GENEROUS Santa

Apparently Santa didn't think I was taking nearly enough pictures w/ my ol' point n' shoot camera, (or perhaps quality was the issue) so he generously presented
me with a receipt that one of these was coming my way:

Additionally, he must have thought that my little girlies were being shorted on the amount of footage we have of them vs. the volumes that we have of Xian and again, generously had this wrapped up for me:

AND YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW A LOT OF MY KIDS BEFORE..... !

Xmas '09

We had an enjoyable Xmas this year! We're so very blessed! I say that first and foremost as to not sound ingracious when I say that I was terribly lonely this year...
YES, I'm so happy that T is back.
YES, I'm so blessed to have healthy children!
But, I was nonetheless a little melancholy that we were alone. My memories take me back to SD with a houseful of people. I can't help it.
**roll over bottom of slide show to stop it & see caption**

Xmas parties

Mim's party was really adorable... all the little pre-schoolers singing of God's love and the true meaning of CHRISTmas! This is her teacher.


Lil's fun, too.... highlight was the pinata (don't know what that has to do w/ CHRISTmas, tho'?)


Xian's band concert... He is right under the "P" w/ the big hair!

The girls sang in the kid's choir at church.

BTW, Merry Christmas!

baby Georgia

My cousin and his lovely wife from SD were in town last week to welcome their new baby into the world. They named this precious babe Georgia.... quite a miracle child. She came to them via a surrogate. My Lily LOVED giving her a bottle and just taking her all in!

We wish this new family of THREE the very best that life can offer.

LB 2nd place Reflections Winner

My little arteest won 2nd place out of ALL of the Kindergartners at her school (almost 300 kids) in a Reflections contest entitled, "Beauty Is..."

She created a little work of art known simply as 'Flowers.'

Her school had a reception for all of the top winners and now her piece is onto the county level... yeah LB!!!

Thanksgiving 2009