Please Pray...

Please pray for our friend Liz, an 8th grader in our youth ministry, who found out she has cancer in her leg and will have to start chemotherapy on Monday. She is an awesome young lady. Please pray for God's healing hand. Follow her journey on her blog.

In a Pickle...

In a pickle great joy can be found.

They have been selling pickes at school for the past couple weeks and Abby had desperately been wanting one... so one day last week I gave her a dollar before school. When I was in line waiting to pick her up, it was so cute watching her proudly walking up to the concession stand with her dollar and asking for a pickle. I loved seeing the wide grin on her face when she got into the car with pickle juice running down her chin and I couldn't help but laugh when she turned to me and, with complete sincerity and contentment, said, "This pickle is fantastic and has just the right bit of sour that I had been wanting."


* I took this picture with my phone, so don't judge. :)

The Weekend 11.16.09

Not a whole lot is going on around here lately, but things are good! We had a really nice weekend spent with family and friends, and the weather was amazing. We ate out a couple times this weekend which was both a wonderful treat and an eye-opener since we've been watching what we eat. We made a point to share entrees this time and it makes a big difference... and we still left full. Here's a pic Aaron took with his phone of the kids on the tractor at Longhorn Cafe.

Today Abby and Aaron went to the corner store to look for something and came back with these... I think they're hilarious and the kids have been wearing them all afternoon... The simple pleasures in life.

Favorite Things:

- Longhorn Cafe

- Cheesecake Factory cheesecake (Dulce de Leche and Godiva Chocolate were my favorites this weekend)

- I also want to give a shout out to the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, who worked a miracle on my kitchen table today. A couple months ago, Abby colored on the kitchen table with a silver paint marker and I couldn't get it off with anything... until today when I pulled out the (appropriately named) Magic Eraser and, voila! Within 5 seconds the silver was completely gone. I am still in awe.

- Amazon.com's Universal Wish List Button

Abby's Photo Journal [11.13.2009]

Abby has been very interested in taking pictures lately, so tonight when we got home from dinner, I let her take pictures of whatever she wanted to. I just always think it's interesting to see what people (especially kids) are drawn to. :)

Reading

Tonight we were just hanging out and Abby was (on her own) working on writing some of her "blends" [ta, te, ti, to, tu...] and I decided to pull out a piece of paper and write a few three letter words on there to see what she could do. Before I knew it she had read 10 words! I was so shocked! So then I typed out a full sheet of three letter words and you know what??? She read every single one of them without any help (except for bed, which she swore to me was "beb" -- hence the giant scribble. It upset her greatly!). I was so proud and surprised at how far she's come and how great she's doing!

Cousins

I just love that these guys are so close. I have great memories with my cousins and I love watching these guys make their own.

Community [Favorite Things]

This show gets funnier every week. This has bypassed all other shows to become my favorite show (although I still love The Office, Project Runway, and Top Chef). Last night's episode was the funniest yet. You can see it here.