28 October 2009

eaves dropping

<a href="http://www.cmt.com/video/" target="_blank">Tom Mabe: Eavesdropping</a>
this video is all about eaves dropping. it made my day. i thought it was hilarious. hope you enjoy.

05 October 2009

First Prayer

I don't know why, but I never thought to ask Abby to say a prayer... until last week.

She said her first prayer last week at grandma's... unfortunately grandma wasn't there to hear it but she said it! I think she will be saying them more often from now on... mainly because they're always short and cute. :)

Yesterday she said the prayer and it went like this:
fa-der, eease bless you aunhhhh (with tongue sticking out and pointing to her tongue), geesus, AMEN! (in a loud screaming voice, throwing her hands in the air like it was a surprise party).

With the interpretation of tongues I can tell you that means: father, please bless the food, in jesus' name, amen.

at grandma's last week, she just said bless without the you, but last night she decided to say bless you like you sneezed. Also at grandma's the first time she actually said food, but yesterday she reverted back to her old ways of saying food-- which is to say aunhhh with her pointing to her tongue that is sticking out.

None the less, it's a good step in the right direction.

03 October 2009

After Disneyland

After Disneyland, on a whim, we decided to visit Grandma Cowles and San Diego some more instead of going home. It was Andrew's birthday on Thursday so we celebrated by going to Seaworld and having dinner with my brother Daniel's family, as well as Grandma. Christina made a delicious meatloaf and we had cake. It's great to be able to celebrate with family-- not a luxury we get here in Phoenix.

Happy Birthday Andrew!

The next day, yesterday, Friday... we went straight to the beach and had fun making a family castle in the sand with 2 plastic cups, sea shells, and seaweed. The seagulls ate our lunch we brought but that was the only downer. We had fun wading in the cold waves for a little while and collecting sea shells and sand dollars. Andrew thought we weren't going to stay long so he insisted that we didn't need sunscreen. ... We ended up having more fun than we thought and stayed out in the sun much longer than expected. Abby and I are very sun burnt. :) but we loved every minute of it.

Thank you to Grandma who let us, uninvited guests stay at your house.

pictures to come.

Disneyland!!

On a more last minute decision, we decided to go to Disneyland this last week with Brian, Katie and Ty. We had a blast. Abby learned to love rides and met a lot of the Disney characters. Abby and Andrew had never been so it was a good experience for them.

Thanks for letting us come with you to Disneyland, Butlers!!

We did a lot of walking and trying to keep up with Brian's long legs. It was good we did a lot of walking with all the must haves at Disneyland--cotton candy, lollipops, ice cream (with a lot of sprinkles), churros, popcorn, and hand dipped corn dogs.

Pictures will come later.