mandy gave birth to a doll on top of our air hockey table. the baby was delivered shirtinally by dr joey - against his protest. mandy grunted and groaned and squeezed her eyes as she was 'pushing'.

mandy made macoroni and cheese from the box with powder. totally unsupervised. shes been making her own instant rice since she got sick last spring.

mandy attended an american heritage girls meeting. she also spent a full day with them fundraising, including going door to door (supervised by a leader at all times!)

mandy and joey went to a thanksgiving celebration where the kids made crafts and cards to send to soldiers in iraq. i didnt take them. their big broether martin did. im glad to see them go to things without me from  time to time. heres some pics from that day. thanks kate for the 'loan' of your url. lol


mandy and joe had a play date with their friends lukas, samuel, kaitlyn, which ended in them attending church that evening. it was nice to see them getting some 'god'.

im sure theres more but im so negligent in putting it in writing and it dont stay in the ole noggin long so thats gonna have to be it for now. *exhale*