Four Months Old

Grandma and Me right after I was born.



Me in my pretty Christmas outfit. 4 months old.

Lilia is four months old and it is hard to believe. She is growing so fast. I can't remember life without her nor do I want to. She is the best thing that has happened to me besides my Matthew and Kainer. We are so happy God blessed us with our little girl.

Arctic Super Cold Blast Out 2008

They, the news, are calling it Arctic Blast 2008. I am calling it Arctic Super Cold Blast Out 2008 because I think it sounds cooler plus just as ridiculous. Here at the Conrad house we are trying to keep entertained. We are getting kind of tired of this snow thing, there are only so many hours you can spend in the snow before it gets what Kaine would say boring, not to mention cold. Besides our snow adventures we have watched My Girl, Open Season, Ratatouille, Wall-E, wrapped our Christmas gifts and baked some chocolate chip peanut butter cookies. We are so excited for Christmas, its only a few days away. We love you all and wish you a very Merry Christmas.

Thanksgiving

Getting ready for lights at the Grotto with Grandpa Jerry.

Grandpa Scott and Lilia Thanksgiving Day.

Nana and Lilia Thanksgiving day.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration this year! Matt, Lilia, and I spent the day visiting with Matt's family and enjoying delicious food. My mom and dad came down for the long weekend and we got to enjoy their company as well. We went to the lights at the Grotto, our Thanksgiving weekend tradition. This year Grandma and Grandpa went with us. Kaine spend the holiday weekend with his mom and enjoyed her and his family there. We have so much to be thankful for this year. Our health, our happiness, our newest family member Lilia, our new home, our families, each other, this great country, and so much more. We are a very blessed family and let us always remember it. I hope we remember to keep the spirit of Thanksgiving in our hearts throughout the year.

Trick or Treat

It was a happy Halloween for our family. We had lots of fun trick or treating. This year Kaine was a Fred Fred Burger, just kidding, he was a phantom and little Lilia was a lady bug.

A New Family Tradition

Matt and I have been wanting to start a few family traditions for our growing family. We all participated in our newest family tradition this past weekend. The tradition goes like this once a month, Kaine or Lilia when she grows a little, will pick a dessert they like, we will make the dessert together, and then eat it before we eat our dinner that night. Currently our tradition takes place on the last Sunday of the month. As you can imagine, the tradition was a hit with Kaine.

Children

A poem I like. It's from
Khalil Gibran's "The Prophet" ...

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children."
And he said:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Yep, those four

Yep, those four - Matt, Kallie, Kaine, and (the latest edition) Lilia, now have a public voice! We can say whatever we want, and all of you have to listen.

Now then, what do we have to say... nothing yet. But we'll compose our thoughts and get back to you.