Here is one of my favorite pictures this week. Charlotte Aleen Call.

We just had the Call 2014 Christmas gathering. The food was excellent and the company even better. I know that we missed a few people this year, so for those of you that were not able to attend; here is Grandpa (and Uncle Glen) sharing some great stories about our family. Sorry about the auto focus problem, I'm still learning to run my new camera. I saw Aunt Jen filming as well; I hope her version is better. 

Middle of the Night

Reposted from my school blog:  http://thecallhall.weebly.com/1/post/2013/12/middle-of-the-night.html

 

Whenever my children are sick at home in the middle of the night, it's usually me who wakes up to tend the child and clean up the mess.  I sometimes think that my husband could sleep through a nuclear explosion.  (Okay, maybe that's exaggerating just a little bit.)  Well, last night, I learned that my husband can be awoken in the event of an emergency.

So, it's around midnight, and everyone in my house is deep asleep.  All of a sudden, there's a loud "Thump, Thump, Thump, *Pop*".  My husband sits up and shouts in an authoritative tone "Who's there?" while I mumble "What?  Shhhh...It's okay."  He goes in search of the noise wondering about the possibly an intruder, while I stumble into the children's rooms to calm them down.

Turns out the noise was caused by a couple of helium balloons getting caught in our ceiling fan.  But it's nice to know that in the event of an emergency, I can count on my husband to be alert and take care of us.

Cyber Monday Sale

I'm having a sale on my teacher stuff on Teachers Pay Teachers.  Just thought I'd advertise it here as well as on Facebook.  Hopefully, some profits come from it!

Christmas Advent

So I remembered to buy some chocolate Advent calendars for the kids this year before we left on vacation.  Only problem is...how does chocolate relate to the true meaning of Christmas (besides the fact that it often helps Mommy be nicer and calm down from rough days.)

But serious, I feel like I need to incorporate something more with this commercialization of counting down until Christmas.  Enter...the scripture chain.  After browsing Pinterest, I came across this blog:  http://www.thethingsilovemost.blogspot.com/2011/11/our-other-traditions.html that had a list of scriptures from both the Book of Mormon and the Bible relating to Christ.  The scriptures are super short, unlike other scripture chains out there, which really will make it palatable for my children while they wait anxiously to devour their chocolate for the day.

Let's see how it goes.

*Happy Holidays to Everyone!*

Sunday in Paradise

Someday I would love to know why it is that Sundays in my favorite vacation spot are always beautiful.  Is it so I can enjoy the beauty of the world, or is to tempt me because we choose not to indulge on the Sabbath?  Look at that sky.  There's barely a cloud present.  I think I'll go check the weather forecast for the rest of the week.

The backyard of the condo offers beauty, too.  The entire bird-of-paradise plant is in bloom right now.

Writing on a new blog

Just so you know, I've blogged 7 weeks in a row on my school blog:  http://thecallhall.weebly.com/blog.html.  Go me!

Now back to your regularly scheduled blog silence...