Thanksgiving

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We did. It always amazes me how quickly it comes and passes. Now we are in full swing of Christmas including a day of decoration today and talking to Foster tonight about all the exciting things about Christmas - both the Santa and the spiritual parts. It is going to be so much fun this year. Foster is at the age where he "gets it" and having a bigger family this year with the addition of Caleb to our family and Maggie to my sister and Scott makes it all the more exciting. There will be more and more gifts wrapped with kid themed wrapping paper. That is always so fun. We talked to Foster tonight about cleaning out his toy box and wrapping up some of his old toys to give away to make room for new toys that Santa is going to bring. He is not quite thrilled about the giving away part...but it has to be done. He is going to be a hard sell but I think he will eventually get it. It is hard for him to imagine that every kid doesn't have toys to play with. All his friends have toys pouring out of their toy boxes. We forget how blessed we really are.
Tulsa had nearly a foot of snow over the past couple of days. Thank the Lord for SUVs. Last night we were able to get out of the house and knock out a huge portion of our Christmas shopping. I have never been to a more empty mall and Walmart was even pretty empty. It was awesome...especially because I married a man who gets grumpy when he has to fight crowds. It was nice to just take our time and after filling our carts, not have to wait in a line at all. Thank God for snow :) Today we did some sledding with Foster and also built a couple of snowmen. Jason's was way better than mine...what's new. We had such a great time. It was one of those days that you wish you could literally burn into your memory and never ever forget. Foster and Caleb are already growing up so fast. I don't want to forget these fun times we have together as a family.

Top Ten Things I Love About Snow:
1) Sledding
2) Hot Chocolate with Marshmellows melted on top
3) The sound of a fire crackling
4) Getting creative in how to spend time. Lots of games and cleaning.
5) My boys with red noses and big smiles on their faces as they play in the snow.
6) Having Foster come in and ask for a box of raisins and carrots. I knew this wasn't for him...that is not on his list of things that he will eat (a very very picky eater). It was for the huge snowman in our frontyard. I love snowmen!
7) Getting out to shop when everyone else is too smart to get out on the slick roads.
8) The smell and warmth that comes from a fireplace in use.
9) There is something about snow that makes even the ugliest of landscapes seem beautiful. Speaking of, now that there is snow on the ground, you can't see the enourmous tarp in our front yard that is supposedly keeping a gigantic pile of leaves dry to be picked up and hauled off soon. The snow has been a great excuse to not mess with that headache (for now).
10) Snow kept Jason home from work Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It was awesome having hime around.

Love to you all.
Until next time,
Becca

Long time, No blog

It has been awhile since I have blogged. I know this is going to come as a shock, but I have not had much to say in the past couple of weeks. Life is busy but wonderful. I have had the opportunity to play a lot of tennis and have lots of fun with the boys. I have actually knocked out some of our Christmas shopping too...I had always made fun of people who started Christmas shopping so early. I guess this is just proof that I am getting older. Fighting the crowds Christmas shopping with 2 kids gives me a headache and makes me a little queazy just thinking about it.
I am so glad the elections are over. This past week as I listened to the radio or watched the news, I made a realization about human nature. I realized that we would rather look for ways that we are different from each other than look at ways we are the same. Is it all about competition? Does it have to be about whether you are male or female, Democrat or Republican, or whether you think OU or OSU is better? It is just crazy. Why do we do that? Now, don't get me wrong, I think a little competition is good and healthy. I will forever be a Jayhawk Basketball fan and I would rather see the Sooners spank the Cowboys any day. I am a pretty conservative woman who prefers Coke products to Pepsi. I don't apologize for it. It is just who I am. I think you need to be 100% who God made you to be, but why do we have to think badly about someone else because they think differently. Every single person I have in my life is different from me in some way or another. The question is, am I going to focus on that difference, or am I going to see all the ways that we are the same? It is a choice!

I have no Top Ten tonight. I do have some new pictures of the boys. Here is a couple of Foster. Both these pictures capture his personality. He is such a sweet and fun boy! Liliana came over the other day and took pictures of Caleb. We were going to enter him into the Gap Baby Contest but we missed the deadline. Anyway, here are some of his "modeling pictures". No, I am not going to travel the world like those crazy people on Dr. Phil who enter their kids in baby pageants...it was just a fun contest and he could have won lots of Gap clothes...I am pretty sure he would have won :) I am a bit biased!

Foster (AKA Jack Sparrow)

Here are some new pictures of my niece, Maggie and my sister. I couldn't help sharing them with you. I can't wait to get my hands on her again at Christmas time. I love when babies smile. This is going to be a great Christmas!!!

Love to all.

Until next time, Becca