NEED A BIG DOSE OF THE LITTLE Ws?

This link is always in my sidebar, but I want to make sure those who just use a blog reader aren't missing out on the major cuteness our offspring display. Without further ado, a ton of pics that are updated every Sunday night!! Feel free to comment on how cute they are.

E-MAGINARY FRIENDS

Do you have any? If not, then I highly recommend that you get some!!

Don't know what they are? They're friends that you met and developed a relationship with online.

I have a lot of e-maginary friends from the Sonlight forums, though over the last three years I've met many of them in real life. We've had meetups, they sent baby gifts to Naomi, some threw me a surprise baby shower, I spent a weekend in Huntington Beach with several of them, I've used tons of their recipes, prayed for each other, sent gifts back and forth, laughed about stuff, and on and on and on. When I first bought curriculum from Sonlight I had no idea I'd gain so many friends in the process!!

Anyway, one of them was going to be visiting from Idaho this week. So a meetup was planned for tonight. I was totally excited to go and have some girl time. Then, due to circumstances beyond my control, I had to cancel. I can't tell you how bummed I was. I've been grumpy, royally grumpy, about it all week. I was ready for some girl time anyway, plus I was way overdue for some time with these girls specifically.

So, I was at home tonight. Tim's gone. Silas was at a grade school event. The other kids were sleeping. It was about 10:00. There was a knock at the door (actually, there was someone doing a dance outside my front window) and all five of the meetup crew were at my house!! And they all came in jammies, knowing that's how I'd be dressed. And they brought candy.

We spent 2 1/2 hours laughing and talking and laughing and eating and laughing. Did I mention that we laughed? I love these girls!! I'm so blessed that they went out of their way to include me in their post-dinner portion of the evening, knowing how bummed I was to have to cancel my involvement in the meetup.

So ... Robin, Denise, Cheri, Toni and Heidi ... THANKS!! You truly made my day.

And now it's 1:00 in the morning. So, I'm going to bed.

4/16/09 THANKFUL THURSDAY

I'm thankful that Tim has a job.

What's one thing that you're thankful for?

A GREAT MORNING

My dad, "Papa" to the little Ws, should be stepping foot on Medford soil any minute. He's spent the last two days travelling home from my sister's house in Lapok. We were happy to find out that he had a lengthy layover in Portland this morning and met him there. Our morning was spent eating nutritionally sound food at "Old McDonald's" and spending tokens at Chuck E. Cheese with him. Plus, the kids all got two souvenir t-shirts (one from my dad and one from my sister), Tim and I each got one t-shirt (from my dad), and there were some cracker nuts and dried mangoes that I'm sure were meant for me to hoard all to myself (from my sister). What a fun morning! Oh, one more thing. We saw no less than a gazillion airplanes, all identified loudly and simultaneously by all three kids.

The quote of the day, from Silas - "I'm so excited that Papa is here that I just want to scream."

If you'd like to see pics and hear stories about my dad's trip, then head over to his blog where he posted during his time in the Philippines.

HAPPY EASTER!

From all 5 Ws - including these three, who miraculously all looked at the camera at the same time, even though one is trying really hard not to smile.

WHO WON THE CHOCOLATE BAR?

Kristal!! I know this lady from the Sonlight forums and you can meet her over on her blog.

Be sure to read all the comments that people left in order to enter the contest, particularly Bri's lovely poem.

FREE CHOCOLATE!

I'm giving away a bar of chocolate identical to the one pictured above. It was a freebie, but I know there are others who appreciate chocolate more than I do. As much as I love sugar, I would never choose chocolate over another type of dessert. So, this bar may become yours!!

I'm willing to ship it anywhere in the United States, so internationals can only play along if they have an American address they'd like to ship it to. In order to enter the contest, you must leave a comment telling me something about your relationship with chocolate - how much you like it, the last chocolate thing you ate, the chocolate you're craving, etc. The contest closes at 11:59pm PST tonight. Anonymous comments are allowed, so you don't need a Blogger account to enter the contest. Just be sure you leave your name so that I can contact you if you win.