The holidays are over and it’s time to get back to business. It’s sort of sad when you pack away all the Christmas decorations for another year, but I know Thanksgiving will be here before we know it and we’ll be pulling it all back out again.
We had some really cold weather last week, at least for us. There was one day the temperature never got above 20°. Then there is today with a low of 56° and a high of 67°. Go figure.
WOWED AND AMAZED. Around our house I am the first one up, and the boys are usually up before Vicki and Jenna. Sometimes the boys get up so early I send them back to bed (anything before 6:30 is too early). When they do get up at a decent time I remind them they need to be quiet because others in the house are still sleeping. Even with this reminder I’ve had to confiscate their light sabers before so as to stop a loud duel at 7:00 or so. That’s why the other morning when Ben and Nate noticed Vicki awake in bed Ben said to her, “Oh good, We’re all up! You’re up, Jenna’s up and Daddy’s up.” Nate added, “Everybody in the whole world is up.”
Ben tuned to Nate to correct him. He explained how it is night time on the other half of the world and that people there were sleeping. Nate pondered this for a good long moment and then, with a sense of wonder in his voice, asked Ben, “How do you know everything?”
BASKETBALL SEASON. I think I’ve reported that Jenna and Ben are playing Upward Basketball again this year. Their season got under way Saturday. Ben is still young enough to play half court ball but Jenna has moved up to a full court game. This means Ben has morning games while Jenna plays in the afternoon.
Ben started the season in good form with six points to his credit. Each time he scored he looked over to see if I was watching. There was one time the ball got loose and he made a pretty good dive to the floor to get it. Once he had possession of the ball he hopped up and scored!
Jenna wasn’t quite ready for a full court game. As those of us with a fair complexion tend to do, she got so hot her face was all splotched. Her team only has six players so she really got a workout. She didn’t score but she got several rebounds.
EAGLE EYED DAD. Ben and I had arrived home from Scouts. He had gotten a snack and I noticed he was leaving all his trash in my truck as we were getting out. I called his attention to it. He cleaned it up with a good natured, “Aw, I was hoping you wouldn’t notice that.”
PICTURES ONLINE. I reported about a month ago that my next project was to start putting pictures online and that we had started an account with Shutterfly to accomplish this. The goal is to start at the first of this year and keep up with current pictures as well as work backwards with our old pictures. Right now I have several albums from our Christmas up. Just go to the home page for our blog and you’ll find links to our pictures there.
Joe
