By Melanie on 2/24/2009 9:16 PM

I think I'm in love with no school on Mondays. In fact, I think every Monday should be a national holiday from now on. Whose with me? Monday was lovely. Kenny and James were both home and Grant and I had a great time hanging out with them all day. At one point, the boys went in search of a model car to put together (they came back with model planes instead) and puttered around in the garage working on them for an hour or two in the afternoon. That evening, we celebrated Grandma's birthday with everyone at California Pizza Kitchen and James had fun visiting with his cousins.

Other highlights from the week include going to James's school Open House where he got to show Kenny all the stuff he's been working on. I get to see it since I'm usually in his classroom once a week helping the teacher, but it was fun for him to show his K-dad what he's been up to.

Friday morning, Nadine and I played tennis while Grant "helped" by crawling across the cour ... Read More »

By Melanie on 2/15/2009 9:54 PM

We had a lovely, lazy Sunday, all curled up with each other on the sofa and watching the BBC Planet Earth DVDs which are just gorgeous. Monday stayed low-key, too. James worked on his mission report in the morning and then we headed out to Disneyland in the afternoon while Joan watched Grant for us. It was clear and cool when we got there but had rained most of the day, so the park was pretty empty and James and I didn't have to wait for anything. We rode all the roller coasters and enjoyed treats like hot cocoa and cinnamon twists from the bakery. When we got home, he hung out with Kenny and I went to watch The Bachelor with several girls from the ward.

Tuesday was hurry-up-and-finish-your-mission-report day. Kenny and James worked on that in the evening while I went to a baby shower for Amber Baltzer and then to Target to hunt down a report cover and some glue for James's project. Then it was all about adventure in bean dyeing, trying to turn a bowl full of ... Read More »

By Melanie on 2/8/2009 9:09 PM

Um, so the highlights since the middle of November: we had a huge Thanksgiving at Skip and Joan's with a ton of people and I made twelve things in one day because I'm CRAZY, but they all turned out pretty good. Busy December as usual. James got a Wii for Christmas but left the next day to spend the holiday with his dad in Utah. He had a blast up there. Amy Lou came down here and spent Christmas with us and that was fun. She brought a friend named Speed,

January: I resubmitted my novel with the change requests and now it's just a waiting game. James is doing well in school but still has room to improve. However, he started Lego Engineering classes on Saturdays and loves that. He also participated in the Pinewood Derby and did really well, much better than last year.

Grant is almost ready to walk. He'll do a few toddling steps between Kenny and I but he still lacks a little confidence. It won't be long, though. He says "Dada" and &q ... Read More »