new year movies

during our new year celebration, while the adults were busy talking..

my adorable little cousin, jonathan, made this a stop-action movie with his legos, all i did was take the pictures





here is a behind the scenes :)

later, the older cousins made a movie of their own too. again, all i did was take the pictures.



i am so happy i started the year this way!

a little fun with our camera, and jack and daniela

jack

daniela

alaska

this is one of our favorite things to do!!!

christmas night

With Jack and Daniela, visiting from Alaska. And Jonny. And me.

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a visit

My dear friend Cindy and her Lyla Bean came to see me at work today and I snapped this: (or at least I am trying to.. you see, Jonny and I recently got newer/fancier/smarter phones and I am trying to put mine to good use by posting blogs from it.. but I have yet to master my newly found addiction.. so if there is no picture--the addiction is still new to me. If there is a picture, I will be a mobile blog poster..)

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The show is back on.

Jonny and I realize that perhaps it would be fun to actually keep up on our blog. This revolutionary thought could not have been possible without the help of our good friends Jack and Daniela--they have recently moved to Alaska and started a blog of their own. Which reminded us of our very own neglected one. So I made a fancy banner and Jonny came up with the title for our new revamped corner of the internet. So there you have it folks (anyone?). Here are a few pictures of what we have been up to...

My Soap Box

I came upon this story and made the mistake of reading the comments. I wanted to respond to[yell at] many of those hate filled posts, but I didn't want to validate them with my response. I find it very diffult to comprehend the ease at which those people dehumanize others--my others. My heart is broken.

mockingbird

Jonny and I have been reading To Kill a Mockingbird (frankly, I have been doing all the reading and Jonny was been doing all the listening) for the last couple of weeks, and we were both sad to have finished it. First, I have to explain that this is my most favorite novel of all time--sure I have read many other books and have loved a lot of them, but this one has never failed me. Like I told Jonny, I have had a long love affair with this magnificent piece of literature. It is full of innocence and child-like curiosity. It is also the the place I met Atticus, Scout, Jem, Dill and Calpurnia and I love them.

As I read the last words of the book, I couldn't hold my tears back. Then Jonny hugging me and asked, "How old will our kids have to be to read it?" That man always knows just how to comfort me and he couldn't have chosen more perfect words. I quietly replied, "When they are twelve or eleven, old enough to understand it."

Then we talked about how one of our kids will be named after someone in the book. We haven't decided who, that is still in the works.

Here's to you Miss. Lee.