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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Thanksgiving








We ended up in Mississippi for Thanksgiving this year as we visited with James' cousin and his wife and daughter who is the same age as Jonas. We had a lot of fun. The town where they live is just outside of Memphis so we spent the next day in Memphis. We took a tour of Graceland which I've always wanted to do but never thought that I would be doing it in connection with the Thanksgiving holiday. It was very crowded and we were not allowed to take our strollers in so James had the privilege of holding Jonas almost the whole time. At one point Jonas was standing and holding my hand and in less than a second he was under the ropes and in Elvis' Hawaii room. Yikes! Thanks to James' quick action he caught Jonas right before he would have been out of reach. Jonas let out a very loud "OOOOUUUCH!!!" which was a little embarrassing but much less embarrassing than having your child violating Elvis' house and possible touching his precious aritfacts and furniture. We also got to visit this famous hotel where they keep live ducks in their lobby and walk down Beal street. On the way home we happened to eat lunch right next to a Casey Jones train museum in Jackson TN. Jonas was in heaven.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Diwali

This post is for Jonas' uncle Vick who is from India. We are a little late but we wanted to wish Uncle Vick a happy Diwali. Diwali is a holiday celebrated in India and is also called a Festival of Lights. We know that Vick is missing his family right now and is wishing he was with them celebrating Diwali so hopefully this message from Jonas helps him to feel a little less homesick.

Enjoying Fall






While the weather is still pretty nice we've been to the parks, feeding the ducks and going on a short hike. Unfortunately, we are also dealing with nasty coughs and congestion that's going around.

J's project



I'm proud of James for finishing his first woodworking project. James, being the meticulous guy that he is about some things, made this box as a way for us to organize all of our bills and stuff we need to take care of. We call all that stuff our "whats it" and sometimes we even have a whats it night where we try and take care of as much stuff as we can. And then we have some chocolate. I'm putting a picture up for my Dad cause he helped James so much with the box. Thanks Dad.

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Costume Pics






We had a pretty fun night at the Ward Halloween Party. They held the party at the church owned farm complete with a haunted barn. Jonas didn't want anything to do with his costume so it was quite an effort to get it on him. James put his costume together two minutes before the party. I thought it was genius. For those of you who are not aware, James holds in his heart a long cherished desire to be a breakdancer.