I've missed you blog

Here we are three weeks into January and I have only blogged once! That is so unlike me. I guess I have been busy around here and not wanting to spend much time on my computer. So what have we been up to you ask? Well, let's see. Last Saturday we met my parents at my Grandma's house (she will be 98 next month) and since she is now living in a group home we had to pack up her apartment. It was bitter sweet going through her things and picking out a few things to keep her memory alive at our home. It helps that she is doing well and has settled in nicely at her group home. So with that said, we enjoyed going through her things and allowing our kids, her great-grandkids to pick out some special things to bring home. Here is what they chose:

I would say that Camden was the most into it, he has the love language of receiving gifts so this was very special to him. Here he is unpacking his finds and organizing them.



Annagrace enjoyed herself too and found some special things to display in her room.

I love this lamp for her nightstand. I got a matching one and have it next to my bed. It makes for a perfect reading light.

And Jadon kept it simple. He took two things and created this: (I'm reallly not sure what he plans are with it, but he keeps reminding us that we may not remove it from his room.)

So that is how we spent our day on Saturday.

On Sunday morning we decided to head to the PF Changs half marathon to cheer on some friends who were running in the race. Even though we were not at church that morning we spent some time reading to our kids some passages that were fitting for this event:

1 Corinthians 9:23-27 (New International Version)
23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

And then we talked with them about encouraging others as found in 1 Thessalonians 5:11 and it was great practice for them to cheer on the runners.

11Therefore encourage one another and build each other... up

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We enjoyed a dinner out with my parents on Sunday night to the Olive Garden, just us adults. We had a great night and I ended up with these pictures. I actually ended up with a whole lot more. My mom gave me all the photo albums of us growing up and so we have had fun looking through those. Here I am at 6 years old and at 12 years old.


And then there is this silly goose. She made up a song the other night in the bathtub called "clean your armpits because it's your birthday." The funniest part is that she laughs so hard as she sings it and then she just giggles and giggles. So here she is singing her new song while washing her pits. Can't you just see the laughter!



And that brings us to tonight. It's RAINING! I am so excited because I love the rain. Especially since it hardly rains here in the desert so when it does it brings back wonderful memories of growing up in the northwest where it rained 9 months out of the year. At least when it rains here I know I will be seeing sun sometime in the next couple of days. It is always short lived. So here are two of my cuties playing in the rain. I walked outside and saw them playing so nicely together so I snuck these when they didn't even know it. But once they did realize I was taking pictures, Anna of course had to be silly and make some funny faces. That's my girl!