I have had a lot of lists in my life the past week or so. Grocery lists. Thanksgiving planning lists. Amazon wish lists. Scrapbook page idea lists. Christmas gifts list. Cleaning list. I think it’s the time of year! I am so, so, so excited about Thanksgiving and Christmas. First of all, I am hosting Thanksgiving at mi casa, which I am pretty sure makes me a real, life grown-up. I can’t wait to see my family! And eat and shop and laugh and take pictures. Speaking of pictures, my super talented step-sister has started a photography business. She is awesome, and is going to take some family pictures for us! Check out her website...she’s got great deals going on for the next few months if you want to book an appointment with her. 🙂 Then after Thanksgiving, it’s decorate for Christmas time! I have been listening to Christmas music for the past 2 weeks, but Derek said it was too early to decorate. Connor already knows all the words to the Oakridge Boys Christmas CD, which in my opinion is one of the greatest Christmas cds of all time. Just this afternoon during rest time, he got a flashlight to use as a microphone so he could sing along concert-style. That’s my boy!
Ok, this is totally turning into a train of thought blog when I meant to make a list in honor of my crazy list making of the past few weeks. But now I can’t even remember what I was going to list….I am sure I can think of a few things…
1. I’m excited about Thanksgiving.
2. And Christmas. My most favorite time of the year. We are doing Christmas at our house this year, and I am really excited about this. I can’t wait to see the boys’ faces on Christmas morning. I can’t wait to go to Christmas Eve church service. I can’t wait to bake Jesus a cake. I have so many ideas for traditions that I want to start! I just can’t wait!
3. I ran 16 miles on Saturday. 16 MILES! Seriously…I know lots of people run marathons. And lots of people do them way faster than I am. But I am really proud of myself! Only 8 more weeks til the marathon!
4. Running 16 miles made my legs really sore. I definitely have a little bit of a gimp today.
5. Yesterday, I was vegging out on the couch, Derek was watching tv, and the boys were in the backyard when we heard this little rustle behind us. Derek says, “oh, I think Logan has a plastic bag or something.” So I turn around to see this:
Yes, those are leaves in our living room. He hasn’t earned the nickname Captain Disaster for nothing!
6. I have a feeling tomorrow morning I am really going to regret staying up until after midnight.