I'm so HOT...

...that I set off the smoke alarm THREE times (in the past couple weeks) after getting out of the shower (tonight included).

Sure wish the darn thing could tell the difference between steam and smoke!

God's Perfect Art

I really do enjoy the time that I get to spend with the boys while driving Jace to and from school. Some mornings/afternoons we listen to music or sing on the drive, but most times Jace is entertaining us (me) with cute, funny, serious, charming, or spiritually uplifting little tidbits and stories.

There have been two really precious things Jace has said that I've been wanting to share, so its time to get them "on paper" so to speak before they leave this forgetful brain of mine.

The Wife ~

One morning out of the blue (its almost always out of the blue) Jace starts talking about growing up and how he wanted to stay with us when he was older - he said he would miss us too much when he went off to college so he would just keep living with us. Ha, we'll see how he feels once he hits the teenage years, but I digress!

So, after explaining that as we reach a certain age its okay for us to move out and away from home he says,

J: "I'll have to move out because I'll get married and have a wife?"
M: "Yep, or when you go to college you might move out."
J: "How do we know who we're going to get married to? Do you think God knows?"
M: "I do think God knows - he knows right now who you're going to marry."
J: "Yep, I think so too because God already told me what her name is. It's Amanda."
M: "Well, okay. Do you know any Amandas?"
J: "Nope."

Well, it seems that one day we all might know an Amanda!

God's Perfect Art ~

(Driving home with all of us in the car - talking about nothing in particular...)
J: "So Dad, do you know what's the greatest art in the world?"
D: "You mean, where is the greatest art?"
J: "No, WHAT he greatest art is?"
D: (confused) "I'm not sure - what is it?"
(This is too precious - and way beyond his years) J: "Humans are the greatest art, because God made us so we are His art. And we are perfect because God makes things perfect."

What a whole lot of wisdom wrapped up in that little perfect piece of artwork :)

Christmas Party

Yesterday was the station Christmas party and it was as wonderful as the guy who set it up, known to me as Mr. Hannum, but to the station as BM1 Hannum or the morale officer ;)

It took a lot of planning and an unbelievable amount of work on his part, including a gazillion phone calls, meetings, setting up everything, taking down everything, and finally tonight getting everything clean and back to original homes (well, he did have some help in the set up / break down / cleaning part)! This year's party was held at housing under the banyan tree on the just-finished deck - and it was breathtakingly beautiful with the uplights highlighting the tree and the flickering candles on the tables.

I am so proud of the incredible job Mr. H did! About 60 people came, the food was hot and yummy, the dj was really good, and the party lasted past midnight - not too shabby but we were pretty exhausted today! Mr. H did get himself a Coast Guard tervis coffee mug during the white elephant which he really wanted and is super happy about it - but the best part of the eveing was when he finally was able to enjoy himself and dance with his wifey ;)

Here's a shot of the deck just before it started...

...and the centerpieces we had to do on the cheeeaaap haha!

Merry Christmas!