We're Back

As with all things, the farther behind you are with something the more daunting the task seems... I shall begin at the beginning. No, I shall begin at this week and move backwards.

Yesterday we celebrated Martin Luther King day by visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of the Fame and The Great Lakes Science Center. For those of you not from around here, ALL museums are free in Cleveland on Martin Luther King Day. The Science museum was fascinating and I enjoyed the hands on exhibits. Evelyn got up close and personal with some of them as well. The Hall of Fame was amazing in that there is so much memorabilia in one place. It was cool to ooh and ahh at the fun relics from our favorite rock and roll artists. We saw Elvis Presleys car (Brandon, you will be thrilled to know that it was a souped up Mark IV). A story on the plaque was about Elvis buying thirteen cadillacs on the day before he purchased this car. He bought them for family members and friends and for a lady that just happened to be out shopping for a cadillac that day! What a great story.

On Friday we had our first "date group." Jessica and I decided to set up a date night play group. Every fourth week each couple takes a turn babysitting all four kids, but this means that for the other three weeks you get a fabulous date night! This week Logan and I took our turn babysitting and we are looking forward to our date on Friday.

Logan has been very dedicated to riding his bike to school every day. Yes, these past weeks have been below zero and he hasn't complained once. On a particulary cold day he called and told me he arrived at school with ice formed on his chin! Wow. He has a lot of cold weather gear and we are now investing to add a face mask to his collection.

This Christmas Logan and I made gifts for some of the people in our families. We made purses for all of our sisters and we made matching burp cloths and bibs for Haley (she is expecting her first little boy in April). Logan amazes me more and more everyday. I found out that he has a great talent for sewing (he is better than me!). You are amazing Logan. He also made me my favorite present! He designed and created a jewelery holder that hangs in our closet. I am excited about this because now I actually wear jewelery because I am reminded when I get dressed in the morning. Hooray! Logan also surprised me by making a zip up bag for Evelyn while I was still in Utah. She especially loves all of the bobbles he sewed on the outside.

While we were in Utah we went to see the Body Worlds exhibit with my parents. Wow. I am amazed at how perfectly our bodies run. The most interesting thing I noticed on the skeleton was how long our toe bones are! Our toe bones run back almost the length of our foot. One of the other interesting things I learned about was our lungs. I knew that smoker's lungs could turn dark black (they had an example of a lung that looked charred), but I saw another lung that was white with black speckles kind of like a dalmation puppy. This lung was from someone that lived in a big city. Pollution in a big city can actually show up on your lungs. I had never even thought about that. I would recommend this show to anyone.
This mirror isn't flattering to anyone! This is the 'make everything wider' mirror.

Evelyn loved this! It was a blower fan that suspended a beach ball in mid air.
This is the cute bag Logan made for Evelyn. The zipper even has a large ring handle that is easy to grasp. The whole bag is covered with fun buttons, rings, and googly eyes. You can see that Eva adores it.

This is the jewelery holder that I love! Thank you Kiwi!