the imposter

This is pretty mundane, but since I have been singing a song about it, I thought I should post it!  This is the picture on the front of my new shirt.  It is titled "The Imposter" for obvious reasons.  And Aaron bought it for me- bunnies and penguins, what could be better?

By the way, the song goes: "I'm wearing my newwww shirt, my newwww shirt, my newwww shirt."  Just in case you were wondering.

Image courtesy of shirt.woot.com

favorite christmas picture

Burke thought all of my books were his, so he "stole" them for a little bit

I know it has been quite a while, but I wanted to post my favorite Christmas picture.  I love that Burke loves books as much as I do!

crash

Here is the evidence of what happens when you have a "mover" bunny.  While I was cleaning the inside of her cage, I put Molly's food bowl on top of her cage.  However, Molly jumped on top of her cage to supervise like she usually does.  This time she decided to "move" her bowl- right to the floor- CRASH!  Finally, something in our house broke and I am not responsible! 

Disclaimer: no bunnies or humans were harmed in the destruction of this bowl.

A Better Place

Preacher with Grandma and the family a few years ago

My grandfather passed away yesterday.  Walter "Preacher" Gardner is now with his Savior, in a much better place.  We will all miss him.

Pray for Daniel

Dear Friends and Family,

Most of you may have already heard from me via facebook or email, but I am updating the blog as well.  The entire Dickinson family is petitioning you for your prayers for baby Daniel.  He went to the hospital on Christmas Eve with a head trauma and swelling behind his left ear.  It is a mystery about how and even what happened.  The doctors discovered a 2 to 3 inch fracture in his skull with bleeding. 

He spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in the hospital being observed, getting test and cat scans.  So far, all the test have come back normal.  As of tonight, the swelling has niether gone up or down.  Daniel is eating, sleeping, kicking and crying.  His nurse has been very encouraging and there is even talk that he might be discharged tomorrow. 

The offical status is that Daniel is not out of the woods yet.  He is only 18 days old.  He needs prayer for healing.  I know that all of you will join me in this request.
Thank you!

Snow and trees

Here is a snapshot of my landscape right now- snow and trees.  Snow has been falling since last night covering the trees (and everything else) for what is certain to be a white Christmas.  The other picture is of my nephew Burke- he was delighted to show me all the ornaments on his Christmas tree.  I was also invited to see all of his books; he is definately a kid after my own heart!

Christmas, part 1

We enjoyed an early Christmas celebration with my family last week.  We got some fun presents, but the real fun occured watching the nieces open their gifts.  Malorie was excited about her presents from me (and that made me very excited!).  Chloe was funny in general but still a little young to figure out the whole opening presents situation.

My sweet sister-in-law and I collaborated on a gift for my parents.  We filled a picture frame collage with pictures of our family.  This might not sound impressive to many people, but my Mom was super happy.  It had been empty for 3 years!

We had safe travels across Texas and are enjoying our time in Colorado.  There is an over abundance of presents around the tree- it will probably take us 5 hours to open everything!  There is snow on the way and lots of Christmas spirit in the Gentry house.  Merry Christmas. . .only 4 more days!

The baking is done

Here is a picture of all the bread I baked yesterday. Pumpkin, pumpkin chocolate chip, banana and banana chocolate chip. Most of it is for Aaron's teachers. But the rest are going to neighbors, friends and family. I am glad I only do this once a year!

Wreath making, Christmas edition

Molly the helper really enjoyed this decorating!

I made this wreath for the front door. And guess what? I had a helper who was very interested in chewing on the branches!

A Nephew is born

Daniel, Aunt Leslie and Chloe

The proud sisters, Daniel and Daddy

Uncle Aaron hold Daniel

I am proud to announce the birth of my new nephew Daniel Thomas. He was born at 11:45 am, weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces, and is 21 inches tall! Mom and baby are doing fine. And his sister Malorie really loves to hold him- Chloe likes to pat him a little then wonder off. We are rejoicing in the birth of this little one!