My Angel

well we had a wonderful road trip with the kids and my in-laws. i'll share more about our adventures and new pictures (taken with our new camera!!) later, but i just wanted to share this story.

this past saturday morning, we woke up in asheville, nc. the plan was to go to the biltmore estate that morning. i, being the only one besides the kids that had never been there, was especially excited. we were supposed to be on the grounds at 9:15 and we were running late. i was getting a little worried when 9:15 came and went and we were still driving around historic asheville (gorgeous) and not knowing exactly where the stately mansion lay. we were waiting at a stoplight in a lane to go straight. lucas was probably crying. we were all speculating which way the majestic biltmoreness could possibly be when little rachel pops up with, "we need to turn right here." now, it's not unusual for her to try to be a backseat driver with such phrases as "turn this way!" "no, not there!" "faster, faster!" so i didn't take too much notice.

we go straight.

chuck said, "wouldn't it be really weird if we were really supposed to turn that way?"

we turned around when going straight was producing no fruit. it turned out rachel was right. we turned down the rachel way and we basically fell through the front door.

so that was pretty funny and chuck asked, "how did you know to go that way, sweetie?"

rachel said something to the effect of "that's what the birdie told me."

interesting.

me: "what does the birdie look like?"

rachel: "an angel."


wow.


by the way, happy thanksgiving!

grown-up conversations

me: "who is your best friend, rachel?" (i fully expected a response of either "gabrielle" or "gracie." instead i get...)

rachel: "caleb." (caleb is gabrielle and gracie's little brother)

me: "caleb?"

r: "mm-hm."

me: "well that's nice. so who is your FAVORITE friend?" (i wanted to make sure she understood my question.)

r: "abraham." (he's the littlest brother)

me: "abraham?"

r: "mm hm."

me: "do you like them because they're boys?"

r: "mm hm. they're MY boys."

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in other news, lucas is 9 months old today. we're currently checking on some possible camera purchases on craig's list, so hopefully we'll soon have pictures to put up again!

he also has perfected playing "soooo big!" and said his first word last night. i'm serious. i dropped his burp cloth and he very clearly said, "UH OH!"

super genius.

since we'll be gone, i won't be able to post...

...any more this week. and since i know this will make it a particularly hard week for all of you. i thought i'd put up some pictures that i haven't gotten around to. whenever you need a fix, come stare at these pictures. i hope they hold you over alright.

"look what i can do!"

buddies"beh"

all dressed up to be a birthday girl

birthday girl at the fair!

my boys

us :)

action shot

just to make sure i leave you all with a lasting image, here's me at halloween as a peacock

have a great week, everybody!

but of course...

just when i get my kids all dressed up and precious for halloween, wouldn't you know, my camera broke. died. kicked the bucket. bought a farm. pushed up daisies. however you want to phrase it.

i just happened to have melissa cross's camera at my house (b/c i accidentally stole it from her the weekend before) so i took a million with hers. so i have a lot of great pictures... on her camera. so you'll just have to be patient, now, won't you?

we also attended good ol' campbell u's homecoming this past saturday and their very first homecoming football game. the game was abysmal (as we all expected) but seeing friends was so much fun. again, no camera for me. so i might just be stealing from other people's pictures they've posted on facebook or something to prove i was, indeed, there. at a football game.