rachel's continued ramblings

so, if you know anything about me, you know I get stuck on chronology. like seriously stuck. things MUST go in order. so, at any rate, week 52 of 2013 left me with 3 remaining days in the year. what to do with them? do I just put them in the start of my 2014 book? AAAAGGGHHHHH!!!!! no. I just couldn’t handle that. I need my year all neatly tied up with a bow, ALL in the same book. and so I made an extra week. well, almost. I have 2 empty slots that I’m hoping to fill with some pics that my MIL took. saturday: yes, I know. another thing that drives me crazy. but I had this photo from saturday night and no place to put it, and I needed to fill slots, so here it is. my burger, the ‘captain neon’ and cajun tots, from our dinner out with kat and cole in centralia. it was SOOO good. I’ve been fantasizing about going back and having it again ever since. sunday: somewhere in southern oregon or northern california, on I-5. it was a pretty easy trip, other than the spilled ice cream in the...

sunday: the kids, in the sunday school christmas program at church. shane played handbells, and layla and micah sang. tuesday: it was christmas eve and SO exciting to have ALL of the candles, even the middle one, lit on the advent wreath. also tuesday: the candlelight portion of the christmas eve service at church. traditional after-service family photo op. thursday: layla got a rainbow loom for christmas. it has been popular… friday: toby is ‘helping’ shane play x-box. saturday: we spent saturday evening with kat and cole and went to church at gather that night. after the service, the kids were glued to their respective phones and dave and shane were finishing off the communion bread. and some big collages from christmas day: and the cookie baking/decorating frenzy that went on that week.

sunday: we spent the afternoon at amy and adam’s and micah, of course, was super thrilled to get to play with roscoe and dakota. I love that their entire family is trumped by their dogs. tuesday: today at ballet, the parents were invited in to watch class. it was really hard for me to remain seated on the floor and not jump up and join them at the barre. wednesday: I finally got my current project life caught up, so I could get out my new one for next year! dave chose the “rain” edition for me. so fun to get everything in my hands and take a good look at it. setting up the book is really trippy, not knowing what events will fill those pages. friday: SNOW!!!!! we had enough snow to cause a 2 hour delay for the schools, but we just didn’t go at all. that’s where living out of district is a drag, because our local schools were closed. the kids were out as soon as they could get out, and played all morning. of course, shane’s immediate reaction to having snow on the ground was to get o...

sunday: these multi-colored kitty paws make me very happy. tuesday: heart attack hill. wednesday: love love love!!! thursday: I didn’t think it was possible. silly me. micah decided, for some reason, that he wanted to play foosball. well, we don’t have a foosball table. that didn’t stop him. he just built it. out of tinker toys, of course. friday: “helping” me make christmas cookies. yes, shane had to take a picture of his huge spoonful of cookie dough and text it to his friends. also friday: MOMS Club ‘ugly sweater’ christmas party. lots of fun. saturday: layla recently taught micah how to make paper snowflakes. and now our windows are covered with them…

this wound up being an unexpectedly sad week. sunday: finally getting the lights up on the house! shane had to stop and text frequently, while up on the roof (eye roll)… also sunday: we very suddenly and unexpectedly had to say good bye to our sweet ginger. monday: beginning to open the christmas books. we wrap them and open one a night, advent calendar style. we missed the 1st, so they each opened one on the 2nd. tuesday: found on layla’s desk. wednesday: micah (and then layla) filled out the attendance sheet at church. good to see that all the important people were there. thursday: apple pie I made for book club. saturday: the advent calendar I grew up with is now hanging outside layla’s door. my mom made this a million years ago. a couple of small ones: the tennis ball ornament I got for ginger last christmas… turns out we only had her for one christmas. and holy BRRRRR!!!! major cold spell for around here.  

sunday: this cat. he seriously sat on me for like 2 hours. monday: layla was having some major issues with her math homework. tuesday: after watching some kids playing candy crush on an ipad during layla’s ballet class, micah came home and made his own game. out of tinkertoys, of course. wednesday: getting our thanksgiving apple pie ready with my helpers! thursday: shane had pumpkin pie for thanksgiving dessert. no really. there’s a substantial piece of pie under there. ice cream, too! friday: these two decorated the entire tree! this is only the very beginning. they literally put every single ornament we own on it. which is a lot. saturday: happy micah! we finally got the train out! and some square extras.