Imagination at work

The blanket cupboard was outer space one day, and Caelyn loves playing dressup. The Snow White dress was a gift from her 7-year-old tomboy cousin, Amanda. This is her neighbor and (only) friend, Sierra.

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Ringtones

Hi Everyone!

I did a little updating of ringtones today, and I know that you're all curious about how you sound when you call me, so I thought I would send out the update.

Dad: Green River (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Mom: Cold Hungry Blues (Po' Girl) This is always a difficult one for me. For a while Mom was only calling when she needed something, so I changed her ringtone to Help! by the Beatles. Unfortunately, this had the opposite effect that I intended, as she stopped calling me altogether (think text messages for help). So I figured this one, since, had she been born in the South, Mom would have been a natural for the blues. :)

Dan: Patton's Speech to the Third Army (George C. Scott) "Men, all this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight - wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, big league ball players, the toughest boxers. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser."

Amy: New York State of Mind (Billy Joel)

Mark and Abby: Georgia on My Mind (Ray Charles) It's been this way for a LONG time, but it's a gorgeous ringtone, so...

Rocky: Keep Fishin' (Weezer)

Sarah: Radio speech (Winston Churchill) "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, 'This was their finest hour.'"

Sam: Brass Monkey (Beastie Boys)

Hannah and Dallin: Killin' Me Softly (Fugees) Any family member who NEVER calls, or emails, or writes, or makes any effort to communicate, will hereby have this ringtone.

Julie: Dream in Color (Regina Belle)

Just so you know, I take requests...

Mommy the Maid

For our family night activity we were playing basketball in the kids' room with about 15 balls. We were cleaning up when Caelyn dumped all the balls out again, and Derrick scolded her. "It's okay," she said, "Mommy can just clean up my room."

Christmas and Disneyland

Excited about stockings on Christmas morning--almost to the point of climbing in...



On the other hand, this one found a piece of candy in his stocking, and was completely satisfied to leave the rest of the stocking until he had finished the first piece.



One of Caelyn's favorite parts of being at Disneyland was meeting the princesses: Jasmine (pictured), Belle and Mulan; and also seeing others, including her favorite, Aurora. She also got pictures with Tigger and Pooh.*



Also a favorite--getting her face painted to look like a butterfly while her mom was away with Zerah.


Of course, after over 12 hours at the Magic Kingdom, even face paint and excitement can wear off. Here Caelyn is sleeping through a show that included huge flames on the water, incredibly loud cackling, a sixty foot fire breathing dragon, and one of the largest firework show we had ever seen.



* While the kids weren't looking, I swear I saw Pooh mime the money sign (rubbing his finger and thumbs together) and then pound his fist into his other hand. It was pretty shocking. I pity the fool who owes Pooh money.

Probably the biggest cliff that I know of.

Christmas