Another first: Swinging!

The sky was clear yesterday, so I suggested we walk to Laurelhurst park.  A short walk from our place, but it has some steep hills on the way (I think it has both the steepest the second steepest paved hills I have ever seen).  Poor Andrew’s sleeping head was drooping pretty low as we trudged up the hills (my body was basically at a 45 degree angle), but we made it.  Before we left, Susanna said “Andrew and I can swing!” realizing she was right (as opposed to other times when she suggests, say, that I go to the store to get more bananas and leave her home with Andrew “don’t worry mom, I’ll give him Pup (his stuffed dog) if he starts to cry”).  Here are some photos.  

In other news, we got our tree the day after Thanksgiving and it is up and decorated.  I love Christmas trees.  We got a grand fir this year and it smells lovely (I’m a grand girl now; no more nobles for me).  Here’s a picture of the tree Susanna liked best.  And here’s a family-minus-the-photographer shot from the tree farm.

 

 

 

 

Oh, Give Thanks

For the past couple weeks we have been discussing the things we are grateful for at the dinner table every night.  Here are a few of the things we have come up with:

Scott: “my sweetums” (usually refers to Andrew and Susanna, but in this instance he specifically noted that it also included me), bicycles, extended family, health, Jesus Christ

Me: the love of my life (Scott of course), the changing of the seasons, “my sweetums” (yes we used the same cheesey word, but I was just referring to my kids), food, temples

Susanna: my baby brother, “my family” (her small plastic one pictured at right—if you look closely you might notice that the mother is feeding the baby) , pomegranate seeds, blocks, eyes

Have you seen the Mormon Messages made by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?  They’re wonderful, and here’s a Thanksgiving flavored one that I like.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving full of tender turkey, flavorful stuffing, lots of laughter, and, especially, that you are surrounded by people you love.

p.s. Artwork by Susanna.  Okay, I cut out the pieces, but she applied the glue and chose the position (and the number of eyes).