Wednesday, January 16, 2008
change of plans
So my mother and sister are very sick with a flu bug that I don't feel like catching. Unfortunately that means that I wont be going to stay with them like I thought I would. It makes me very, very sad and I was pretty depressed when I found out. If they're 100% better on Saturday I'm still going to the photo shoot that we have scheduled. I've been praying that they would be completely better. It would really suck if I was up here for ten days and didn't get to see them at all.
So, I'm going back to Ben and Sarah's house on Friday night and staying at the lake (Rick and Mickey's (my husband's parents)) until then.
Malachi, I've learned, isn't a very big fan of winter. When he visited the lake in September he was able to go INto the lake and now in the winter he's only able to go ONto the lake. He wasn't expecting that and he was very disappointed that he couldn't go in the lake. He also has quite a dislike for the cold, cold wind in his face. However, he does like to eat the snow! I wouldn't let him crawl on the ground and eat the snow this time, which didn't make him happy.
But after we came inside the garage, he was very happy to go sit in grandpa's boat and "drive" it. The garage is heated so we'll probably play in there a little bit today in his car. He really liked that in September and I'm sure he'd like it again.
Oh, and it was brought to my attention that I should mention that Malachi chooses to go into Zoe's house and is not in any form coerced or forced to do so. He has also been in Zoe's house at the lake :)
So, I'm going back to Ben and Sarah's house on Friday night and staying at the lake (Rick and Mickey's (my husband's parents)) until then.
Malachi, I've learned, isn't a very big fan of winter. When he visited the lake in September he was able to go INto the lake and now in the winter he's only able to go ONto the lake. He wasn't expecting that and he was very disappointed that he couldn't go in the lake. He also has quite a dislike for the cold, cold wind in his face. However, he does like to eat the snow! I wouldn't let him crawl on the ground and eat the snow this time, which didn't make him happy.
But after we came inside the garage, he was very happy to go sit in grandpa's boat and "drive" it. The garage is heated so we'll probably play in there a little bit today in his car. He really liked that in September and I'm sure he'd like it again.
Oh, and it was brought to my attention that I should mention that Malachi chooses to go into Zoe's house and is not in any form coerced or forced to do so. He has also been in Zoe's house at the lake :)
Monday, January 14, 2008
hand off # 2
Well I'm now sitting warmly in the basement of my mother and father-in-law. I'm very happy it's nice and warm in their basement because currently outside it's about -11 degrees fahrenheit - brr!
My time at my dad's house was very fun. On Saturday we went to the Mall of America and met my sister at California Cafe for lunch. It was a very nice restaurant and we had some very good food. After lunch we made it over to Underwater Adventures which is a huge indoor aquarium. In one part of the aquarium you're going through it with the fish on your side and above you. Malachi really liked that a lot. Saturday night we went to church. It was a great service!
Sunday we made it out to a sno-tubing park and had a blast for a couple of hours! Malachi didn't like it so much so the adults took turns tubing and staying with Malachi at the bottom of the hill. When I first when to the top of the bunny hill (which was a lot higher than any of us expected) a fear of it came over me. But I decided and voiced that the longer I stared at the hill the more my fear would grow. So I took the plunge and headed down. It was awesome! We made it to the medium hill and that was also a great time. There were a few bumps on that so I got about a foot off the ground one time. I'd definitely do that again.
Today we went to see my grandma (dad's mom) before we headed out of town. We hung out with her for a couple of hours then made the trek to St. Cloud (1 1/2 hours from grandma's) to meet my in laws. We had a delicious early dinner at Granite City Brewery and then another hour drive to my in laws.
I go to my mom's house on Wednesday evening. yay!
My time at my dad's house was very fun. On Saturday we went to the Mall of America and met my sister at California Cafe for lunch. It was a very nice restaurant and we had some very good food. After lunch we made it over to Underwater Adventures which is a huge indoor aquarium. In one part of the aquarium you're going through it with the fish on your side and above you. Malachi really liked that a lot. Saturday night we went to church. It was a great service!
Sunday we made it out to a sno-tubing park and had a blast for a couple of hours! Malachi didn't like it so much so the adults took turns tubing and staying with Malachi at the bottom of the hill. When I first when to the top of the bunny hill (which was a lot higher than any of us expected) a fear of it came over me. But I decided and voiced that the longer I stared at the hill the more my fear would grow. So I took the plunge and headed down. It was awesome! We made it to the medium hill and that was also a great time. There were a few bumps on that so I got about a foot off the ground one time. I'd definitely do that again.
Today we went to see my grandma (dad's mom) before we headed out of town. We hung out with her for a couple of hours then made the trek to St. Cloud (1 1/2 hours from grandma's) to meet my in laws. We had a delicious early dinner at Granite City Brewery and then another hour drive to my in laws.
I go to my mom's house on Wednesday evening. yay!
Friday, January 11, 2008
One Down Three To Go
I leave my brother in laws house today to go to my dad's house. I've had a good time at Ben and Sarah's house. Unfortunately it was a little short, only got to see Ben at night and Sarah for half the day yesterday. They were gracious enough to let me have my best friend from High School, Sara, over. That's right...in the house last night was Ben, Malachi, Sarah, Sara, and Sara. That was fun for Malachi :)
My dad's picking me up today after he gets off of work, but he gets off of work at like 1:00 or 1:30 so it's not like I have to wait until 6:00 for him to get here, yay! I'm really excited to see him because I haven't seen him in 13 months. That's a bit long for a daddy's girl to go with out seeing her daddy. We have some really fun stuff planned to do on Saturday and Sunday.
So I guess I'll post about that at the end of that stay...maybe.
I hope everyone had a great week and has a great weekend planned!
Love you!
My dad's picking me up today after he gets off of work, but he gets off of work at like 1:00 or 1:30 so it's not like I have to wait until 6:00 for him to get here, yay! I'm really excited to see him because I haven't seen him in 13 months. That's a bit long for a daddy's girl to go with out seeing her daddy. We have some really fun stuff planned to do on Saturday and Sunday.
So I guess I'll post about that at the end of that stay...maybe.
I hope everyone had a great week and has a great weekend planned!
Love you!
Monday, January 7, 2008
New Stuff!
There is a bunch of new stuff on my side bar: a video bar, a Blog Roll, my Flickr photos, and a poll that might be controversial but hopefully will get people thinking.
I hope you enjoy all the new fun stuff.
Love to all!
I hope you enjoy all the new fun stuff.
Love to all!
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Pics
I had to wait until John was awake to do this part. Enjoy!
Future Pastor's wife: Bethany!
Joshua waving "hi"
Josh and Bethany during the game of Pit
Joshua washing dishes, thank you!
Bethany getting ready to go home :(
All five of us together!
Bethany and Me
Joshua, Bethany, and Malachi (he was very sad they were leaving)
Here's a little video of us playing Pit on New Year's Eve. This is a great look into the crazy fun:
Future Pastor's wife: Bethany!
Joshua waving "hi"
Josh and Bethany during the game of Pit
Joshua washing dishes, thank you!
Bethany getting ready to go home :(
All five of us together!
Bethany and Me
Joshua, Bethany, and Malachi (he was very sad they were leaving)
Here's a little video of us playing Pit on New Year's Eve. This is a great look into the crazy fun:
Visit from D.C.
Our friends that live in D.C. came for a visit last weekend. Joshua and Bethany were our best friends while we were students here. They moved off campus after the first semester, but there was much driving to their apartments or to ours.
We had a great, great time while they were here. They came in at 11:30 on Friday afternoon. It was an hour later than they were supposed to arrive, but they had inclement weather in Atlanta during their layover. It was great to see them again after being separated for two and a half years. Bethany and I would cook a lot together when they lived in the DFW area and we were excited to cook together again. So after we got home and Malachi started napping we made our way to the grocery store to stock up for the five days they'd be here. I showed her my new favorite grocery store, Central Market. We had a great time just hanging out and talking that day. It was so fun to see how much we've grown over the last 2 1/2 years. They've really matured and it's so obvious when talking to them. Joshua plans on being a Pastor and it really shows that he and Bethany are spending their lives preparing for that future ministry.
We spent the first four days playing games, talking, laughing, going to church, going to the Dallas Zoo, and overall just hanging out.
Monday night we had a New Year's Eve party at our place so that our friends could come meet Josh and Bethany. We ended up with 13 people in our apartment playing Pit, Mafia, and Scene It. The last few people left our place at 3:00am on 1/1/08. We had such a great time that it was worth the lack of sleep.
Tuesday was their last day with us. Malachi got me up at 7:50 and by 8:15 I was back in bed because Joshua came in and said that I could sleep if I wanted. What a blessing that was. John, Bethany, and I didn't get up until after 9:30. We mostly spent that day just hanging out and getting ready for their departure. We left for the airport at 3:15 and said our goodbye's at terminal E. I think it was hardest on Malachi. He started crying when Josh leaned in to say goodbye. I really think Malachi's starting to hate the airport.
John and I hope that we'll get to go see Josh and Bethany later this year. Neither of us has been to D.C. in a long time and we all think that 2 1/2 years is way too long to be apart.
I'm so happy they came to visit. They are such good friends and were such a blessing to us while they were here. They worst thing about their visit was the rooting for the New England Patriots (boo Pats).
Josh and Bethany we love you!
p.s. pics to follow
We had a great, great time while they were here. They came in at 11:30 on Friday afternoon. It was an hour later than they were supposed to arrive, but they had inclement weather in Atlanta during their layover. It was great to see them again after being separated for two and a half years. Bethany and I would cook a lot together when they lived in the DFW area and we were excited to cook together again. So after we got home and Malachi started napping we made our way to the grocery store to stock up for the five days they'd be here. I showed her my new favorite grocery store, Central Market. We had a great time just hanging out and talking that day. It was so fun to see how much we've grown over the last 2 1/2 years. They've really matured and it's so obvious when talking to them. Joshua plans on being a Pastor and it really shows that he and Bethany are spending their lives preparing for that future ministry.
We spent the first four days playing games, talking, laughing, going to church, going to the Dallas Zoo, and overall just hanging out.
Monday night we had a New Year's Eve party at our place so that our friends could come meet Josh and Bethany. We ended up with 13 people in our apartment playing Pit, Mafia, and Scene It. The last few people left our place at 3:00am on 1/1/08. We had such a great time that it was worth the lack of sleep.
Tuesday was their last day with us. Malachi got me up at 7:50 and by 8:15 I was back in bed because Joshua came in and said that I could sleep if I wanted. What a blessing that was. John, Bethany, and I didn't get up until after 9:30. We mostly spent that day just hanging out and getting ready for their departure. We left for the airport at 3:15 and said our goodbye's at terminal E. I think it was hardest on Malachi. He started crying when Josh leaned in to say goodbye. I really think Malachi's starting to hate the airport.
John and I hope that we'll get to go see Josh and Bethany later this year. Neither of us has been to D.C. in a long time and we all think that 2 1/2 years is way too long to be apart.
I'm so happy they came to visit. They are such good friends and were such a blessing to us while they were here. They worst thing about their visit was the rooting for the New England Patriots (boo Pats).
Josh and Bethany we love you!
p.s. pics to follow
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