What do I want for Christmas?

Dylan hadn't sat on Santa's lap this year so I took him to the mall yesterday so he could tell him what he wanted for Christmas. He took one look at him and said "That doesn't look like Santa." I let him know that Santa doesn't wear his red outfit in Hawaii because it is too hot. He decided he would talk to him but he did not want to sit on his lap. Before he talked to Santa, Dylan asked me if it was a scooter he wanted for Christmas (like it is my decision what he wants). He must have got nervous because when he told Santa what he wanted he told him a bike but he remembered as we were leaving and told Santa "I mean a scooter."

Winter Festival

School performances can be entertaining (at least for the parents).

Dylan sang most of the songs his class was singing but for some reason he didn't care to do the actions. Brendan was a Frenchman for his part in the program.
He later had to dance with a girl.

Jordan played the ukulele in his cardboard costume he worked all night creating.

Jordan has found a new passion in the guitar and ukulele.

A few things I am thankful for...

From the last couple of weeks

Dylan's unique personality. For Thanksgiving his school teacher asked him to bring in pictures of two things he is thankful for. He choose this tree which he said is his favorite tree. (Apparently the palm trees in front of our house have ants so he doesn't like them.) I loved how when I went to take a picture of the tree for him he ran and put his arms around it and smiled really big. The second thing he is thankful for-the picture of Richard on the Nov. 15 post with the big crab.Great friends with amazing talents. Thanks Jill for taking the time to make me this awesome diaper bag.

Being blessed with the opportunity to have another child.

Great friends and family. I have such wonderful friends and family who I cannot thank enough. I have had wonderful friends come visit me from Utah and bring me gifts for this new baby as well as gifts from other great friends from over there. A special thanks to Suzie for putting on a great baby shower for me here and all those that came to support me. Thanks everyone for your thoughtful gifts!

For my children. They decorated the whole tree this year and I only moved a couple things around.

Baby Quilt

I love it! It turned out so cute, I just wish it was bigger so I could snuggle with it. You can't see the quilt pattern but it is of a cow jumping over the moon. After taking an online course of how to make pinwheels, the quilt was super easy and fun. I had to get online instructions for the binding as well because on my the last quilt my friend Tonia did it for me. Gotta love the Internet!

Brendan gets his blue belt

Brendan earned his blue belt today. He's well on his way to earning that black belt.

After I downloaded the pictures and looked at them, I noticed the girls in the background. One is crossing her fingers with a look of suspense as she hopes Brendan breaks the board. She is still doing it in the second picture and the girl next to her has her hands clasped together in suspense. I think it is pretty cool they are that excited about Brendan breaking his boards. Go Brendan!

Who likes crab?

Richard went for a scuba dive this morning and caught himself a crab, actually the crab caught him. He found a lobster in a cave and as he reached his hand to get it, the crab grabbed his finger and wouldn't let go. The lobster got spooked away but the crab made it home and later into a hot pot of water.

Halloween 2008

Don't we look cute!
Dylan loved being a pirate but hated having a beard drawn on and cried and cried for us to take it off. We had to distract him long enough for us to have at least one picture with his beard.

Gotta love carving pumpkins and seeing everyone's cool creations. All the cousins came over to go trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.

We had so many trick-or-treaters come to our house but I love being able to sit on the porch and give out candy.