Spring is here?

Last week it was snowing and today we were out in the yard in the sunshine in short sleeves! Is spring here? It was a beautiful day either way. We had lots of fun with bubbles and Tim caught it on his phone.



















Soaking up the sunshine!

The next day...

day two of our snow day was so much fun! we got up early and went down to the high school by our house and spent some time sledding. The snow was so wet that it was easier to slide down the letters on the hill. We went home to warm up with hot cocoa and went out for round 2!

Lily made a snow lady and then decided she needed a snow husband too. So sweet.




















It was so beautiful but I lived in Sweden for too long to want it for more that two days!!

It's SNOWING!!

in Georgia! I can count on one hand the times it's snowed in the last 10 years. It's exciting and we had so much fun today after Tim came home early from work. These photos were taken early on but we have at least 3 inches so far and we're hoping to wake up and find it still there so we can play in it some more!

Today it snowed in all 50 states in one day - yes, even Hawaii and Florida. Brrrr.

The last two months.....

in short - my parents came to visit, we had lots of fun, did lots of shopping. Max went back to school, we've all had colds (bonus of Max going back to school! yay) and I got all my hair cut off. Literally, ALL of it. Tim and I now get our hair cut every month and use the same products because it's about the same length! I love it though, it's so easy to take care of and quite chic apparently.



Max is doing really really well at his reading! He adores the fabulous, award winning Mo Willems series about Elephant and Piggie and is able to read them by himself with very little help. It's boosted his confidence no end and he has a new interest in reading. In fact, he took one of the books to school to read to his teacher and got a certificate for Action and Alertness (as well as winning dancer of the month, we still have no idea why!) Go Max!! Here he is reading one of the books to his aunt and uncle





I love that boy!!!!!! We're proud of you buddy.

Bad Blogger

Bad, lazy, unmotivated blogger. There is a lot to share and there are a lot of photos to come. I just have to put it all together. It is supposed to rain this weekend. Hopefully that means that my new friend and I will get some time to blog. See you soon!

Vegas baby!

Las Vegas. Tacky, noisy, crowded with people bent on losing all their money in casinos. Those are the first things that spring to mind - and guess what? it's all true. But there's a lot more to it than what we were expecting.

We stayed at the newer end of the strip, at the Luxor, the pyramid shaped, Egyptian themed hotel. Since we arrived mid-week it was very quiet, not crowded at all. The casino at that hotel is very small which helped cut down on the crowds. There were a few exhibits going on and they had a deal where you could visit 3 of them for $54 which was very good value when you consider that they're usually $30+ each.

We chose to visit the Bodies exhibit since it was at the Luxor. It was extaordinary. They have developed a method of inejcting specific organs, veins, arteries, tendons, muscles etc with a preserving chemical and then they dissolve the other tissues thus isolating what they want to keep. The result is a little erie at first, realising that the statue in front of you used to be a living breathing human being. Once you get over that, it is an amazing thing to look at. It left us with a profound appreciation for how amazing our bodies are and all the wisdom our creator demonstrated when he made us (Psalm 139:14) I think anyone with any sort of medical background should take the chance to visit one of these exhibits (there is currently one in Atlanta).



We also chose to do an interactive CSI exhibit. They basically show you a "crime scene" and you have to do different forensic tests to solve the crime. It was a great idea and the labs were very interesting but it wasn't that well executed. Oh well!

The third thing we chose to do was ride the rollercoaster at New York New York. I wasn't feeling very well and was a little dizzy to start with so I can't tell you if it was a good rollercoaster or if I was just especially whimpy that day! It was fun though.



The weather took a dive towards freezing while we were there and Tim and I had a funny day walking the strip into gale-force winds that made our eyes water and forced me to buy a hat and gloves. But it is well worth doing, our favorite hotels were of course the Venetian, as well as the Bellagio. Beautiful.








By far the highlights of our trip though, were eating at Shibuya restaurant at the MGM Grand, THE best Japanese food I've ever eaten, and then going to see the Cirque du Soleil show Ka. It was breathtakingly good. I can't begin to describe it so let me just leave a link!

http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/ka/default.aspx



So there is so much more to Vegas than casinos and gambling! I'm not sure I would ever take children there (too many scantily clad waitresses and nasty flyers on the streets) but I would go back if there were good shows to watch.

MIA

So, things are a tad hectic in our house at the moment! Last weekend Tim and I went on our annual Jacksonville trip to watch an NFL game (Jags won this year - woohoo!). This week Max is off school, we've got our special assembly day in Conyers on Saturday and next week we're off on the company trip to Las Vegas. I'm a bit nervous about burdening a dear friend with not one, but two children and the school run on top of that but hopefully we'll all survive.

Normal operations should be back up and running by the middle of December. Then my parents arrive! Being busy is good, right?