Jessica's Recap For The Day

Saturday we all sat around and watched the movie Phenomenon with John Travolta. If you haven't seen it (you should) I don't want to spoil it, but if you have seen it this story will make a little more sense. Or at least the initial connection to the story.

At the end of Phenomenon they are having a birthday party. As soon as it's over Jessica turns to me and says (be sure to read this like a 6 year old is telling a story...her voice would go up on the last word of each phrase)...

They had this birthday party...for a dead guy...and his last name was King, but he wasn't really a king, it was just his last name. And his first name was...John Buford...and he got shot.

It took me a second to realize who she was talking about. At first I thought she was talking about the movie, but when she said "John Buford" I realized she meant "Martin Luther" and I started cracking up.

In case you haven't noticed, she's a fake-it-til-you-make it kind of girl.

Christmas Recap and Happy New Year!

We had a good Christmas. We didn't get to see family, but we had a nice quiet time at home playing games and just hanging out together.




And Santa came to our house early!!! Here he is with all the kids...



Jake wasn't too sure about this guy but he warmed up to him soon enough. I couldn't believe how much Stan looked like Santa with all that white. And in case you're wondering, that's his real beard that I promptly made him trim when Christmas was over.


And of course the presents...

Here's Mr. and Mrs. Claus...She seems to be aging better than he is. LOL

It's that time of year when everyone bundles up and walks around with clinched cheeks (and I don't mean the ones on each side of your smile!) because of the ice.

We've gotten quite a bit of snow the past few weeks. It hasn't been very cold so it melts and freezes again and again. We're actually on a flood watch today since it's in the 40's and all that snow is melting. Crazy.

This was taken (by me sticking my head out our back door since I didn't have shoes on) the first day of the new year...

Hope your new year is going great so far!