A Little Update

Yeah, I haven't gotten on and posted much lately, sorry. I've been feeling a little down, and not really in the mood to post anything. But I figured it was time to post a few pictures and stuff.

The Saturday before Christmas my cousin Esther and her husband Nathan were here, along with their adorable little Hannah, and we decided to get together for the evening. We met at the Discovery Center at the Gateway Mall. Someday it would be fun to go through there and do all that cool stuff that you do at Discovery Centers. But at the time, it was just the place where we met. We walked around the mall for a while, but since it's an outdoor mall and the temperature was quite low, we settled on Barnes and Noble and stayed there for a good long time.

The children's section was especially fun, especially for Zaylee. She found the train tracks and stayed there pretty much the whole time. Every once in a while another child (or Thomas) would want to play too, and Zaylee would grudgingly be forced to share a car or two, but she was always quick to get them back, often at the expense of the other child. I helped her share as much as I could, though. :-)


Here's the only picture I took of everyone together (except me, because, well, I was taking the picture). Doesn't everybody look so nice and cold?


After Barnes and Noble, we went over to the hotel where Nathan and Esther were staying. The walk over was quite chilly, but we all survived. We had dinner (Pizza Hut pasta - the best fast food pasta I've ever eaten!) and watched The Wizard of Oz. It was Zaylee's first time seeing that movie, and she was enthralled. I think the lion was her favorite, she giggled every time he did something silly. All in all, it was a nice visit, and we had a pretty good time.

Aunt Karen wanted to see a picture of Thomas in the adorable red long johns she gave him. When I went to take the pictures, he was ready for bed and definitely needing some sleep (read: he was extremely tired and fussy). So all the pictures I took turned out something like this:


Isn't he so cute, though, even with that fussy face!

Finally, a video from Christmas morning. I had the camera set up to take lots of pictures and videos, but we were too involved in opening and enjoying our gifts to bother with the camera at all. Eventually though, I remembered that I have a blogging obligation to include at least one picture or video from Christmas morning. So here is Zaylee having a grand old time with the pompoms from my brother Owen, currently Elder Danes. Both Zaylee and Thomas have really been enjoying those pompoms!