The (little) Man of the Hour, Day, Week, Month!

Well the time has come again for us to celebrate the existence of our son Truman. And we like to do it with style. Since the blasted weather plotted against our party plans and we had to move it back a week we ended up having two celebrations. One with just the three of us, snowed in with cake and presents and then an official party a week later. This year Truman requested a caveman party because he likes "ancient things". This theme presented a challenge for me since apparently no other kid ever wanted a caveman party before. So I could not lean on other people's ideas. In the end I think it was fun and worth the effort.

Cake Number One

Hunting the woolly Mammoth (with marshmallow rocks)

Cave Drawing Hidden Picture Search

Cave Campfire Cake

Snow-a-thon

Why?!
Why, has there been so much snow in Maryland this year! This storm started on Friday afternoon and continued until Saturday night and we had over two feet of snow! Madness! Jack and I have been slowly digging our car out and it is finally free today! Yesterday we walked over to a friend's house and had a small sacrament meeting (we had permission from our Bishop, of course) with ward members who live in our neighborhood. It was especially nice since this was our second week without church. We may even venture out to a store today. No word yet, as to whether or not the Federal Government will be up and running tomorrow and require Jack to go back to work. Or if the schools will be open. But we are expecting more snow Tuesday and Wednesday so they will probably just shut down again anyway. I am not really complaining, I am just amazed at how snow can shut down an entire state!

Library Surprise!

I checked out the book Shiver from the local library the other day. I brought it home and a few days later decided to start reading it. When I opened up the front cover this is what I found...

a little note that says, "Twilight Trash"!

I LOVE IT! For some reason seeing that little note brought me so much joy. Just knowing that someone went to the trouble to write it and tape it into the book for some future reader to see, makes me feel so happy!

However I am not sure about the meaning behind the note. Granted the book does hold several similarities to the Twilight books, but I am not sure if the note writer thought it was "Twilight Trash" because it is like Twilight's trashiness or if it is trash because it is not as good as Twilight in the writer's mind. It is a mystery.

If you have read the book let me know what you think!

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Festivus Feats of Strength

Truman and the tree were almost too big for this maneuver this year!

Truman shows his photographer skills at the National Christmas tree.

Blizzard of 2009

20 inches of snow in Maryland=INSANITY!

Truman is king of a giant mountain of snow! If you look at the bush behind him you can get a good sense of our snow pile up!

Christmas Crafts

For a few years I have been wanting a new way to display the holiday cards we receive and an advent calender, but I could not find anything that I liked. So this year I decided to just make them myself. I got the idea for the advent calendar from Good Housekeeping magazine, each little bag has a game, or stickers or a treat inside. And during the last days before Christmas the bags also hold a scripture reference referring to the birth of the Savior, with Luke 2 in the bag for Christmas Eve. I got the idea for the card display wreath from my friend Jessica. Although she actually made a garland for her home and she got the idea from her sister-in-law Jen. So that idea has been passed around and now I am passing it to you. Don't be too jealous of my mad crafting skills!

"Bub...Bub Dylan." "Ohh..Bob."

Here's a little story for you. Well first let me say that if you can identify which movie I am quoting in the title of this post then we are destined to be best friends! Anyway back to my story. One day I was standing in my kitchen , washing the dishes and listening to NPR on the radio. When I heard the announcer announce (hee, hee) that you could enter to win tickets to a Bob Dylan concert on their web site. And I thought, I'm gonna do it! So I did and I won the tickets! Amazing, I know, but true!
Jack and I went to a Bob Dylan concert for our first wedding anniversary, many moons ago. And it was fun to go to one again, especially since it was free.
Besides seeing Bob Dylan and his band, here are a few of the other sights you might see at one of his concerts...
A man with an oxygen tank rocking out.
Earnest young rockers, who look a little confused, because Bob does not play his songs at his concerts like he did when he recorded them.
One lone guy waving his lighter during a slow song.
$30 Environmentally friendly Bob Dylan grocery bags (same quality as the ones you buy for under a dollar at shoppers).
Foolish people actually buying the $30 shopping bags.
And aging hippies as far as the eye can see.