Thankful

So this Thanksgiving I have so much to be thankful for. I am very thankful that our house didn't burn when the turkey caught on fire!! That's right. On FIRE!!!! You see the turkey was a 24 pounder and was too big for our tiny oven. The entire house was smoky. When I opened the oven door, the flames shot out. It was scary and hysterical all at the same time. The white stuff is flour that we used to extinguish the flames. I am also thankful for good friends and family who didn't care that the turkey was ruined!

Babysitting

So Friday I babysat for Michelle and took some really cute pics. Here is Jaelyn looking in adoration at Christian....young love.... Me reading to Christian and Jaelyn......

Me and my buddy!

Ok is she not the cutest baby ever!!!!! Look at that gorgeous smile!

Jaelyn in her excersaucer. She really likes it.

Here's another picture of Jaelyn in.......
Oh, wait. That's Christian!

Soooo Big!!!!

Jaelyn is starting to sit up all by herself! Big sissy is there in case she tips over!

Look Ma, No Hands!

She's also discovered her feet and now puts them in her mouth! So cute!!!!

Legoland October 2008

So back in October we went to Legoland for Homeschool Day. Jordyn, Chad, Joseph and I got in for the price of one regular priced adult ticket. I would never pay full price to go to Legoland, but it is a lot of fun when you get such a great discount!!!

Zoomars with our good friends

Ok Michelle, Are you happy now? I am officially tagged (by Michelle) and will list 7 things about me.

1. My middle name is Starr. I hated it growing up because I thought it was weird, but now I like it.
2. I met my husband through work. We worked at a shipping company for title insurance companies. I worked in customer service, Nader was a driver.
3. In high school I listened to rap and R&B....that was after my Bon Jovi stage and my New Kids on the Block phase....and of course before getting saved! Thank you Jesus for rescuing me from the Gangsta Rap!!!
4. If I could have any talent it would be singing. I love to sing and enjoy music, I just don't do it well!
5. I sometimes have a sarcastic sense of humor so hopefully I will not offend anyone and most of you that know about my sarcastic side, also have a sarcastic sense of humor.
6. I've lived in California 99.9% of my life. I lived in Oregon for a short while when I was a baby.
7. I am horrible at percentages, fractions and decimals so #6 is probably not very accurate...but close enough.

So there you have it. 7 things you probably didn't know, and probably didn't care to know about me!!!

A Night of Fun

Had to steal this one from Michelle because hers came out so much cuter!!!!!

Sweet Baby Girl

The little Monkey

Best of Friends

Peter Pan meets Annakin Skywalker

Pretty Girls

Annakin and Darth

(How is that possible???)

Jaelyn and Grandma

Jordyn and Christian...so cute!

"Dear God"

It's hard to believe that my little Joseph has started kindergarten, but here we are doing phonics and math and practicing our printing and scissor skills. I am using Saxon 1 with him and we have recently started learning the doubles facts (0+0, 1+1, 2+2, etc...) Well he has mastered 0-5 but was having a little trouble remembering the higher numbers 6-9. So there we were doing our facts practice sheet and he got to 8+8. All of the sudden he looks up (very seriously I might add) and says "God, please tell me what is the answer for 8+8, I forgot." Then he continues and finally says "okay, thanks." It was so cute, especially in his little voice that he has. How sweet it was to see him turn to the Lord when he needed help!!!