NEW Blog

seeing as i haven't posted on this blog in forever...i've actually started a new one. the new address is http://upnorthadventure.blogspot.com/

please check out what is going on with the Kroll's there. :)

Names

Annika has discovered that dan and I have names other than Mommy or Daddy. The other day she comes up to me and the exchange goes like this:
A- mommy, i have a name for you.
S- what is it?
A- Stephanie.
S- what about daddy? does he have a name.
A- nope

That was saturday or sunday.

monday when her and dan got home from daycare the exchange went like this:
A- Hi mommy. Your name is stephanie
S- that's right annika, good job.
A- Where's Dan?
S- he's right over there. (pointing to him)
A- oh, hi daddy.


the little things in a child's development really make my day.

Good day

Just wanted to share that I actually had a good day at work. It was nice for a change. Despite getting several inches of snow customers were in a pretty good mood, which makes my day better. Then after work I had to meet my parents to pick up Annika. We all had dinner at Qdoba. I had gotten an ugly christmas sweater at the 2nd hand store today for Young Life on Monday, so my mom pulled out an old ugly sweater and i wore my sweater to Qdoba for supper...we looked pretty stupid. It was pretty funny. My dad was pretty embarassed. Now Annika is in bed, i'm sitting here on the couch watching Friends with my cat hanging out next to me. What a good evening :)

How big God is

Did you ever stop to think about how big God is? Go check out www.crazylovebook.com an clink on the videos link and click on the Awe factor of God...and let me know what you think...Wow is all i have to say.

Agend for today

work for 10 hours.
come home and make stuffing.
clean up the kitchen.
play with my daughter.
relax.

it's going to be a long day...stuffing can take quite a while to make.

i should be looking forward to the holiday tomorrow, but it just feels like another day this year, i think a lot of that is cause i have to work on friday. these are the times that i really don't like my job.

i think dan and i are going to go see dark night at the cheap seats on saturday night. its only $3.50 a person. it should be a lot of fun.

Have a great thanksgiving!

Halloween a few weeks late

so here's finally a few Halloween pictures. I finally got them loaded onto my computer. also thinking of pics, i'm taking a photography class thru the local community college. its all online, and i've only done 1 session so far, i need to do another one tonight, but i think its going to be fun learning how to take better photos. i'll hopefully post some here as the class goes on.

My cute little lion.

Trick or treating at grandma's house.

Snow

It snowed this weekend for the first time this year. I always enjoy the snow...it's so pretty and clean and white. makes me happy and ready for christmas time. which is my favorite time of year. it's cozy and happy and it's amazing to celebrate jesus' birth.

this year for our last club of the semester, we're decorating christmas cookies again, and wearing ugly christmas sweaters...i need to go find one at goodwill sometime.