Thankful Lists

Last night I thought it would be fun for the kids to make Thankful lists. I thought it was something that they would enjoy looking back on in the future and seeing what they were grateful for at ages 6 and 4. What surprised me was how much they enjoyed the whole thing. They came up with their lists all on their own. Gordon got really into it, about half way through he took over as scribe. He wrote down half of his list, plus all of mine and Keni's. Then he decided he should draw pictures of all of the things on our lists. It was so cute and it kept him occupied for quite awhile. Yeah!

I taped the list that Gordon wrote on the back of this layout. So, we have his handwriting too.

Yesterday morning we woke up to a world of white. Ella wanted to go out and play in the snow as soon as she had eaten breakfast, so we did. Ella and Jace had a wonderful time sledding down the little hill in our front yard. It is the perfect size for little ones. Jace would only go down the hill with me. I tried to get him to do it with Ella but he refused. We went down the hill several times. Jace wouldn't leave his gloves on, so his hands were getting cold. Then he fell into the snow and they got really cold. He was crying so I decided it was time to go in. Ella however, insisted that I make some snowballs with her first. I threw a few snowballs at her, which she liked until one accidentally went down into her coat. Then she started crying too. So, by the time we went into the house both kids were bawling. Oh, well it was fun while it lasted!

P.S. Keni was so scandalized that I had Jace wear Ella's old pink snowsuit that he insisted I buy him a new one today.

Voting and the first snow

I voted today. Yeah for America and our right to vote!
Jace spent quite a bit of time today just looking out the window, watching the snow come down. That's right we had our first snow of the season today. I loved watching Jace and seeing how amazed he was by the snow. Kids remind us what is magical.

Three little Ghosts

Here are my three little ghosts. We tried on our Halloween costumes in preparation for a party tonight. I'm not sure how long the littlest ghost is going to make it though. I knew he would never leave it on if I tried to put it over his head, that's why I decided to try the hat, but he isn't crazy about that either. So, far he isn't sold on being a ghost.

Introducing Samuel Joseph Oldham

Well, my brother finally did it. He finally produced a male heir. After three beautiful little girls he finally got his boy, who is also beautiful. Sam was born on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. He weighed in at 8+ pounds.

He is the 11th grandchild born into the Steve Oldham family, we now have 6 girls and 5 boys. Up until I explained this to Gordon he has been saying that he wants our next baby to be a girl (Yes, I am expecting, due in April!) but after hearing there are more girls than boys in the family he has changed his mind and says he now wants us to have a boy to even things up. He is all about things being orderly, even and fair.

Anyway, I am so excited for Joe and Amy and their new beautiful baby boy. Congrats guys! Love you!

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Now playing: Celine Dion - Beautiful Boy
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More Glimpses of Fall

The beautiful fall colors in Covered Bridge.

We took 4 TRUCKLOADS of leaves down to the burn-pile one afternoon. That's a lot of leaves, and of course there are still MORE.
Fresh peach pie that I made myself. It was delish.


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Now playing: Jem - Down To Earth
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Fall 2008

Glimpses of our fall so far.


Enjoying the park

Playing in the leaves


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