Uncle Jepp.... Can I join "Eleven"?????

Flattery from the top bunk

"Good night sweetheart"
"Goodnight beautiful mom, do you know why I call you beautiful?"
"Why?"
"Because your lips are beautiful when you put lipstick on them"
"What if I don't put lipstick on?"
"Then you look the beautifullest of all!"


Now, there is some smooth talkin' for a 6 year old!

Songs from the back of the van

So, we're driving down the road, and Nick shouts out from the back of the van, "I swallowed my finger".... "YOU WHAT??" ... "Mama, I swallowed my finger.... yes yord, yes yord, yes, yes yord..."
It turns out that he is singing... "I'm trading my sorrows.... Yes Lord, yes Lord, yes, yes Lord..." A song that we sing in our sunday school class.
"I swallowed my finger" was not quite the message we were going for, but it is fun to see how those little ones process all those songs.
He loves to sing... so, no doubt we will have more installments from the back of the van.

Happy New Year...

Okay.. so it's a week late.

However, things went off without a hitch here in the New Year. Apparently the boys have ALL made a New Year's resolution to let Mom and Dad sleep until 7:30 AM... Yeehaw! It has been wonderful... especially considering how little sleep we were getting at the beginning of December.

Everyone is just about done with vacation. DJ goes back to school tomorrow, and Cindy starts her new job. Kurt goes back on Thursday. Oh well.. vacation can't last forever. We have had a nice time hanging out for the last couple of weeks, and got some stuff done around the house.