A Relaxing Day, Part 3

Well, our three little girls didn't make it to midnight. I wish I had been one of them; the day is catching up to me. Here's a picture of the Lego catapult Aaron made and some of the candle and bell cookies we frosted--bells to ring in the New Year and candles to help light the world for Jesus. We had a fire in the fireplace with one of those "Pine Mountain Logs." I'm not sure if I like them or not; it seems that they must have a lot of chemicals or something to burn for so long and produce such black ash.

A Relaxing Day, Part 2

I did some writing in Laura's baby book today. Though I thought I kept up quite well, I can see places where hers is lacking compared to the other children's books.
In Tracy's book today I finished putting the pictures on her "fall" page but still have to do the writing.
This evening I made a pan of finger paint and let the three little girls paint in the tub. They didn't seem to have as much fun as the older set of three did, but I took a picture anyway. I'll have to see if I can scrounge up a picture of the older set also and post those tomorrow.
We had pizzas and pop for supper and just now had some popcorn and chips and dip. We played a few card games, another Scooby Doo movie is going right now, and the little Legos are out.

A Relaxing Day

I found the SD card out in the van. I've done dishes twice today and even got served breakfast in bed. I have laundry going and the house is basically clean.

At the moment the four middle kids and Mike are watching Scooby Doo movies.

We're gearing up for a small New Year's Eve party at our house. It will just be us unless we get some surprise company. I have some makings out for nachos, a pizza, smoothies, cookies, and of course we'll have pop for the kids and Mike. We were planning to go to a friend's house, but we have kids with sniffles.

One of the grocery stores up here has peanut butter for $.99 (the name brand) so I'll be heading to get some of that sometime this week.

In today's mail I got a letter from a friend whom I haven't heard from in years. I'm printing some pictures for her and will send her Christmas letter along with my regular writing.

Here's a picture of Laura "eating" her food yesterday. She still has leftovers in her hair even though I washed it!

Last Day of the Year

The year of 2007 has gone quickly for me. Many things happened, and I'm sure 2008 will have more in store for us. My first agenda for today is to find my SD card for the camera. I'll write more later.

Christmas Thank You Cards

I know it's Saturday, but I couldn't resist adding a picture of our thank you cards the kids made. I have sent nine, have one ready to go, and still need one more.

Bookshelf Swap

We decided to swap bookshelves so one of my bookshelves from the kitchen has gone to Tracy's room. The "big" one came out to the living room. I found some books we can get rid of and some that have been "hiding" for years.

Snowflakes and Kitchen Picture

I didn't bother cleaning anything, but here's a picture of the snowflakes we made this morning and a picture of them on the cabinets of the kitchen. We had quite a mess of paper scraps, and it wasn't easy for the vacuum cleaner to pick them up. Now the kids are watching a movie; we need to work on thank you notes after that.