Safely Home

Yesterday was Christmas early for the Swanson house.  Last night about 6:10pm the door bell rang.  I was downstairs with Cameron cleaning the playroom so Kenzie ran to see who it was.  Much to her surprise standing on our doorstep was Rob.  I knew he was on his way home.  I thought it was better for the kids to be surprised then dissapointed so I told them that Rob wouldn't be home till next week.  It was a good thing since his original flight was pushed back 24 hours.  So now we are happily settling back in to the routine of a family of four. 

Fun with wildlife

The other day we saw a little squirrel out on our doormat on our deck.  I decided to put a little bit of the critter crunch squirrel food I had bought there to see if he would come back. All day he kept coming over and eating.  Cameron and Hefe found it very fascinating.  Hefe the genius that he is tried to attack the little squirrel three or four times.  Never once did he remember there was a glass door there and I would hear this loud bang as his head slammed into the door.  What an idiot. 

No Peace

Even the animals give me lip.  Hefe was sitting on my bed yelling at me for what ever reason.  I just thought that this picture was funny.

Santa Train

Today we surprised the kids with a trip on the Santa Train.  The Virgina VRE does a Santa train every year.  Last year we missed the tickets so I was watching out for them this year.  The kids had fun.  It is a hour long train ride (30 minutes there and 30 minutes back).  Santa comes through and sees all the kids and takes pictures and then the pass out coloring books and candy canes.  Nothing too spectacular but it was a fun little trip. 

One more

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Originally uploaded by jewele76

Another from Kenzie's concert.

Kenzie Violin

Kenzie Violin
Originally uploaded by jewele76

Yesterday MacKenzie had her first violin concert. She takes her lessons during school for free! The only thing we had to provide is the violin and accessories. Can't beat that. So here is a my favorite video of the evening. My big camcorder's battery died so I had to use my digital camera. I was really impressed with her. She was extremely focused and serious. And if you know MacKenzie focus is a huge problem with her right now. Enjoy.

New Cakes

I know that i am way behind on posting here. But with Rob gone the computer is the last thing I have time for.  I am lucky enough to be able to check my email and facebook from my Blackberry.  But for now check out my cake blog www.sweetestthingsbyjulie.blogspot.com I just added my latest three cakes.  And for happier news less than 2 weeks till Rob finally comes home.  It has been a long trip and we are very anxiously waiting for him to come back.  I am sure that when he does there will be a flood of posts since I won't have to worry what Cameron is up to.