Thankful

We are so thankful for all of you! Here are a few more things we are thankful for this year . . .


(We made this poster for FHE the beginning of the month and have been adding to it each day since then.)

Christmas wish lists

Hey Fam again. Two questions and a comment. When do we want to assign who has who for Christmas? What do you all think of adding our Christmas Wish Lists to the blog. There is a fun way to add it by clicking "Customize" in the top right corner and adding a Gadget called "Lists". You can title it and put in your list. I already posted mine.

And for the comment, don't forget to take the Thanksgiving survey! You can add more items to vote on using the same "Customize" link.

Digital Thanksgiving

Would anyone want to do a Skype at some specified time on Thursday? It would be fun if we could all talk together and wish each other a happy Thanksgiving. Maybe the boys could work out some kind of digital turkey bowl too! :)

Doug

La vida es un carnival

So, I would love to be a regular and continuous contributor to the Blog but I generally find difficulty in thinking of something to write. Somehow I don't think posting the mis-matched, silly things that I say wouldn't have the same effect. I guess that changes with age. Sad day. :)

Let's see, I had an exciting weekend. I went up to a cabin out by Midway with the Outdoor Adventure Club; it was incredibly fancy and I am sure very expensive to construct. Downstairs included a pool table, ping pong, air hockey, foosball (and not the dinky kind that we had when we were children), a basketball shooting game, and very nice tv's and sound systems. We arrived at the cabin after it was already dark, so when I woke up in the morning and popped up my all I saw was the wall of windows filled with a view of a beautiful, blue lake. Yeah...

We had a ton of fun and a lot of people. We also got to make breakfast in the morning, which was fun. Of course, I ended up with a lot of it on my shirt. Garrett had a lot of fun pointing that out to me and everyone else - over and over again. (No, Garrett is just a friend from home.)

After we left the cabin, many of us went to go hiking, being the Outdoor Adventure Club. Wanting more attention, while trying to walk up the steep sheet of frozen (pretty much just ice) snow : my feet slipped from beneath me, I landed on my knee which then continued to slide down the hill, I tried to break the fall with my hand which also slipped out and decided to get all cut up and bleed, and I finally ended by slamming my forehead against the ice - leaving lots of really nice marks. Yeah...so I was just kidding about the attention part. I felt like a really big idiot, especially after everyone else made it up the hill just fine. Worst part: the very intelligent, impressive, cute guy was standing right there trying to prevent me from slipping. Anyway, it wasn't actually that dramatic, I just like to make it sound cooler. On Monday, everyone at school (the students with whom I am friends and coworkers) : "Wow! What happened to your face!" Yes, I am cool. :)

I continue to just adore my job. Being a small business and with the economy as it is and with the usual flow of students, things are getting rather tight at Nomen Global. But we still have good times. I am becoming good friends with some of the students, and therefore get to practice my Spanish a lot (nevermind the fact that they are the ones here to learn English). :)

Oh, so my friend Creighton (he has been in some past pcitures) decided to spend his winter semester doing a paid internship is Ghana! So on 10 January he will be leaving us to go build energy-creating merry-go-rounds in small villages there (you can read about it on BYU's website). He currently is the Financeer of the BYUOAC, and somehow without even really asking me, the baton was passed to me. I am now the unofficial Financeer of the BYU Outdoor Adventure Club, with all of my vast knowledge of finances and outdoor adventures. Not. It will be good.

Anyway, hope ya'll 're doin' well. From what I hear down the grape vine, Doug has a post on this blog that he needs to make. I hope he does. :)

Angela

Spanish Turkey

Kaylee has a LeapFrog toy (gift from Doug & Emily last Christmas) that sings and counts in both Spanish and English. In English, her songs all begin, "Hi! I'm Lily . . . ". So, the Spanish version of the songs begins, "Hola! Soy Lily . . . ". Our family night activity this week was making handprint turkeys. Kaylee ended up with two turkeys on her paper (she wanted to trace both her hands). She named her first turkey "Hola" and her second turkey "Soy Lily". :)

Kids Say the Cutest Things . . .

Today's Examples

#1
Kaylee and Ashlyn are sitting side by side in some little chairs. Kaylee rests her arm on the back of Ashlyn's chair and says, "Mommies and Daddies sit like this at church."


#2
Anne: Kaylee, Thanksgiving is coming really soon.
Kaylee: Can I PLEASE, PLEASE go to Aunt Janet's house?!


#3
Anne (to Kaylee and Ashlyn, upon returning from grocery shopping): Thank you both for being so good at the store today.
Kaylee: You're welcome, Mom. We love you. (blows a kiss)