Family Night at the Lawsons

December 18, 2014

From Anne:

Well, it's my turn to blog, but I have not been doing a very good job of taking the camera with me wherever I go. Also the past few days have been a blur. So, I forget if these pictures are from today or yesterday, but oh well.

One morning David delivered this to me at the breakfast table. It's his new lego creation, but he doesn't know what it is. I said... Lego computer chip? Lego circuit board?

David also wore a cape all day yesterday. Here he is playing Xbox in a cape:

And here is David, the Cereal Superhero:

TJ doesn't do much besides read his book for school and take out the garbage. Here he is after the garbage run. Perhaps we are all dreary because once again, it is a wet, cold, grey & brown Kentucky winter, as you can see behind him. 

Tonight Jessie wanted to go shopping in Lexington with her friends, and since Tim had to run to Richmond to drop off a computer anyway, he took her to Lex with 3 of her friends. There were gone for most of the evening. So, I put the boys to bed and couldn't get them to be quiet. When I went to check on them they were in the same bunk, which explains the noise. I also took several pictures before this one, but the flash was so bright they kept screaming and complaining. So I said, "Just shut your eyes and smile!" This is the result:

Tomorrow Jessie and TJ are invited to a birthday party and we are having dinner with friends in Lexington.

December 16th, 2014

By Tim

Well, to summarize the day for the kids:

David said the best part of his day was playing with his legos.













Jessie said the best part of her day was finishing her current series of The Office, a television situation comedy.

TJ said the best part of his day was finishing his Christmas play list on iTunes.

We were supposed to have dinner with another family tonight.  However, because the wife/mother of the other family was sick, they canceled.  So, we had an unexpected afternoon and evening at home.








Anne did her usual; balancing the checkbook and getting rid of stuff on her desk!








I decided to spend the afternoon and evening trying out the Yulekake recipe.  I think we have a winner!

For dinner, we had homemade tamales made by a friend of ours from Mexico.










 I made Spanish rice, and the refried beans, tortillas, and chips and salsa made it regular meal.










After dinner, I found the kids cutting snowflakes.  Jessie has been cutting some very intricate ones!  I'm thinking about framing a couple.

Jessie has also decided to help TJ with his hair (for some reason).  

She was growling because we were out of olive oil.  The next thing I knew, she was beating an egg and was going to pour it on his head.  Who knows how the poor kid will emerge!  Judging by the sounds from the bathroom, it could be quite a sight. 

Love,
Tim

December 15th, 2014

Dear Grandma,

I always seem to get stuck doing the boring days of the week! Today I stayed home most of the day, and so did everyone else. We ate breakfast, then David and I finished our chores while TJ did schoolwork (TJ is the last one to have to do schoolwork). When David and I were done with our chores we mostly sat around. He played with legos and I cut out snowflakes. We also started watching a TV show we like called Avatar, The Last Airbender. It's really good!

After lunch, Dad was borrowing Granny Dot's car because we had to transport a new dresser we bought for David. I got to drive her car into Berea with Dad, and that was fun!

(I promise I wasn't taking a selfie while the car was moving!)
When we got back home, TJ, David, and I continued watching Avatar while Dad made pizza dough for dinner

Then we got a package! We all thought it was one of our Christmas presents...

...But it was actually TJ's new peacoat he bought!

Then it was time for dinner. Dad had made everyone calzones!

After that we all watched "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" for family night.
And that was our day!
Love,
Jessie

December 14, 2014

From David:
Well, like every sunday, we went to church this morning and had lots of fun!
Then we went to a friends apartment to eat lunch and it was REALLY NICE they had like a 10 foot christmas tree! then after that we went to dads concert

Then after that we went to a restaurant and i ate\slurped two plates (more like three) plates of jellow 

 and after that we picked up Jessie and TJ from dance or a christmas party.

So thats it for today's blog! come back tomorrow for another (hopefully better) blog!

Friday, December 12th

TJ -

I woke up this morning and the first thing my mom tells me is, "You forgot to blog yesterday." Here I am now.

Friday morning was filled with schoolwork. After lunch, Mom and I went into town. Mom went to a staff meeting at the library, and I went to the college music building to practice piano. 

While we were gone, it was Jessie and David's duty to do table chores while we were gone. Of course they didn't, so that afternoon they were cleaning the kitchen. 

That evening, Jessie and I, along with some friends, went to see a school play that some dancers from our dance group were in. The play was called "The Man Who Came To Dinner." It was a very well put together production.

Now, I've been known to forget to post pictures, but I will break that habit with this post. BOOM PHOTOS YYEAAHHHHHHHHHH.

December 11, 2014

From Anne:

This morning Tim helped TJ with math before he left for work. Algebra again. 

When Jessie got up she started filling out an application to turn into the library today. She is applying for a part-time job as a desk clerk. 

For a treat with lunch, David ate his pomegranate. He loves them. He is also talking about (or to) the pomegranate while cutting it as you see in the picture.

After lunch, we got kind-of lazy. Jessie watered the Christmas tree.

TJ finished up his schoolwork, he is working hard to get done before Christmas. Here he is working on Logic.

This is the ultimate in relaxation for David: playing games on his iPod in his t-shirt and long underwear, lounging on the flannel sheets in MY BED.

Later on, more iPod drama... the boys found out that Jessie had signed up for one of their online games they like to play. They have been bugging her to play it with them for months. Maybe even a year. She succumbed today.

Around 4:00 we took TJ into town for his piano lesson. Here he is going across campus looking like the other college students.

Errand to the bank, David got a lollipop! He's listening to a movie in the back of the car.

Jessie dropped off her application at the library and then when we dropped some things off at Goodwill, Jessie went in and bought some stuff.

When everyone got home, it was pancakes for supper! TJ's hands are blurry in this picture because he was, of course, drumming on the table.

After supper, we had a friend who was giving away a chair and we drove into Richmond to pick it up. I didn't have a chance to take a picture, but it is a nice chair we will have in the library.

Tomorrow - a staff meeting at the library for me and an evening at home, I think!