We had a sad day in our family last Wednesday. Connor's pet parakeet, Tweeters, died. It was very fast and sudden (no, the cat didn't get him, luckily) On Thursday, Connor buried him in the back yard. It had been raining all day and was turning to snow, so I foolishly suggested just putting him in a nice box in the garbage. No way. Connor even put his favorite bell in the box with him. We had Tweeters for four years. This was the first pet we have had awhile to die, so the kids were sad. Kenna kept asking when he would wake up and why we couldn't take him to her doctor. Everyone said goodbye and remembered something they liked about Tweeters. To be honest, not having to vacuum under the cage daily, clean the cage, feed him, and clean the wall be him is sounding pretty darn good to me. Hard hearted Mom. Connor wanted to get another on right away, but I asked him to wait until spring. Maybe he will also enjoy not cleaning the cage weekly.

Wow, it's been awhile and really no good reason. We're just busy living. I picked a couple of silly pictures to put on today. In November, when Chase had parent/teacher conference they made these paper mache heads. Then they took clothes to school and posed it at their desk, so when you walked in, it looked like they were all there. He had been really excited about this and even took shoes and gloves to complete his faux self. This pict is from the day he brought home his head. He put it in his shirt like this during dinner. It was pretty funny. The head is still around somewhere. Whenever we get irritated with Chase, we just kick the head instead of taking it out on him. J.K. Miss Katie here loves to play with blocks and builds things quite regularly. I was commanded to take this picture so we could always remember her tower. We have also spent some time going to a singing concert (in which Kenna, our diva, wouldn't sing a word go figure), attended a couple of Utah State Basketball games (I love it!!) and gotten a bit of Christmas shopping done. Mike has been eyeing this pillow at the My Comfort store. It was kind-of expensive, but he really liked it and since he has been on a quest for the perfect pillow, I decided to get it for him for Christmas. I was driving into Logan to buy it on Thursday and called him to see how his day was going. He was so excited. The manager of the My Comfort store had just called to tell him he had won their monthly drawing for a free pillow. Can you believe it? I'm glad he won, but now I am 10 days to Christmas with no gift!!