My birthday this week was pretty low key, a nice contrast to the previous week. I enjoyed a peaceful morning walk, then joined Gavin’s Spanish class for a lusty rendition of
Paz y Libertad on the ukulele (you might get a kick out of
this rendition as well). Chad came home early to make me a cheesecake, which we devoured together after a yummy dinner. It was great just hanging out as a family. The next night I joined some friends for dinner out, including some decadent molten lava cake. Yum!
One of the great benefits of having both kids in school all day is being able to get to the
temple more regularly. Last Friday Chad rearranged his schedule to join me, and we enjoyed four hours uninterrupted in the car, plus our time together in the temple. After the session we took advantage of Boston’s music store scene to check out ukuleles on behalf of Santa (yippee!!). We were pretty impressed by the selection at
Mr. Music and even more so by the sound of their ukes (not surprising after hanging out with a $40 instrument for the past year). While the selection in our neck of the woods is growing, there are definite advantages to more urban marketplaces.
For the past two weeks Gavin and Arwen have been begging to get a Christmas tree. It took us a little longer this year, but Saturday we made the 3-minute drive to the lot behind a local church where after a moderate amount of negotiating we managed to agree on and cut our tree. This was our first year to deviate from the usual
Friendly Fir in favor of a
Sharp Spruce, which I must admit made the decorating a little painful. Chad’s pain centered mostly on getting the tree lights to work. After substantial negotiating he was able to get two strings of lights out of three – not bad.
It was with mixed feelings the kids and I headed over to Tricia and Brad’s place Sunday afternoon. The occasion was an open house in celebration of Brad’s retirement from the Navy, Tricia’s graduation from college, and their family's upcoming move to Texas. After three years of camping in all kinds of weather, celebrating all kinds of occasions, weekly walks, and just hanging out I honestly don’t know how we will survive without them. One more week of fun together!
My birthday this week was pretty low key, a nice contrast to the previous week. I enjoyed a peaceful morning walk, then joined Gavin’s Spanish class for a lusty rendition of Paz y Libertad on the ukulele (you might get a kick out of this rendition as well). Chad came home early to make me a cheesecake, which we devoured together after a yummy dinner. It was great just hanging out as a family. The next night I joined some friends for dinner out, including some decadent molten lava cake. Yum! 
One of the great benefits of having both kids in school all day is being able to get to the temple more regularly. Last Friday Chad rearranged his schedule to join me, and we enjoyed four hours uninterrupted in the car, plus our time together in the temple. After the session we took advantage of Boston’s music store scene to check out ukuleles on behalf of Santa (yippee!!). We were pretty impressed by the selection at Mr. Music and even more so by the sound of their ukes (not surprising after hanging out with a $40 instrument for the past year). While the selection in our neck of the woods is growing, there are definite advantages to more urban marketplaces. 
For the past two weeks Gavin and Arwen have been begging to get a Christmas tree. It took us a little longer this year, but Saturday we made the 3-minute drive to the lot behind a local church where after a moderate amount of negotiating we managed to agree on and cut our tree. This was our first year to deviate from the usual Friendly Fir in favor of a Sharp Spruce, which I must admit made the decorating a little painful. Chad’s pain centered mostly on getting the tree lights to work. After substantial negotiating he was able to get two strings of lights out of three – not bad. 
It was with mixed feelings the kids and I headed over to Tricia and Brad’s place Sunday afternoon. The occasion was an open house in celebration of Brad’s retirement from the Navy, Tricia’s graduation from college, and their family's upcoming move to Texas. After three years of camping in all kinds of weather, celebrating all kinds of occasions, weekly walks, and just hanging out I honestly don’t know how we will survive without them. One more week of fun together!
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