Spelling Tuesday

Visit all seven continents. Learn to cook something really gourmet and impressive. Be someone's mentor. Write a children's book and get it published. Start my own business. Do the funky chicken at my 50th wedding anniversary party. Learn to speak another language. Learn to appreciate my body for what it can do and to stop focusing so much on how it looks. Read the bible at least 50 more times. Have a few kids. Build a house out of sustainable and recycled materials that is completely eco-friendly: solar panels, wind turbines, organic garden- the whole thing. Help others on their spiritual journey- introduce them to a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Tell my parents how much they mean to me. Perform in community theater. Be a room-mom at my kid's school. Drive a "smart car" Print and scrapbook my blogs for future reference (just in case the internet becomes obsolete.) Zip line in the rain forrest- one of those canopy tours. Learn all about wine Road trip...

In the begining Niki created a Blog- and it was good. Or so I think. I am always interested in my own thoughts and goings on, so maybe you will be too! Or maybe you won't but I don't care because my blog is mostly just for me. I used to always keep a journal when I was a kid, and I always think it is fun to go back and read what you have written about your life. So much is forgotten if not recorded, right? I have had blogs on Myspace, and on facebook, but I was hoping to be able to combine them into one moster blog. So if you want, you can join me! And, on the seventh day, Niki rested.

Wednesday night Caleb and I were getting ready to go to bed, and he was like "do you want to just drive to bolivar right now?" Loralie was already asleep, and I figured she would sleep in the car, so I was like "okay!". So we headed out at 11:00pm and arrived at 1:30 am Thursday. The funny part was that Loralie didn't sleep in the car the whole way! She was really quiet, but her eyes were open the whole time! I was thinking, well, at least she will go right to sleep when we get there! Imagine my surprise when she refused to sleep until 3:00am and then woke up in the morning at 6:00! So night two of our adventure in Bolivar, we wanted to make sure that she got to bed on time, and she did. But she wouldn't go to sleep! She kept crying and crying and I was wracking my brains trying to figure out how to get her to sleep, when I heard the I-phone commericial in my head "there's an ap for that!" I plugged it in next to her crib, found a pandora radio...

Last night was the most fun Halloween I have had in years! Caleb and I spent the afternoon carving awesome pumpkins and roasting pumpkin seeds. Then it was time to get Loralue in her outfit. She was the cutest little pumpkin I have ever seen! We pulled her around the neighborhood in a little wagon and she had lots of fun dropping candy in and out of her little bucket. She got to try a piece of chocolate, and her little eyes just lit up pike she had just discovered something wonderful! She got it all over her face and gobbled it all up! Must have been all that chocolate I fed her invetro! Ha! We got home early and answered the door for a while, and then it was time for Loralies bath and bed. Good friends came over and we had a table full of scary snacks and watched a cheesy vampire movie from the 80's! Good times!