onward

the overwhelming task of the overdue christmas post
is lingering over my head
and blocking my ability to post.
which makes me feel super behind
which blocks my ability to post
etc. etc.
and so, i'm giving myself permission to SKIP it.
the end.

onward with a few miscellaneous things.

i love little kid handwriting.

i wish i would've taken photos of the older kids' handwriting from when they were young.

come to think of it, spencer and taylor's handwriting probably still looks the same,

but it's not as cute when you're past 1st grade.

speaking of taylor and spencer....

how man moore boys does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

i took this photo after they had been up there fiddling with it for more than fifteen minutes.

for some reason, it just cracks me up that they had such a hard time with it.
maybe because i've heard too many screw in a lightbulb jokes?

spencer is back to his old self now that indoor lacrosse has started.
the bad light and plexi-glass arena make it almost impossible to get a decent photo,
so i can usually be found cheering (too loudly for rich) instead of shooting.

after the first game spencer decided he needed to work out on the treadmill more often.

i wonder if it has something to do with all the video game training he does?

i'm so lucky that all of my kids love music so much.

i'm even luckier than the high school musical AND the jr. high musicals are two of my most favorite of all time and all three of my teenagers are participating in them.

the high school is doing the scarlet pimpernel - with guillotine special effects and all. 

 and spencer and allie will be doing o.k.l.a.h.o.m.a - ooooklaaaaahoooooma!

hmmmm....too bad hugh jackman won't be staring in the jr.high production!

i love the music from both of these plays so much! i have been listening to them non-stop since we heard the good news.

a few more reasons to look forward to spring.

over christmas break there was more than just christmas morning that we were counting down at our house.

allie was counting down to three days BEFORE christmas when she could smile metal-free again.

 and all of us were counting down to TWO days before christmas when we could welcome these two cuties home from their mission in hawaii...

it was definitely nice timing to have them home for the moore family party the next day.

even if it meant getting up before the sun to see them at the airport!

last sunday we enjoyed hearing their talks at their homecoming.

 glad to have them home.