I'm a Big Boy Now

We started Cordon on cereal the other day. He is doing a lot better then I thought. Instead of all of it ending up on the bib just most of it ends up on the bib. Although, I think I end up more of a mess then he does. He laughs at everything which was cute until now. One time Chris had to tag me out and take over so I could rinse the cereal out of my eye.

How Was Your Christmas? Ours was CRAPTACULAR!!!

FPU Graduate

Radio talk show host, Dave Ramsey, has a 13 week course called Financial Peace University. You can take it online or in a class setting by a Dave Ramsey affiliate. Chris and I just finished the online course and we LOVED it. He has 7 baby steps that take you from becoming debt free to wealth building and giving. The course covers each one in depth. He explains the fastest way to becoming debt free, the good and bad ways of saving for retirement and college, how to sell and buy real estate etc etc. He covers EVERYTHING about money and does it in an entertaining way. He is so animated and explains it all in such a simple way that it was fun to learn about it all. He even walks you through a process where just 5 years of simple investing will result in a free car every few years for life. But my favorite part about him is he backs up all his theories with scripture. If anyone is interested at taking the course you can go to his website at http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu/home/

Seeing Double

I always knew Cordon looked like a Thompson but this is crazy. This is a photo of Chris's dad, John, when he was a baby. I guess I now know what Cordon will look like as an adult

Merry Christmas

Yes Virginia There Really is a Santa Clause, IN

We had a very festive weekend. Friday night we drove down to Santa Clause, IN. The town is very festive year round with Camp Rudolf, Holiday World etc. There is a gated community there, Christmas Lake, and for two nights they let the public drive through to see all the lights. It was pretty amazing. It took 45 min to drive around. Some of the houses had a few decorations but others would have put Clark W. Griswold to shame. Each street had their own theme such as The Grinch, Shepherds, Frosty etc. The last house was one of those where the lights flicker to music. It was pretty amazing.

This picture is really blurry but it's four little snowmen roasting marshmallows.

Saturday Chris's work had a Christmas party for all the employees children. They had crafts, food, gifts and of course Santa.

Then we drove an hour down to Evansville where the stake center had over 4,000 nativity's set up. It was so pretty. It amazes me that you can make the same scene into a million different ways. The picture below was our favorite. It was a full town. The top is where Joesph, Mary and Jesus are. On the bottom right you can see the wise men on camels going into town.

Goodbye Squeaky

I just realized the other day that Cordon no longer squeaks when he sleeps. He use to make the funniest noises when sleeping but I guess he out grew that. Notice the onsie bunched up around his head. Someone forgot to button it up on the bottom.