Seattle Kid's Marathon

We have just returned from Seattle where Scott ran the Kid's Marathon. Since neither Steve or myself could run with him, we asked Stephanie to run with him in our place.

By being in Seattle extra early, we were able to get a prime parking space, right across from the stadium in Seattle Center. Covered parking to boot! Then we waited for the rest of the school team to arrive in the Center House where we took some group photos.

As for the race itself, it was fun waiting at the end for them to arrive...while it only took about 15 minutes or so for them to run the 1.2 miles, it seemed to take a long time.

Scott has already said that he wants to do it again next year!

Advent Calendar 2008

This year we decided to be different yet again. The children will each get a box/gift to open on the 1st and on the 24th, but for the rest of the days, Scott will get the odd days and Stephanie the even days. Many of the boxes are home made and a few of them...on the right side of the TV, are even 6 sided boxes. Other small boxes were found at the Dollar Store. The envelopes were made by me using some fun scrapbook paper. I would love to tell you what is in them, but since the children will want to read this too...it will have to wait.

Steve was pretty clever when he figured out that a yard stick would fit perfectly up in the cabinet, so we hung all the gifts from that and then closed the doors and all you see is the ribbons and the boxes.

I must say that my friend, Stephanie, helped me in this endeavor. We spent quite a bit of our time on the 20th just making these boxes! She was the one who taught me how to make the 6 sided boxes and I was quite pleased with myself this afternoon when I was able to make a couple of them all by myself.

Last year, both children had Advent calenders that we purchased thru Lego, and each day they put together a small Lego structure. Well, with unemployment, you have be creative...and this is our result. Enjoy!

Fun on Black Friday... :)

Good Morning! This is my first time with a blog and so I will make it short. Currently the children are staying at a friend's house for the night so that Steve and I can go shopping this morning. Not that we are getting much...we just like to shop on Black Friday. :)