Jared is talking more and more every day. Sometimes I wonder when he finds time to draw breath! The better he talks, the more his personality shows. He is such a tease! On Sunday night, Travis made cookies. When he took the cookie sheet out of the oven, he set it on a cooling rack and he warned the kids that it was very hot, so be careful not to touch. Yesterday, he was moving things around on the counter as he was making dinner. He set some dishes on top of the cooling rack (yes - it was still on the counter....my dishwasher has been broken and the dishes were a little backed up). Jared looked at the dishes, and said, "Dishes hot, daddy. Don't touch!" Then he laughed and laughed. I think that's the first joke he's told. I don't think it will be the last...

It's Saturday night!

Guess what! It's 7:45 on Saturday night and both of my kids are in bed. And one is asleep. I should be working, but instead, I'm just hanging out. We went and took pictures of the kids in their Halloween costumes today. I hate waiting until the last minute because everyone is always in a hurry to go Trick-or-Treating. They don't want to pose for "just one more picture." And the lighting is always bad. And the background is always cluttered...So, this year I got smart and dressed the kids up in their costumes and took pictures a week ahead. I'm sure I'll still take some on Halloween night, but this way, if they don't turn out, I won't feel bad!

Jumping on the band wagon

Everybody's doing it...that makes it right, right? I've broken down and started a blog. We'll see how it goes. I'm not sure I can keep up with everything in this media age - it all makes me feel so OLD!