Family Picture

I'm always amazed how people manage to work full time jobs and have kids and yet still manage to get all their Christmas shopping done AND send out Christmas cards that ARRIVE on time. I think I've managed this only once and it was when I was not working. In the past we have skipped Christmas and sent out Valentine cards instead (there's not a whole lot going on in the month of February). We decided to do that again this year. This is the picture we used and the quote below it was on the card.

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return"

from the song "Nature Boy", lyrics by Eden Ahbez

Jojo Sleeping Position #4

A Warm Winter Day

This video and picture were taken January 6th. As you can see it was warm enough to wear shorts that day. That's why we love Texas! It can be 38 degrees one day and 70 the next! Here is Jaden enjoying the leaf pile!

Symphony!

Jan 19th

While Jeremy was out of town, Jaden and I joined Beckie, Lee and Carol to a night listening to the Las Colinas Symphony. Jaden's first symphony! I was a little hesitant at first, but he does listen to music in the car pretty good so I thought he might like it. He's also seen the video of Metallica performing with the symphony so he knew what the symphony looked like. The performance was divided into 3 sections. The first section was music by Greek artist Nikos Skalkottas, the second section was Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat Major by Beethoven with a special performance by pianist Jan Jiracek, then there was an intermission and then the last section by Dvorak. When it was about to start is was very quiet and then when the first note hit it was loud and caught Jaden by surprise. He jumped a little in his seat! He did such a good job of listening to the music! For the second section he crawled onto my lap and quickly fell asleep. I heard a slight snore and I leaned forward to see if it was Jaden. As it turned out, it was the older man sitting behind me! :o) The night was even more special because Beckie's close friend, Victor, is the concertmaster for the Las Colinas Symphony this year. He is an incredible violinist! The violin is my FAVORITE instrument! All in all, it was a nice night. We left at intermission and Jaden slept the whole way home!

MOVIE RECOMMENDATION: The Red Violin