First Snow

The kids were so excited to wake up to snow. They were up and in hats and boots before 8:00 am. They even licked the snow off of the car. It was like they were enjoying a Dipidee cupcake or something. I suppose I'll never understand why snow tastes good off of a dirty car. The sad news is my Zinnias are gone. I'll have to rip them out on Saturday.  Milo was stuck at school during the fun....they even had to have inside recess. What a bummer. I am sure only the recess aids were excited about that.

Middle of Fall

Since I took the Wii away from the kids so they could enjoy their lives and enjoy their friends, I think it's only fair that I give up Facebook.  I have been meaning to give it up for a while now.  There were a few people that I was harboring ill feelings towards because of their status updates.  I was wasting too much time reading senseless information, and  I really wanted to be able to enjoy people for who they are.  Socializing online is like eating sugar. You crave it, but it only leaves you wanting more. A feeling that is very unsatisfying.  I find that if I chit chat with the other ladies at the park, people at the store, or close friends and family, that I have much more fulfillment in my day knowing that we shared a happy moment, or a listening ear.
Today the kids had one of those happy moments that they would have missed if they were inside playing video games.  They were outside collecting leaves to make a huge pile and the wind picked up and started blowing them everywhere.  They started chasing them around trying to catch them, it was like they were in a money machine.  They were all screaming and laughing as the wind blew even harder.   Milo came up to grab his jacket and he was out of breath and smiling so big he could barely talk.  And I was there to watch it because I wasn't on Facebook reading about what people were eating for lunch.

 Makay enjoying an apple appetizer while he watched the storm from the front porch. 

 (After the crazy leaf incident)

One of the other reasons of getting off of FB was so I could put more focus on our family blog. This is our journal and the kids love reading about their lives.  And it's a good excuse to stay away from scrap booking.

Sweet Moments

We stopped by to visit Grandma and Grandpa Johnson (Milo is named after them, and we lived with them when we first got married). We had a nice visit and we got to talk to Grandma and Grandpa Mendenhall on in Nepal. Nora climbed right up on his chair to talk. She sees pictures of them and says Gampa...She LOVES her grandparents.