Our First Family Home Evening

Last night was our FIRST official Family Home Evening. Lesson, Activity, Snack, ALL of it! Not surprising, but we didn't get past the lesson... it must have been that good-

We started by looking at a picture of Jesus.
M- "Jack, who is this?"
J- "Jesus"

We said "We belong to Jesus' church." Then we sang "I Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ" as we marched around the living room, "agee" and again and again. We tried distracting Jack by coloring a picture, but it didn't work so well. Next time we will save the song for the activity, and color as part of the lesson.

It was great! What kind of tricks will we have for next week???

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Dan got the day off today- first one in what seems like MONTHS! We put up our Christmas Village as a family, it looks GREAT! Thanks Dan and Jack for bringing up all the boxes!
Jack loved stacking them too!


We celebrated Christmas with Auntie Melissa and Uncle Aaron over the weekend (they were in town from DC.) Jack got away from dinner and found Cars on TV.
Auntie Melissa got Jack "Color Wonder" Toy Story! He loved it, and really liked coloring with his cousin, too!

And finally, a video. I don't quite get it. He was eating a brownie... did he like seeing the brownie drop into the toilet, the echo, Dan & I both have had the flu in the past month- did he see us?

I don't know, but it is funny! (Maybe kind of inappropriate... sorry!)

A conversation with a 21 month old...

Last week, after visiting our friends and their new baby, Jack and I sat in the Love Sac and talked...

M: Jack, Do you like Mickey?
J: Mickey!
M: Jack, Do you like baby?
J: Baby!
M: Jack, we're going to have a new baby very soon-
J: No!

Does he understand, probably not. But you have to love his honesty!
So there it is-I'm letting it out into the blogger world- we are having a baby! I am 21 weeks along, due April 2.
We had our big ultrasound and everything is healthy, baby is active, and of course measures big. We are not finding out if we are having a boy or girl- the tech did not write it down so really our chance to change our mind is gone. It is kind of exciting- we get to talk about boy and girl names, still call the baby "it" or "the baby" (which we are still working on what we can call it until the big day), and just enjoy life for now... once this baby comes along things may change a little!


Other than that exciting news in our life, life is still busy! Sadly my camera has not come out much in the past 3 weeks... a couple of exciting things: voting, Grandma Diane visiting from NC, visiting our cousins for a sleepover, and lots of fun with friends.

Jack enjoyed our cupcakes from the voting day bake sale.

Jack and his cousins at the Christmas tree (at the restaurant)

The tractor riding toy at the mall No, Jack doesn't shop. He plays while everyone else shops! That means mom doesn't shop either...

That is our life in a nutshell... Jack's favorite things these days are "Cars," the movie, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, trains, tractors, cars, macaroni & cheese, raisins, cookies- the list is long!