I’ve uploaded a few new photos to our Flickr from our trip to the Aquarium last week. Liam enjoyed petting the sting rays. Mommy was a little edgy around the sting rays, given that she was stung by one while vacationing in South Carolina one summer. I accidently stepped on it (you know, it might help if their skin were a different color than say, SAND). We had also planned to go to Big Splash while I was on my vacation last week but unfortunately the weather was so bad that they had to close down. In fact, we’ve had quite a few storms the last few days. Mike took Liam over to my parents today so I could work some more on cleaning out the craft room (Mike was about to lay orange cones around the doorway….it was getting really bad). I big thunderstorm hit while they were there. Apparently, they both sat out in the sun room and watched while Liam pointed to the sky and said “Boom!”. Meanwhile, I was at Wal-mart picking up more storage bins. The down pour started just as I was leaving. I was a soggy-bottom girl by the time I got home. Still, there’s something about being drenched in thunder storm rain that’s very refreshing.

Fun stuff.

This past year has seen a lot of changes for me. I’ve encountered some difficulties, some disappointments. I’ve gotten to know myself a little better, I’ve discovered some weaknesses, some strengths. But I have this strange feeling that 2008 is going to be good year.

There’s a bunch of xmas photos we still haven’t uploaded to our flickr yet but we’ll get them done…plenty of cute ones of Liam. I should probably mention something about resolutions for the year. Besides the joint one Mike and I agreed on I’ll simply want to find more time for crafting, spend more time with friends, less time stressing, more time napping, less time searching for misplaced car keys, more time reading and writing letters to people instead of email (really like that one Chrissy :-). Oh, and yoga, which I’ve been doing pretty good with during the past months so I just want to keep it up. Every day, forty minutes. And speaking more Norwegian with Liam. And getting out of Oklahoma by my birthday. I guess I should have put all that in list form for ya but oh well.

Anyway, happy belated New Year everyone!

I wonder if she takes requests. I would love a good shot of the three swords of Hafsfjord.

We had a wonderful full day. Started out at my dads. He walked Liam to the park while I ran the route and met them there so we could feed the ducks. Then we headed to the pumpkin patch to pick up some pumpkins and mums. Liam had a blast crawling through the fields and hugging pumpkins. Then my dad and I drove down to my uncles in Tulsa where Liam got to meet some of his cousins for the first time. Good times.

Mmmm…no.

Assuming we actually get to do something for Halloween this year (Mike and I will be in NY for Jamie’s wedding reception that weekend), I’ll be dressing up as a French maid. Liam’s gonna be a baby bat. Mike started on his wings today, they look good so far. As for Mike? Not sure yet, but I’m trying to talk him into being Dracula. Baby bat and Dracula, kind of cute, don’t ya think?

It’s been a long week and I’m all behind like a cows tail. Fall has always been my season for re-order and organization. (I never was able to get into spring cleaning). I was hoping to have a garage sale this weekend but I wasn’t able to get all my closets sorted out in time so I think it’ll have to wait until we get back from New York. November isn’t really the best time for garage sales but oh well, hopefully I can make enough money to cover some of our xmas gifts this year.

Things just got too busy this week. On a friends request, I spent all day Wednesday playing volleyball for a United Way fundraiser. I used to play volleyball in high school. I’ve always loved playing volleyball. It’s a great sport, nothing like pounding on a leather ball to relieve stress. But after six hours of playing my body is so bruised and battered. It’s been three days and I’m still sore and exhausted.

I know that we haven’t even gotten to Halloween yet but Mike is already asking me what I want for xmas. I really don’t know. I mean, there are plenty of things I want but they’re just not really appropriate for gift giving or far to expensive. I was thinking about asking for a camera. I bought Mike an eight hundred dollar camera just before Liam was born but its kind of too complicated for an unprofessional photography person like me. It would be neat to have a simple point and shoot camera but something with snazzy features (like Cindy’s…sweet, I need to get those eye pictures from you, they are so awesome!). I asked him for an iPhone but he just laughed hysterically in my face so, don’t think that’ll happen. Then I told him I wanted a loofah. I took a shower at my parents house the other day and they have loofah’s. I used to have loofah’s too before marriage/parenthood yanked me out of my oil brat dreamworld and required me to be a more frugal spender. Now I just can’t justify spending ninety cents on an item that doesn’t really do anything different from a regular wash cloth. So, seriously. A loofah would be a great gift. Would make a nice stocking stuffer.

Here’s Grandma Pat holding her. I love this picture. She looks so peaceful…and you can see her cute little nose.