the end of the warm era

sooo, i have given up hope that i could withstand the frigid temperatures. translation: i wore my winter coat today. so sad.

does any one relate with how tedious it is to go places with children in cold weather? i mean, in warm weather its bad to get 3 little bodies all going the same direction, buckled, and stay moderately composed for wherever you're supposed to be going. NOW, not only do we have to do that, but we add in getting 3 pairs of arms into coats, then jamming said coats into car seats that are set for previously slender children. i gotta say, in all this...Praise God for a (relatively) climate controlled garage attached to our house in which to have our circus...now, to get our destinations to build covered parking garages...

the sabbath was made for man...

not man for the sabbath. referring to our family policy of enjoying technology-free Mondays as a way to focus on the family for Chris' day off. Today is a day of enjoying relationships including doing fun stuff on our computers. Chris is still working on our "1-day project" of burning our 2008 family video to DVD. And I have enjoyed a leisurely morning of coffee, email, and internet time. after of course, we capitalized on the opportunity God gave us to clean up the backyard. a dry (albeit cold) morning let us get the jungle/backyard cleaned up. now, moving on to real-world play time =D Enjoy your day too!

Saturday - Here and Gone!

Today seemed REALLY short! We had a fun day relaxing and getting a few things done around the house. The boys were wound up. Little Violet was as sweet as always. She is quite the explorer.

In the way of productivity, we are really close to compiling all of our 2008 videos on DVD. Also, a new toilet (from Habitat for Humanity) now stands proudly in our basement and functions perfectly!

We also got to meet "Cam" tonight. He is a week old and was just a precious as he could be. What a miracle!

Days off seem way too short!