And Now the Unveiling of...

My littlest artist's rendition of Frosty the Snowman. I love it!

American Girls Can Be Anything They Want To Be

There once were these two American girls and the older sister thought surely she was born in the wrong country to the wrong family. She was confident she was supposed to be born in an Asian country - probably China. She 'kinda' had China eyes, but not quite all the way. Then there was this blonde sister that was born. She was definately NOT Chinese, so the older sister knew for sure that being an American girl was her mistaken identity. One day to please the oldest girl, her great grandmother (commonly known as Grandma Sugar) made the two girls some beautiful Christmas China dresses. The oldest girl squealed and the youngest girl squealed and they both were so anxious to put them on and 'feel' what being Chinese felt like. Well, Chinese or not,they were beautiful. The dresses and the girls! And they both lived happily ever after in their nice American home. The end...(well not really)

Singing and the tree...

Wow! I've been hearing about it and you're all RIGHT! It HAS been a long time since I posted anything! Sorry! Life, as I'm sure you know is so crazy at this time of year!

Missy's performance went off almost without a hitch. Right as we were "delivering" her to the staff she whipped off her coat to reveal her long-sleeved white shirt was just a spaghetti-straped t-shirt. I was NOT happy about that but as they say, 'the show must go on' and so it did. She did a wonderful job, but has officially announced that she's quit the second grade choir, so if you didn't get to see her, your chance has escaped you.

My 30 minute perfomance was a wonderful treat for me. It was snowing so hard the day of the 'event' that you could often barely see across the street. It was on average 14 degrees that day. Burrrrr! There were some scheduling blunders, but in the end it worked out supurb for me as I got to sing in a shop while the sound was piped over the street and festivities out there. I was warm and yet still got to share. It was wonderful!

Then there was decorating the Christmas tree. As you see our lovely cat thought we'd brought that 'toy' out for her! She was so pleased with us. We, however, weren't so pleased with her when after it was completed she was still trying to get into it or chew on it. We've all come to an understanding and now she pretty well leaves it alone. Good kitty.

Big school girl...

Who is this pretty preschool girl? I can't believe my little Sissy is so big and has "school" pictures already! What fun to watch her develop and make new friends. She is the humor-factor of our family and definately greatly entertaining! It seems like only yesterday we were learning of her arrival - now look at her!
Children are a gift of the Lord, indeed!

Giving Thanks...

As I sit in my chair reading a book on forensic science, Sissy plays in the bathtub rapidly approaching her 4th birthday (is that EVEN possible?) while Missy is downstairs singing and playing on the computer. Mister D works diligently in the back room on some of his moonlighting computers.

This is a blessed time. There are no crisis' in front of us or currently being dealt with. Our biggest "issue" at the moment is what - if anything - we will be buying for Christmas this year.

Next on our 'to do' list is Missy's 2nd grade choir production at the Civic Center's Hall of Trees Festival. Then our town's Christmas celebration where I will have a 30 minute performance window.

What a blessed life we live! I am acutely aware of my state of being - my state of blessing - and hope to always discover myself in a perpetual state of thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to you!

We had a wonderful holiday and

enjoyed family and good food (and believe it or not - I cooked, too)!

We are trying to get ourselves in the gear of Christmas but it seems impossible that it could be this late in the year already! This morning while I was plunking out our annual Christmas letter Sissy did what she loves to do - play on the computer. The girls are fortunate to have a Daddy who can set up computers with ease so they have their own "lab" with two computers side by side. He was wonderful enough to add headphones so we all can do our own things without disturbing others or being disturbed. We're so fortunate!

Who IS this big girl?

I can't believe my "baby" is in 2nd grade and looking so big! Missy's school pictures came today and "Wow!" what a cutie (if I don't say so, myself)!

A HUGE step for her this week was her first visit to the local AWANAS program. She informed us that visitors don't have to memorize scripture, but we're praying (and would solicit your prayers) that she becomes more than a visitor! To hide the Word in her heart is a dream of ours.

(The picture to the right was 2005...the Spring before Kindergarten.)