This is How I Roll

I am in the Washington, D.C. area with my family to attend my sister's JAG graduation.

Severe storm warnings from the National Weather Service. Blizzard conditions in the city. 35" of snow in D.C., 18" where we are staying. The National Guard was called to the city where we are staying.





Only me.



(Stay tuned--the adventure continues tomorrow!)




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Heard on my flight to D.C.:

"I'll just slip off my shoes..."

Oh, please no, man in the seat behind me. I beg you.

Yep, he did.



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As Good as it Gets

The best possible way to spend a Friday afternoon.

Thanks, Ali!

Happy Birthday Dad!

The kids each made you a fill-in-the-blank birthday card!
Hope you have a fun birthday.
We love you!

Phantom Exhaust Fumes at 12:31am

1. I have to get up at 5am tomorrow and I cannot fall asleep.
2. It's 12:31am.
3. I drove home today from Idaho.
4. No, I did not guzzle a 5-hr energy.
5. I am smelling exhaust fumes every time I inhale, even though I am in my bed and I know very well there is no exhaust pipe in here. Blech.
6. I am dreading the treadmill tomorrow because I am out. of. shape.
7. I've been mulling over my Word of the Year for 2010 and all the self-reflection is making me a little sick at heart. I feel like such a shambles of a person.
8. Things always look better in the morning.
9. I miss my mom.


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Blagh.

Portrait of Me & Mimi
by Mimi

I was going to gag if I had to look one more time at that last Christmas post, so here is a picture--ANY PICTURE!--for the interim until I can put together a new post.

A Christ-Centered Christmas, Day 24-learn a carol

"Like the wise men from the east, we too must travel a great distancein order to come unto Christ, the Light of the World. No matter--He waits for us "with open arms" (Mormon 6:17). May Christmas cause us deeper contemplation and deeper determination to complete that journey, the journey of journeys--in order to experience that resplendent rendezvous."
~Elder Neal A Maxwell, "The Christmas Scene," 12

Activity: Learn a Christmas hymn (or primary song) to sing as a family. My favorite Christmas primary Christmas song is "Stars Were Gleaming."

Scripture: On the eve of Christ’s birth, the prophet Nephi prayed in behalf of his people who were about to be slain by the wicked. Read the Lord’s response and the fulfillment of the prophet Samuel’s prophecy in 3 Nephi 1:9-22.

Luke 2:7, Matt 2:1-2