big man 5

Isaac turned FIVE today - officially big. We feasted on calazones and brownies and he got good 5 year old stuff like books, and candy, and army men so life is sweet. Isaac has grown a lot this year; his speech delay is 97% gone (just a few funny grammar quirks persist), and when he is cheerful he is the world's greatest kid - kind, helpful, funny, and loving. His Mr. Hyde (aka, Mr.Grumpy) is pretty impressive, but we see less and less of that side of Issac. In short, he is a pretty darn great kid and we really love him. Another perk of growing up and becoming less volatile is getting to go on adventures and errands with Dad. Dad is sure glad to have such a five year old to take along on camp outs, YM flag mornings, service project etc.

Happy birthday dude!

garage sale (sort of)

Our neighborhood is having a garage sale tomorrow.

The girls want mini American Girl dolls, so are motivated to be sellers.

We have the world's most pathetic offerings for our garage sale (40ish pieces of clothes, maybe 10 toys and 5 or 6 movies - I purge too often to be a good garage sale girl).

We decided we would add homemade cinnamon rolls to the offering (jumbo size, Aunt Sylvia's recipe, $1 a roll).

Wish us luck.

Gotta go bake.

halloween (more)

I know Halloween was eons ago, but I had to share these pictures of the kids waiting with baited breath for trick or treaters to come to our door; it was more fun than actually collecting candy! They would watch, wait and as soon as someone came into view they would lose it with excitement and clamber to be the first to get the door open and hand out starbursts.

if you voted

Then good for YOU! Thanks for helping make America work like it's supposed to!

big day on tuesday

OK people, buckle your seat belts because Tuesday is going to be a big, BIG day. BIG, I tell you.

Do you need a reminder about what is happening on Tuesday???? Here is a hint - over 800 musicians and Christmas music. Got it now???? That's right, on Tuesday Mormon Choral Organizations is releasing a CHRISTMAS ALBUM!!! CHRISTMAS - you hear me people?????? We are talking "O Holy Night". "What Child is This?", "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day", an incredible "Riu, Riu Chiu" and on and on - over 80 minutes of Christmas gorgeousness!

Feast your eyes (yep, I got an advance copy).

"Where can I get my pretty paws on that?" you ask. Let me tell you. CD baby, iTunes (all available on Tuesday, search O Holy Night MCO), or Amazon (If you want to pre order). If you want to buy one at real live record store (what's that??) head down to Phoenix to Stinkweeds - Address: 12 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85013 Phone: (602) 248-9461 - and they will have lots and you will be stimulating the local economy too so you will feel great about yourself.

Seriously, this is the perfect album to add to your Christmas collection, I know it sounds like shameless self promotion but it is that good and you will love it.

So as I said, Tuesday is a BIG, BIG day! Don't miss it.

Oh yea, and you better vote (for whom ever you want) or we can't be friends anymore. Remember, you aren't allowed to complain about the government unless you voted.

Think Christmas music! fa la la la la, la, la, la, LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

One last thing - Christmas concert coming up too and tickets are flying. Mesa Art Center, Dec 1st. Make your man take you on a date he will thank you and you will thank me and we will all be happy. If you need more temptation two more words - bag pipes - yea we will have them!