Friday, November 28, 2008

Thanksgiving for Thirty...




So I'm enjoying a nice, quiet house after a busy Thanksgiving Day. LK went to the Seattle Zoo (in the rain) with some friends and hubby and the rest are in Bellingham for an appointment & a few errands. Yesterday, after our Thanksgiving Worship Service and social that followed, we could have three families & some extra friends for a total of 30 people over for Thanksgiving Dinner. It really wasn't that stressful - one family brought the turkey, another some salads & bread, another the appetizers for before the meal. So between all of us we had four tables set - the adult one was beautiful. The rest didn't really matter - teens really just care about the food - and there was lots! Here's a few pics of the event.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Book Character Day


AK as the "Big Bad Wolf...


HK as Little Red Riding Hood...


LK as Emily Elizabeth in the Clifford series...


JK as Raggedy Ann...

Last week Friday our school leadership team organized a Book Character Day since November was Reading Month at Cornerstone. This year the students were assigned a character - actually there were two of each. Once they arrived at school they were to find their match. Lots of fun - and it was not too difficult or costly to pull this one off. The kids wondered where I learned my sewing skills - I told them that it was not in Home Ec...

Thursday, November 13, 2008

And the music plays on...







Just when I thought my week was going to be quiet and non-exciting, I got a call from my sister in Ontario. She was on MSN with our brother-in-law from Indonesia. He was in San Jose finishing up early at a missionary conference and could not change his ticket to return home earlier than planned. So being that he had 6 days to wait, we thought it was a grand idea that he fly up to his nearest relatives - yes, that would be us. He finds it very cold here - today it was a sunny 55 degrees, not bad for Washington. But his blood is used to 110 degrees - a bit hot even for him - and so it indeed is frigid here. He loves music - so our house has been full of guitar, violin, trumpet, piano, recorder and anything else that makes noise and resembles a tune. Sometimes it just takes a surprise visitor to slow things down a bit - we'll just enjoy the music as it plays on...

Monday, November 10, 2008

Who's stealing my library books?

So, my van is very clean and I know exactly what's underneath my living room couches and chairs... And it did not produce the library book that our friendly librarian has told us is overdue. And this is not the first one to disappear. To make problems worse, there's a good chance in our small town that the same librarian who frowned at me last month for losing a video will probably look at me with an assuming look when I report this one. And if you know me, I'm not really a messy sort of person. For the most part, I know where my things are located... There are, however, a few bedrooms to go looking through. I have a few less-than particular children - at least when it comes to bedrooms. I am NOT going through hurricane alley some kids call their bedroom. So, I will take my wallet, and humbly and quietly go to the library and make things right. And I really don't care what she thinks :)

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Pumpkin Time!




I love this time of year! Especially if the weather is nice. We've had a beautiful fall - not a lot of wind & rain - and so the colors are quite vibrant. This past week the rain has reminded us that winter is coming. Before that happens we thought we should cut open the large pumpkin that sits by our front door. "A" loves doing this sort of thing. Here he is in the middle of cutting and scooping all that squishy stuff out. I already used fresh pumpkin to make our favorite fall recipe - Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins.