Thanksgiving 2009

Hello all,
Hope your reading this after you have stuffed yourself with the delights of thanksgiving. Brody is still in Coldfoot so Liam and I went to the farm for Thanksgiving this year. We missed Brody a lot but we had a good time. There were four little girls there for Liam to play with and he had a blast. He ate so much food I was impressed. We started the day off pretty easy. We outside for a walk and then Liam played in the snow while I did a little shoveling (it snowed about 5 inches last night and its snowing again right now). Liam gets really excited when we talk about going outside and he always wants to help to go out. This morning he found his gloves and was trying to put them on. Then he stands by the door and says eh, eh, eh, like he is saying, "Hurry up mom, times wasting." He is such a good little helper too. He always wants to shovel or sweep, what ever I'm doing. I hope that last through his teenage years, right.
So after we came in the house we had a lite lunch and read some stories. He is getting so he likes to play in his room a lot and I came in to see him sitting in the rocking chair looking at a story by himself. He is growing so fast, I can hardly believe that he is becoming such a little independent person. This is an all time favorite for him to read, Goodnight Moon. Thanks Gingin!!
I baked an apple pie during his nap and then off we went to the Thanksgiving Feast. The pie looked beautiful but cut very poorly so once it was cut the pretty pie was done. I also made stuffing and green bean casserole (one of my personal favorites). Liam had a super full day so he was very tired when we got home. I had to fight him to clean all the sweet potatoes off his face but after that he fell right to sleep. Speaking of sleeping I am headed that way as well.
One last thing - Calling all family and friends - I would really like to send out holiday cards this year, I have a beautiful picture of Liam to put on them. Please send me addresses via e-mail jennifer.sundquist@mail.sit.edu
Hope you all had a happy Turkey day!!!

Halloween, what a difference

I thought I would post these 2 pics of Liam. One is from last year at Halloween, we were at my parents house. The other is from this year at the Halloween Carnival at the Fair Grounds. What a difference a year makes!!
Yesterday was Liam's first day of daycare outside our home and it was much harder for Brody and I than it was for him. He hit the ground running and didn't look back. He did great but no nap which we expected. He is having a great time and this morning when I took him he was visibly happy about it. He is with a few other kids that she watches 2 boys and a girl. She told me today he is good at defending himself. The older boy tried to take a toy from him and he just took it back. That's our boy!!

It's been oh so long!!

Hello to all you Liam fans out there. Sorry its been so long since I posted last. Whoa so much has happened. Well....the summer just flew by. I spent a lot of time at the elementary school keeping up on the garden which went really well. We had a Harvest Fest with all the veggies from the garden, the kids loved it.
Brody has been working in Anchorage which is nice. He likes the job and the people but hates the commute. One day maybe we will both have jobs close to home.
At the end of the summer I went to Idaho to see my grandparents on my dads side. Mom and Dad came and so did Liam's cousins Noah, Neci and Naomi. Here is a great picture of Liam and Noah playing with some blocks of wood they collected. Liam got stung by a wasp while we were there and he didn't even cry. He tripped and his hand landed on it. I was right there and flicked the stinger out right away. His pinkie swelled up a bit but he was fine.
After we got back school was in full swing and it was back to the normal school year schedule. Of course Liam and I both got the flu and I had an extra fun infection 2 weeks later....that was great. Brody somehow managed to get through the sickness unscathed, that lucky duck. Then it was on to Halloween, one of my favorite holidays. Liam helped me make chocolate cupcakes for the kids...actually he just licked the whisk. I think that was his first real taste of chocolate, he loved it. This is his box that he likes to sit in. He kept trying to climb in and falling over, it was very frustrating for him. So I decided to cut out one side so he could get in easier and it was a big hit.
For Halloween we went as Zombie Farmers. We had a great little party at the farm for the Farm School families. It was a lot of fun to organize. We had a pin the nose on the scarecrow, a fish pond, a 3 legged race with parents and kids and a pumpkin carving contest. Liam had a blast chasing the kids around all night and being crazy. For the actual night of Halloween we went to the Fairgrounds where they had a Halloween Carnival. It was perfect for him. The weather was really bad and he isn't really old enough to trick or treat yet so it was a great way to spend the evening with him. We ate all the candy he won at the different games. Yes we are those kind of parents, Ha Ha. That pretty much brings us up to the present. Brody has been working really hard on the house up at Lazy Mt and still working in Anchorage. I am still at the farm but I'm starting to think about what the next move should be. I'm going to sub in the public schools for the rest of the year and hopefully have a teaching job in the Fall. We are having a mellow Thanksgiving this year just staying home and I will be cooking dinner. I haven't had the chance to cook a turkey for a while so I'm looking forward to that!! Liam is 17 months old this month and crazy as ever. He is starting to talk, just the first sounds of a word but its a start. We love you all and thanks for reading our blog.