Sunday..

Good Morning Everyone and Welcome to the Saturday Morning Chat Group!

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to the Sat Chat. It's going to be a short one today...we are visiting friends whose son Jacob is having a birthday party today. We need to be at their home about an hour away by noon. Eli is so excited! He loves to go to birthday parties.

I think I'm going to put out a last shout for the CARD AND ORNAMENT EXHANGES. If you would like to join in please e-mail me asap, I am going to e-mail all participants on Sunday so that they can get their cards and ornaments out.


Linda at 'Parker's Paradise' has a new Granddaughter who will be home from China soon, please visit her blog and leave your Congratulations. I am so happy for you and your family Linda!

Also, our dear friend Lala and Annslee should be home very soon with little Coby, their blog is 'Ladybugs and Dragonflies'.

I AM CLOSING THE CHATROOM EARLY TODAY. WE ARE ATTENDING A BIRTHDAY PARTY AT 12 NOON TODAY :) HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND EVERYONE!

What does it take to make 3 boys smile?....Christmas Card Bloopers

I kinda liked this one, but Tyler wasn't looking into the camera and Zach looks twisted.

Ok, is it just me...or does Zach actually look pregnant in this one? We laughed and laughed when we saw it.

This one was ok.

Tyler's looking away from the camera, Eli has his cheeser smile and Zach looks expecting again....

Yeah, look at that...Tyler looks good finally, but the other two are a total bust~

All in all we took well over 30 pictures and did get one good shot. You all will be seeing it in your Christmas cards :)

Have a Great Wednesday Everyone!

This morning is going to be crazy, I have to get Tyler in to the ortho at 8:10am and then get him to school and me to work. Hopefully the rest of the day will be pretty mellow. We should probably take Eli in to see Santa tonight so that I have some photos to send to you all in my Christmas cards!

Fun With Friends...Eli's Girls

On Sunday we went to the Children's Museum to meet some friends and have some fun. We met Katie and Ella from 'Living My Dream' and Josie from 'The Kenward Blog'. We had a fantastic time and Eli didn't want to go home.

Here is Eli in the triangle mirrors.

Katie is catching Josie at the bottom of the slide. Josie was a little hesitant at first to go down the slide, but Eli and Katie helped her.

The ball pit was a big hit!

Josie going down the slide all by herself. Looks like I got this picture with her eyes almost closed..I'm not a great photographer :)

Katie really having fun!

Ella in the sandbox.

I love this picture because it really shows a man and a woman. Eli's got the steering wheel and Katie's got the money!!!

Sign Up for the Christmas Ornament and Card Exchanges!

Hi there everyone! 16 ladies have signed up to participate in the card and ornament exchanges. Not everyone is participating in both, you can choose to participate in just one of the exchanges if you like.

I will be sending out the addresses on December 16th. For those of you in the card exchange, I will be sending out a list of addresses and you will need to send a card to everyone on the list. For those of you in the ornament exchange, I will send each participant one address and you will be sending your ornament to the person whose address you receive.

It is still not too late to sign up, so if you would like to participate, please send me an e-mail at timnkim@gmail.com with your name and address and which exchange you would like to be a part of or both.

Sunday...

Eli's Birthday Photos

Eli had a lot of fun on his birthday. He opened his presents pretty early in the morning and played with them non-stop until nap time.

Eli received quite a few super hero gifts which he loved, he has really made a change in the toys he enjoys and it is super heroes all the way! He received some Transformers, Superman and Batman toys that he would not put down.

He saw this laser gun at Crackerbarrel when we were there after driving home from Grandpa's house on Thanksgiving and loved it, so we bought and got it out of the store without him seeing it. Man is it loud, but he loves it!

Eli and Zachy.

Eli and Ty Ty.

The Transformer cake!

Taking in a deep breath to blow out the candles!

I told him to make a wish and gave him some examples of what a wish was and he chose to wish that his little sister would come home.

There will be no Sat Chat...Saturday is Eli's 4th Birthday!

Saturday is Eli's 4th birthday and we are celebrating Transformers style! Love you my little stink, darlin' darlin'!

22 Months and No End in Sight...

Tomorrow is our 22 month LID. Tomorrow is also a VERY special day, so I am going to do our LID post today. How are we doing? It varies from day to day...frustrated, sad but mostly hopeful.
At night I pray with Eli and every night he asks to pray for his mei mei and to ask Jesus to tell her that we love her and to ask Jesus to tell her that we miss her and to ask Jesus to tell her that we are coming to take her home wherever she is.

A Snowman for Grandpa...

On the day after Thanksgiving, we decided to make a snowman so that Grandpa could look out of his window and see it and smile after we were gone. Grandpa is a widower and lives alone, so we wanted him to have something he could see to remind him that we love him.

Eli, Mommy and Daddy made the snowman together, the snow was perfect and it was a lot of fun. Eli donated his hat, scarf and gloves to add the finishing touches.

Later that night after Grandpa got home from work, he called to tell us we had left one of our kids in his backyard...too funny!

Don't Forget to Sign Up for the Christmas Card and Ornament Exchanges!

Send me an e-mail if you would like to participate at timnkim@gmail.com, we have 13 ladies so far!

An Easy Way to Help ChildrenThis Christmas Season!

For a good cause, send a Christmas Holiday E-Card and shoes will be donated to children in need at KIDS - Kids in Distressed Situations. Read here about their six key areas they focus on providing the needs of KIDS.
Robeez has pledged to raise $ 250,000 dollars for shoes to children. I found this great charity effort over at 'Imagine Alyzabeth An'.




Also, for every card you send, you are entered to win prizes like these cute shoes on the left! So, send me this card over and over! Also, if you do a post on your blog, they will donate $25.00 to the charity.

We need Heatmeiser in Michigan!

I was supposed to leave this morning at 7am on a flight to Cincinnati. I received a call at 4am to tell me the flight is canceled and all other flights are booked solid with people trying to get home from Thanksgiving. We are in the middle of a snow storm that has dumped 6 inches from what I can see on top of minivan and is supposed to continue all day today.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas for sure!

Keep the e-mails coming for the Christmas Exchanges, we are going to have a really nice group of ladies this year! timnkim@gmail.com

Sunday with 3 posts....

Our First Gingerbread House...

This year we made our first gingerbread house. It's made from a kit, I'm not good enough at baking to make it truly by hand :) We had a lot of fun with it. Actually Eli and Tyler did since they were the main artists. I'm pretty sure that they ate more candy than they got on the house.

Today after church I'm going to be trying to get lights on the outside of the house..wish me luck!

9 ladies have signed up for the Christmas Card & Ornament Exchange...send me an e-mail at timnkim@gmail.com if you want to join in!

Good Morning Everyone and Welcome to the Saturday Morning Chat Group!

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to the Saturday Morning Chat Group! I have been out of touch over the past couple of days because Thanksgiving was a very busy time for us, but I'm back home and we had a really wonderful holiday.

Please sign up for the Christmas Card and Christmas Ornament Exchanges. It was so much fun last year to come home to so many wonderful cards every day. I am hoping that the ornament exchange is a lot of fun too! Just send me an e-mail at timnkim@gmail.com and let me know your address and which exchange you would like to participate in or both.

The Christmas Card Exchange addresses will be sent to you in e-mail on December 16th. You will need to send a Christmas Card to everyone on the list. For those of you participating in the Christmas Ornmanent Exchange, you will be given the name of one person to send a Christmas Ornament to and those names and addresses will be sent out on the 16th as well.


Lea at 'Oh My #6' is having a wonderful drawing at her blog, so head on over there and get signed up!

*The chat room is now closed, have a wonderful weekend!