buy the promises 'cause, there are no promises I keep.
And my reflection troubles me, so here I go.
I'm not calling for a second chance,I'm screaming at the top of my voice.
Give me reason but don't give me choice.
'Cause I'll just make the same mistake, I'm not calling for a second chance, I'm screaming at the top of my voice. Give me reason but don't give me choice.
'Cause I'll just make the same mistake again.

Saw the world turning in my sheets and once again I cannot sleep.
Walk out the door and up the street; look at the stars.
Look at the stars fall down.

And wonder where did I go wrong.

Lyrics: Same Mistake, James Blunt