It's a Wonderful Life

Saturday morning brought us another football game.  They really are fun to watch. Jackson as quarterback.  It's nice that the kids get a chance to play all sorts of positions.  I think Jackson has a lot of athletic talent, he can run fast and is strong.  He isn't very aggressive though, so we'll see if team sports ends up being his thing.  I'll be happy with whatever he decides to do, and it's nice to for him to be exposed to different things right now. It was a chilly fall morning.  Erik picked up some hot chocolate from the gas station for him and Wyatt. All warmed up! Sweet, sweet boy Anna loves being tickled! "Down, set, hut!" Jackson did a great job of yelling that out :) Immediately following the game we drove over to Marker Miller Orchards for a ward service project of apple gleaning. Each stake in our area (Maryland, Virginia, D.C.) was having a day of service.  Every ward did different things.  I was happy we went with the a...

On Monday, Wyatt, Anna, and I drove to the Dulles mall to return a bunch of those colored skinnies I bought (finally decided on the red and the orange (: ).  Anna would not let go of her free Nordstrom balloon. I love how the kids don't really even know that people actually put change in these things.   So I've been trying to get as much wear out of my Obama shirt before election day, so I wore it on Tuesday to play group.  I got some good natured ribbing from my Romney loving friends (which I'm totally fine with- otherwise I wouldn't wear the shirt!).  Anyway, the next morning at school drop off, my friend Melinda apologized in the event that she had offended (she definitely did not) another friend overheard and she asked me, "You guys are all Mormon right?  That's pretty brave to wear an Obama shirt to playgroup!" I definitely would not call it brave- most would probably call it annoying haha Anna insists on stopping at the ...