Okay ... we've started

To all !!

Rachel and I decided to catch a wave of technology, and create a blog. I know what most of you are thinking .... they'll probably just quit after a week or two of posting stuff. Well, we'll do our best to not allow that to happen. Also, this way we can post our own stuff about our family without making it seem like a contest on the shared family site. So, to that end ... welcome !

Tonight we were invited to grill over at the Gallion's house. For those that do not know who the Gallions are, I am sure you will find out over the course of reading blogs who they are, but the short story is that Dee (short for Deanna, which she hates) and Kirk are two of the most generous, friendly and warm people that I have ever met. They have entered into my exclusive friend club, only four members at this time are Jim and Jessica Jardine, and Ed and Liz Ott. They mean so much to Rachel and I, and it is hard to even think about moving from here now that we have found our kindred spirits. Rachel and I brought Scene It! Squabble edition to play, since we still hadn't broken the plastic after a few months of buying it. It's a version of Battle of the Sexes, where men and women are on opposite teams and they answer questions that are sometime based in stereotypes i.e. girls answer questions on chick flicks, and boys answer questions on sports. It was great fun, if you love the Scene It! series of games and was fun to get together with the Gallions and the Otts to barbecue chicken, play games, and discuss a certain part of the female anatomy ..... seriously, you had to be there....

So, later, Rachel was reading to Allison before bed. They were at the chapter in Alladin (Disney version, Copyright - All Rights Reserved) where the Genie is granting the three wishes. We like to ask questions to see if Allison understands what she is hearing, or not. So, Rachel asks Allie what her three wishes would be. Here they are: First, she wishes to be Allie. Second, she wishes for a baby sister. Third, she wishes to go to her cousin's birthday part. After a few more questions, we found out that Allie was referring to Hannah. Kinda funny how they think at this age ... ask Allison this question in one year, and I know the answer would be so different.