Turkey Day Tuckered Him Out

This is Alex, my little pie-making apprentice, covered head to toe in flour. As I've mentioned before, he loves to help me in the kitchen and was a huge "help" with making pie for Thanksgiving.

At Thanksgiving dinner, he added to the ambience by providing some "relaxing" background music.

All that hard work just wore the poor kid out and he slept through dessert! He's already talking about "Kitmas" and loves to see the Kitmas yites (lights) as we drive through the neighborhood. I have a feeling this is going to be a fun year for him.

My Buddy

For those of you who live in Utah, you know how the dry air and cold weather combined can wreak havoc on your skin. Well, apparently Alex decided to take matters into his own hands....

"Otion" (lotion) on the face, "otion" in the hair, "otion" just about everywhere. Luckily for me, I was at work so Dad was on clean-up duty.

Excuse me while I get emotional for just a moment... Last weekend my parents were in town and as my mom and I were watching Alex play and just be his cute little self, she said to me, "Don't you feel blessed?"

It took me back to several years ago, I remember crying to her on the phone after one of many failed pregnancies. She reassured me, "it will happen". I hoped it would, but wasn't all too sure. I'm not sure why it took so long for him to be sent to us, but not a day goes by that I don't feel gratitude for the joy he's brought to our family. Better late than never, right?!

Senior Pics

Props to my nephew and sister for asking me to take his senior pictures. (For the record, I do not proclaim to be anything remotely close to a photographer...I just have a nice camera and sometimes get lucky with a good shot or two...) Anyhow, being a typical 18 year old boy, Erik had no desire to suffer through getting his pictures done by some stranger, and my sister Lorna had no desire to pay for pictures done by some stranger, so they asked me to do it for them. I was more than happy to and had a good time doing it. Turns out, they were actually doing me a favor, because when Steph saw Erik getting his pictures done, she decided she would be ok with letting me do hers. Senior year comes with lots of expenses, and I was thrilled to have the chance to eliminate the cost of pictures off that list. Steph is so photogenic and we were happy with the way they turned out. Here are a few of my faves...

I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee...