happy thanksgiving...

We had a good short trip up to salt lake for thanksgiving. I love to get out once in awhile, but I sure hate coming home. It's that I don't like "getting back in the groove" of things. My house is a mess. I have a humONgous pile of laundry. Zane really has a hard time coming down from it all too. We tend to have a lot more meltdowns for about a week or so.

On a good note: I did get my tree up, and almost all my christmas shopping is done (that's not saying much, I don't have many gifts to buy - nor money to buy them with). Here's a slideshow of pics from our trip ; including Discovery Gateway in salt lake, and one of Lily sleeping on the bed in the hotel with her legs in the air. So funny.

for john...

Go Red Raiders!
Tech beat 4th ranked Oklahoma on Saturday. HA HA BCS!

zane's talk...

Ok so I wrote this today for Zane's talk in primary on Sunday. I was going to have him just hold pictures and tell what he was thankful for and why, etc. As I made the list (that he told me) I decided that it would be easier for him to be able to recite something, so I wrote this poem. It's lame, but I'm proud of myself anyways. It's not toooo cheesy for someone who never writes stuff and wrote it in one day, right?

I Am Thankful

My Heavenly Father loves me
Of this I can be sure
He's blessed me with so many things
That I am thankful for.

I am thankful for my body,
food, and for the clothes I wear.
I am trying to be healthy
to show Him that I care.

I am thankful for the Earth,
the planets, moon, and stars.
For games and toys, and for my house,
Even my parent's car.

I am thankful for the animals,
For mountains, flowers, and trees;
For school, my teachers, and my friends,
But most of all my family.

I am thankful for the prophets,
The scriptures, and the temple.
And although it's sometimes hard,
Giving thanks is very simple

I can show my Heavenly Father
That I appreciate these things;
By choosing right, and serving Him,
Giving thanks for my blessings.

(oh yeah, and I should say - this is copyrighted by Abi Collins, so noone can steal it, not that anyone would want to)

really cool...

I just wanted to tell you that I found a new (to me) thing to waste a WHOLE lot of time on when on the computer. I know I am probably a loser, and this has been around forever. It's part of Google Earth. If you haven't used Google Earth yet, download it here: http://earth.google.com. In Google Earth's latest version, you can click on View > Switch to Sky. This picture is of the farthest known galaxy, 13 billion light years away. Seriously. All I have to say is WOW. I can't wait to show Zane the moon, stars, planets and galaxies. It's so awesome.

my piano player...

Here's a little thing we like to call Zane and a few of the latest things he plays on the piano. (I apologize for the boring-ness, yes that's a word John).

Notes: Zane loves "minor" and "major", obsessed with it actually. I didn't teach him any of those songs, including Fur Elise and Moonlight Sonata, he has just listened to me play them. He made up his own ending to the Fur Elise that he plays. John says he "might" have shown him how to make Wheels on the Bus into minor, but he's not sure. Zane has since made many songs into "minor songs", including I Am A Child of God -- interesting. He also made up the song at the end, complete with words..."what does the sun say, what does the rainbow say." I just thought I needed to keep a record of this kid's career. He's going places -- just not sure where sometimes!

Happy Halloween...

A few notes about the pictures:
I bought Lily the pink leopard as her costume originally. Zane changed his mind a lot about what he wanted to be. First it was peter pan, then an alien, then a caterpillar. While he was in his alien phase, I bought Lily's costume. When he changed to caterpillar, I looked for costumes for him on ebay. I ran across the adorable baby caterpillar costume, and had to have it! So, she had two costumes.

If you noticed, Zane had a green face for one picture, but not the other. He was dying for me to paint his face green, however, that only lasted 5 minutes. It really "bugged" him so we washed it off. haha, bugged.

Obsessed...

I just finished the 3rd in the Twilight series of books. I read all 3 in under a week. It's an understatment to say that I'm obsessed. It's a series about a teenage girl, Bella, who falls in love with a vampire, Edward. They are written by a mormon girl, Stephenie Meyer. Get obsessed...visit: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com. I'm going through withdrawals...