Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to wish you all a very happy and safe Thanksgiving!

That is all for now. More later.

Always remember: There's no such thing as "too much" on Thanksgiving.

Emma's little boyfriend

She can't stop talking about Lah-dee (Logan). Half the time she's really talking about Logan, but the rest of the time she's talking about Logan's daddy, BJ, who pushes her on the swing at the park. BJ always has a camera with him - he takes more pictures of Logan than we take of Emma, I think, which is saying a lot - and he sent me several of the ones of Logan and Emma together. Look how cute they are...



Yes, he's trying to kiss her in the last one. So cute.

That's all for now. More later.

Always remember: Kids kissing is cute when they're little. Then they become teenagers...

We went to Disneyland!

Emma and I went to Disneyland for the first time today! We went with Emma's friend, Ashlyn, and her mommy, Michelle. We got in for free because of our friend Ally - who was supposed to have gone with us today but was unfortunately sick. She gave us passes that got us in for free, and if we'd had time and energy, we would have been able to park hop over to California Adventure. But the girls were wiped ... and so were we.

So, there are tons of photos on our photo album site here, but I've had requests to include photos on here (I heard you, Jaime!), so here are a few of my faves from today's excitement...




We rode the Dumbo ride, the Teacups, It's a Small World, the Nemo Submarine and the carousel. We had a nice lunch at a little cafe right next to the Jedi training area, which was so fun to watch. We met up with Michelle's friend, Kellie, and her son for dinner at the Rainforest Cafe, which was really cool.

We didn't end up leaving until about 8:00 p.m., which is already half an hour past Emma's bedtime. She slept about 30 minutes on the way home, and then she was so excited to be here that she just got all upset. She was beside herself, but I think it was just from sheer exhaustion. She didn't nap at all today. My little trooper.

That's all for now. More later.

Always remember: It really is a small world, after all.

I know, I know ...

I'm sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I've been rather busy.

Let's see...what to talk about. Well, two friends of mine had baby boys this week. My friend Jenn - who is the mom of Emma's Gymboree friend, Emily - had Zachary on Tuesday, and my Indiana friend Jennelle had Jadon on Thursday. I am going over to see Zachary tomorrow, and I'm taking chili for them so Jenn doesn't have to cook.

Speaking of chili, I made a huge batch of it on Friday. I hadn't made it in a while. Well, the good old recipe I thought was good just, well, wasn't. We ended up scrapping the whole triple batch, and I searched online for a new recipe. I found one that looked good, and the new chili is simmering in the crock pot right now. It smells really good, and I'm pretty excited to taste it. I hope it's good, since some of it is going to Jenn and her family tomorrow.

I'm going to a hip-hop dance class with my friends Ally and Tiffni tomorrow. Ally's getting us in for free. It's a great deal, because while we're in the class, the kids can come too and are taken care of just outside the room. Emma will like having some friends there with her. If I enjoy this class, I may want to actually pay for it and go every week. I've missed dancing, and it's a great way to get in shape (since I really don't like working out). We'll see.

Got Emma's Christmas dress last night. It's really cute. I could link to it, but I want it to be a surprise. I'll just say it's REALLY cute. Chris picked it out.

We'll probably be getting our Christmas photo taken this week, which will be fun. I'd like to do it at Picture People, since you can get the photos immediately, but I don't know if they allow you to buy the rights to the photos like they do at Sears Portrait Studio. If they don't we'll be going back to Sears, where you have to wait for a week or two for the photos to come in. Whatever. No biggie.

That's all for now. More later.

Always remember: Good things come to those who wait.

Emma's getting so big!

We went to Burger King after church today (as always), and Emma's church boyfriend, Joseph, and his family were there. We normally sit in the main eating area instead of in the kids area, since Emma's too small to play on the apparatus in there. We finished eating, and she wanted to say goodbye to Joseph (who she calls, "JO-shee"), so we went in the kids area to see them.

Joseph's sister, Kazlyn (who is 6), was there eating with them. She went to go play, and Joseph followed her. So Chris took off Emma's shoes and let her try it out. Long story short, Kazlyn ended up following Emma around, making sure she was OK, helping her up when the next level was too high for her. They went all over, and Emma even went down the really big slide a few times.

I just can't believe that she's getting so big. It's crazy how fast they grow up.

We're watching the Colts game right now. Addai just ran 73 yards for a touchdown. GO COLTS!

That's all for now. More later.

Always remember: Spend lots of time with your kids because they grow up so fast.

My new blog

Hey, kids!

I decided it was time to move away from blogging on MySpace, which I don't use much anymore except to read other people's blogs, so here we go. Maybe having my own personal blog will help me want to blog more... we'll have to wait and see there.

We tried a new restaurant last night. It was called Charo Chicken. It was really good! What a lovely treat to stumble upon a new (to us) restaurant and have a good experience. Then, afterward, we went to Dippin' Dots, which we'd never been to before, either. It was good, too. Love those little dots! Emma loved them, too.

Thanks for coming with me to my new little place on the Web. That's all for now. More later.

Always remember: Trying something new doesn't have to be scary.