Day at the Park

Well, Jacob is offically a little boy, not a BABY. He went on the little boy swing and down the slide at the park this weekend. We went with one of his friends, Bryce, in the neighborhood, and Bryce showed him how to do all sorts of stuff. (Bryce is 15 months old). Don't laugh at his fuzzy, yet very thin hair - it's cute!

We were blessed with a beautiful weekend this weekend with NO RAIN - Woohoo!! We always need a break about this time of the winter. Jacob enjoyed the weather and got to spend lots of time outside, which he really likes.

Jacob has been busy learning to clap - it's really cute, he leaves one hand still and claps the other to it. I haven't gotten a video yet though. And he's loving talking - mama, didid, bababa, all the important ones. Now he just needs to learn that all those noises equal us. He's been rolling a little bit more and spent 3 minutes on his tummy without dying, so I'm beginning to think he may just crawl eventually.

This week will be a busy one. Jason is in Arizon on Tues, Wed, Thur. And I got 2 new projects at work. On Wed, I will have to take Ethan to B-Ball and drum lessons and get Jacob fed and to bed all in 3 hrs, so that should be interesting. And on Sunday we will be hosting 50 people for Jacob and Katavia's Dedication at our friends Brandon and Tege's house after Church. So, I've signed up to bring 10 quiches and potatoes for 50-60 people. Should be a crazy week. If anyone knows how to mass produce rosemary potatoes or quiches, please let me know:) I'll be sure and post some dedication pics of the little guy. It should be a great day.

Have a wonderful (Short) week.

What's our Purpose.

Hi All,

Well, after a bit of a hiatus, I am back at the driver's wheel. Hopefully I'll give some complete thoughts to the blog:) Don't worry you weren't the only one that had trouble following Jason's blogs!

This weekend I went to a women's retreat with 150 women from our church. It was a great time to get away and refresh. The topic was discovering our purpose - on a global level. It was very interesting to think that it is my responsibility as a Christian to preserve our earth. I've always tried to think globally - recycle, moderate spending, not be wasteful, etc...because I think that's the right thing to do. But, for some reason I've never thought of the Earth as a gift from God that we should preserve. That means moderating resources and taking care of those in need. It takes it to a whole new level. Pretty cool. I'll work on posting some ideas that they gave us to start small in efforts to make changes in our actions.

We also talked about many other things, like reconciling those that are seperated and in pain, on a local and global level. Additionally we talked about reconciling relationships we have and breaking down walls that prevent the reconcillation. I decided I just need to pick up the phone and chat with people; sometime between high school and now, I've decided I can only call or talk to people if I have a 'business purpose'. That has prevented me from the deep day to day relationships that we all desire. So, hopefully some of you will get some calls for me just to chat. Don't be worried:)

I can't resist an update on Jacob. His ears seem to be better and he is laughing much more lately. It's very fun. He likes to say mamama and babababa. I walked in tonight after a day trip to San Francisco and he squelled in delight, it was cool.

Moments in time...

Friday night - chilling with Jacob (Suzi is out of town at a womans retreat in Cannon Beach and Ethan is at his mom's). Stopped off to get a bottle of Martin Rey Cab Sav 2005 at Cork n Barrell in Forest Grove on the way home. I thought a nice glass of wine to end the week would be relaxing...little did I know what was in store for me later. Jacob is still under the weather, and he went to bed around 7:30pm and I watched the blazer game...wow that was a close one. My buddy Justin helped me create a "life dashboard" to include the things in my life and color code it to highlight areas of need. While I was leaning back, I bumped my wine glass and it fell off the table and broke and spilled all over the biege carpet...Now...red wine on beige carpet...help! I poured club soda and tried my industrial vac to suck it all out....but I have failed...I have a large 4 x 4 foot area that is ruined with a shade of red. Any ideas to clean it out are welcomed at this point. Suzi comes home in 1 day...argh! Today (Saturday) I woke up to snow! Can you beleive that, more snow....Jacob and I went to Ethans basket ball game and he was great! He is really picking up the defense and starting to drive and shoot more....I really was proud of him. His confidence is building! Jacob was pulling on Erika's hair during the game and was fascinated with the ball and kids running around. Well, back at home...just watching the snow come down. Need to catch a nap (Jacob is sleeping now as well).....have lunch. If anybody knows how to get some wine out of carpet, let me know!!