Grah

Okay, I'm totally procrastinating. I've just checked the links to the right and they seem to be working. For those of you who pay close attention to this, you'll notice right away there are a few new links. I hope you enjoy them. I'm trying to keep links on here that are funny, helpful, or thought provoking. Enough playing around.

I am retarded in that I can't figure out how to blog my photos from photoshop. I'd always used picasa and now we have both and I'm having trouble. It's not a lack of pictures to choose from trouble, far from it; it is a loading and sorting and how-do-I-get-them-from-a-to-b trouble. Any help would be appreciated. Or I could just trip over it myself.

So the stories. Today Liam was reading Carrie's handwritten name off the back of one of her school papers. "C-A-R-R-J-E. That spells "bear." " Hehe. And when I asked her if hippos are gray or brown, she told me she thought they were both. Then she elaborated, "hippos in the zoo are brown. Hippos at the North Pole are gray." So now you know ;)

They played in the snow this afternoon as school was cancelled because of it. We attempted a snowman, but it is all powdery ice, so we humped a few humps together and called it a snow caterpillar. We even used dead lily stalks for his antennae. And she made a snow angel. Then they traipsed to the back yard and decided to use all their bats, frisbees, and sand toys to play. And we tossed snow all over Triskal. Then we came in, had hot cocoa with mini marshmallows, had tantrums, and went to bed for naps.

This has nothing at all to do with the kids, but I have so much Hawaii info, websites, photos, etc. that it is going to take another blog to do all that. I don't want to put it here because this one is for the kids. Keep an eye on the Links List and then you'll be pleasantly surprised when it makes an appearance. I journaled while we were there, so I have a rough idea of where we were and when, but there are SO many stories and such that I can't email everyone w/ them. I figure a blog will show it much better than any other means. Thanks for being so patient! I know a lot of you are eagerly awaiting details. It's hard to find time to do it w/ the kids, the Wii Fit, and quiet time. I refuse to give up my long winter naps (as in sleep... I rarely get good naps anymore) but will do the best I can to do it all justice. If you ever get the opportunity to go, GO! I can't stress that enough. =)

I'm going to cuss some more at the programs for photos and will try to be much more regular w/ blogging. It is a New Year, after all! Take care and stay warm!