Saturday, June 20, 2009

New Ideas

Merisa: Little, do you want to go for a walk?
The Little: No. I want to stay here an play with all of my new ideas.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

New Since December

We had a wonderful Christmas--at some point I will post the pictures.

On January 2 my sister had her twins. She was only 25 weeks along, and one of the little guys didn't make it. I was able to go to Iowa to be with her for the funeral. I was so grateful to be able to spend time with her. The other little boy is having good days and bad days, but overall he is doing well.

The last week of January, Dale was part of a corporate lay off. Yipee. Fortunately, we got a decent severance package and I'm working with benefits. Right now we are focusing on getting him through school.

The first week of February, our computer got eaten by a virus. We have cleaned it and recovered a lot of the files. We are still struggling to get all of our software back on it. For some reason, there are several websites our service does not want us to access. For example, walmart.com, citicards.com, and quicken.intuit.com to name a few. Very frustrating.

Over all, life is good. We are pretty happy people. Sometimes, though, it feels like one rock after another is being aimed at you.

Complaining is done.

Grammar

The Little: The Princess is a girl. Mommy is a girl. Me is a girl.
Me(correcting her): I'm a girl.
The Little: Mommy, I already did you!

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Christmas

In our house, we have been promoting Christmas as Jesus's birthday. Earlier this week, we recieved a package from Grandma Robbins. The Little asked what it was, and I told her it was a present for her from Grandma. She asked if we were going to open it. Dale said that we would open it on Jesus's birthday. The Little says, "So when Jesus comes to our house, we will open the present." Laughter ensued. Hey, if Uncle Allen comes to our house for his birthday, then why shouldn't Jesus come for his? I love the mind of a 3 year old!

Uncle Allen and soon to be Aunt Heather's Birthday Party


My little brother Allen and his fiancee Heather have birthdays that are 4 days apart. On the Saturday between the birthdays, they came up to our place for some hamburgers and cake! Fun time was had by all.

What a nice "blanket"!

Our Musical Child

For those people who know us will probably not be surprised to learn that the Little loves music. She loves to sing, dance, and play the piano. I thought this was cute.