Nana gave Layla this scooter as a present for her 4th birthday. It has been fantastic. We have so much tile in our yard that she can just go and go! Her funky hair is due to nap time (= We all sleep or rest from 2-4 and then we basically hang out outside until bedtime at 730ish. Love this time of year!!

Thanksgiving 2011

Even without Thanksgiving this week we would have been giving thanks for our internet and phone saga finally coming to a close. Hopefully. About 5 weeks ago Tom's computer froze up and we were operating with one computer then the drama of internet and phone problems started and we are only now feeling like it is over!

So I am back in the saddle again (=

 

We had about 15 folks over for dinner. It was GREAT! We had a smoked turkey that was incredibly delicious.....thanks Drew!

 

This cracked me up. Here we are at Thankgiving and Layla is sitting all by herself at a table CHOWING down on a turkey leg and nothing else....don't know how she convinced daddy to give her a turkey leg and nothing else. You can tell we were both busy while she was at the food table!

 

We also had a massive sand pile because of the construction project going on. It was a great source of entertainment and the kids were sooooo dirty by the end of the night!

 

Still on hiatus....meanwhile check out these AWESOME photos (=
I was in language school with this awesome couple and they have moved back to the area....with three little girls this time! So fun.

Hiatus

There is something about living overseas that includes these seasons of everything breaking down and/or everyone getting sick at the same time. We are in one of those at the moment and the list of broken things, things that have been repaired and then broken again is only growing by the day. So far it has been my car, Tom's cell phone, my computer then Tom's computer, the kitchen sink, the plumbing in Tom's office, Layla has strep or tonsillitis or something, and Ryan has had more diarrhea than ever before and the worst diaper rash he's ever had.....and we were supposed to leave tomorrow for our first three-day camping trip. hmmmm. Tom's computer is still in the shop so he is using mine which means I barely check email once a day. We have pushed the camping trip back a day mostly due to sketchy weather, but we are still hopeful and excited. Maybe I should be feaful and realistic since our last camping trip was when both Tom and I were sick. Awful.

Anyway. Just a note to say I am on blogging hiatus for about a week (=