catching up

a few weeks ago we took nathan to a place we like to call, "the bouncy bounce." it is an entire place full of those inflatable "bouncy bounces" that we used to call 'moonwalks' when i was growing up. i don't know if that is a regional thing or a time thing - but when i say moonwalk no one seems to have any idea what i am talking about. the ones they have now are WAY more cool then the ones we had (which were very cool in their own right - i loved those things!). now it is way more than the inflatable floor with pillars in the corners and netting so you didn't fall out - now there are ball pits, and obstacle courses and slides and . . . i'll let the pictures explain the rest.

nathan just started doing this the other day. i don't know why. he really seems to like it though. can you do this??? (note: his legs are straight and his head is nearly between his feet!) i really don't know which is more impressive, the flexibility or the balance!

nathan had his first sleep over on the 16th of this month. he spent the night with aunt carol. (who wasn't ready to be done playing by the time it was his bedtime). richard and i had a sunday school social - dinner - and then made a date of the evening after that. at first mention of a sleepover - i got a little teary- but later agreeed that it was good 'practice' for when he would have to sleep over somewhere when we go to have the new baby. here he is getting ready to go - he obviously was way more ready for this than his Mama was!

nathan is a VERY good helper! here he is carrying a box for Mama so we could mail a get well helium balloon to Grandpa. that is what i said - mailed a helium balloon. :)

here are some pictures from Thanksgiving. we spent it in ruidoso, new mexico at richard's parent's cabin. it is in the mountains and was VERY cold! we packed warm, because i figured it would be colder than we were used to - but it really was MUCH colder than we were used to. then, the night before we left it started snowing! snow - i thought that was why we moved to texas! (well, just part of the reason - but still!) the family picture includes us, richard's parents, oma (richard's grandma), and his aunt and her family.