Check This Out...

Very, very sweet video from one of Claire's classmates. I wanted to post the video directly to the blog, but they disabled the embed code. I suppose I might have done that too if my kid was posted on You Tube. Anyway, made me tear up a little. Go check it out:

African Vision of Hope

Where the hell have I been? I don't know...just busy. Here's what I haven't blogged about since my last post (not necessarily in chronological order):

• Claire's birthday parties
• Dancing at Busch Stadium
• Pumpkin picking at Eckert's
• Trip to Disney
• Hurricane Ike
• Trip to Houston
• Girl Scout Cookie Caravan
• Trip to California
• The Sale of my Childhood Home
• The Great Panic of 2008
• Picnic and visit to New Salem
• OktoberFuest
• Bizarre Email Exchange with Group of Small Minded, Racist, Religious-right, Texan Stamping Ladies
• Football Season
• Strange Folk Art Fest
• Mary's Birthday partay
• Dad's Birthday partay
• Random Act of Starbuck's kindness
• Angela B's surprise birthday
• Visit from Paula (including scary Lemp Mansion and the delightful Emma)
• Twelve Days Preparation
• Big Picture Scrapbooking Class (Design Your Life with Cathy Z. LOVES IT)
• and a Whole Lot of Dancing