This is the neatest video that I have ever seen. It is a little snippet (sp?) from a Louis Giglio talk. Please just take a few minutes and go to the link and watch this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4zgJXPpI4

Christmas Time!

Lauren got a harmonica from her Uncle and Aunt. She and Paul had fun playing their harmonicas together!

Her G-Ma gave her a purse with money in it. She saw what was inside and squealed " Oh wow! Dollars! "

I thnk she was shocked that there was something inside the wrapping!

Sorry it's been a little while since we wrote on here. Life just keeps happening and we just can't seem to catch up. I am actually really looking forward to the end of this year and just getting past all of the holiday "stuff".
I realized the other day that we needed to do a better job explaining what Christmas is to Lauren. We were wrapping Christmas gifts and I asked her what Christmas was about and says " Me! ". We talked about what the true meaning of Christmas was and why we give gifts to others. I think she gets it a little better. We aren't doing the whole Santa Claus thing at our house, I was a little worried about what other kids would tell her, but she doesn't seem to care about it. She seems to see Santa Claus as a cartoon character or a story.
Lauren and I started doing "school" this week. We have some pattern blocks and some letter/number puzzles that we do together. She is having a blast. She now knows all the letters in her name and she knows what letters mommy and daddy start with. She loves learning!
We pray that you all are having a great holiday and have a very blessed new year!

What is in the box?

His name is Douglas!! And yes, he is very large and extremely soft.

And he fits nicely in an adult sized rocking chair.

Wow!

I was just watching the news and they said that Washington D.C. is expecting over five million for the Obama inaugeration. They only have 95,000 hotel rooms! Do you know how much people could make if they just rented out their guest rooms? I tried to convince my parents, but they aren't to keen on the idea!

Why is it that all of the pictures we have of our dog are the ones where she is sleeping? Hmm....maybe because that is all she does!

Watching the snow fall outside!

Getting ready to decorate our little tree. Lauren got a kick out of being as tall as the tree!