All Caleb wanted for Christmas was a full head of hair...***DISCLAIMER: WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK!
HIGH-LEVEL OF CUTENESS AND SQUEAKY BABY-TALK ENSUES.***
Our kitchen, where the magic happens.
"How’s the *new* house?"
We get this question quite often from just about anyone.
So, this is how the house is going…
-The “dining room” and guest room are still full of boxes. I related to a friend “Unpacking is in its dormant stage around here and probably won't arise again until early summer- right before my parents and my nephew come to visit.” It’s sad but true.
- I still haven’t gotten around to decorating our room or the nursery properly.
-Or even put up curtains yet.
- I still get confused about the light switches… several times a day.
- Our yard was leafless for a short period; the Byerly’s came by and helped rake the leaves.
Once there was a Snowman…So, I made a snowman, he is our official notepad for the next month. I wrote the “I love you” smile for Mike. One morning I came downstairs to find the lost diadem of Ravenclaw on our snowman! GASP!
Oh, and our favorite tradition, SNOWFLAKES!
If you had a baby
you could also have…
a pegged-legged pirate
or a friendly dinosaur in your tub.
Either way.
You’d have a very cute baby, entertaining pictures, 
and ways to spend a five-day weekend. 
Sometimes I really feel like this lady. 
Dear Papa,
After a leisure Sunday including church, a Mac n’ Cheese lunch, a brisk family stroll around our neighborhood (we have a neighborhood!), taking pictures, and talking to my parents via webcam, we sat down and watched a fireside we missed last week.
Presiding Bishop H. David Burton spoke and what he had to say was truly inspired, and answered a lot of concerns we have as a family right now.
(again) next week. : )
We are staying in Mass this year for the holidays, so that means…
by all means Winter take your sweet time getting here. We’ll have some cocoa waiting for you when you arrive.
(No real babies ate any real chocolate during the photoshoot)
Finally after four months of teething, a tooth! 
Next, a tasteful nude picture. :)
He also loves his rubber duck. Don't you just love the quote, you Harry Potter fans?
Finally, Caleb can sit-up by himself, no Boppy required. At the time of this photo he could also get up on all fours (hands and knees). 
Oh no, don't be fooled by the cuteness. 
I made these for my parents, now I want Caleb to have one up in the nursery. I print the pedigree on velum and overlay it unto a picture. I was thinking of using a naivety picture for the backing this time.
#3 Family History Story Book
I made a family history activity book before, now I want to make a storybook for my nieces and nephews. It's entitled Some of My Ancestors. The manuscript has already been written I just have to put it together. Here is a page:
"SOME of my ancestors lived in Idaho.
Did you know?
Idaho's state fruit is the Huckleberry, the state vegetable is, of course, the potato.
Ancestor Fact:
Your Great Grandpa Allen C. Ostergar cleaned the Blackfoot tabernacle; the structure still stands today, but is no longer owned by the church."
#4 Kappes Family Cookbook: Recipes to Remember
I’m in the process of gathering the materials for this project. I’m going to use Heritage Cookbook to create the book.
#5 My Book
Will anyone ever guess Fig’s middle name? Who will win the 367 dollars? Will Ammon get the moo-lah he needs to wow Rev Palmer’s daughter Prom night? And what is the theme for Mormon Prom this year? More importantly, will Fig do the right thing and call off the lottery before his good name gets tarnished? I know the answers to these questions and more, I just need to write them down. So much is happening in the small town of Campbell. :)
Sewing Projects
My sister is going to send me her sewing machine! And I have big plans!
#5 Skirt
#6 Curtains
#7 PJ bottoms 
Jody and I at Girl's Camp
I learned how to make PJ bottoms in YWs. We made a pair each year for girl’s camp. The picture shown here was one of our Stake years, the theme was Olympics (the Olympics were in SLC that year) and our ward was South Africa. Those were the capris we made that year (we made capris and PJs). If you look in the background, you’ll see paint buckets that are topped with padding and fabric. We used them for chairs. Comfy and efficient (we carried them everywhere and carried our mess kits and scriptures and handbooks in them).
16th Birthday, my YW group got me my own scriptures!
Jody and I at Nationals (I got 5th place)
What's on YOUR list?
I know, I know, we say it every six months, but really, WOW. Great Conference.
Here are a few of the one-liners I jotted down in my “refrigerator quote” column:
“You don’t know everything, but you know enough.”
“Faith is not only a feeling. It is a decision.”
“’Jesus will make everything all right.’”
“Pride is the great enemy of unity.”
What did you jot down during Conference?
I’m am glad to say that all my concerns and questions I’ve had over the past month have been met.
Anyways. Do you like to eat unpoped corn kernels or like the taste of cornnuts? Well, then I’ve got a snack for you.
“Popped” wheat kernels. The recipe is given in a pamphlet provided with the Starter Kit. I’m doing to have to buy some honey and make some granola with these beauties in it. That would be wonderful.
Other than that, nothing too new on the Eastern Thomson front.
I made another Caleb scrap for Grandma!
The scripture in teh scrap is talking about Caleb from the Old Testament, one of our Caleb’s namesakes. Caleb is also named after his (count them) great. great, great, great, great grandfather Caleb Baldwin. Whew. That’s awfully ‘great.’ He was one of the prisoners in Liberty Jail. He was actually the oldest prisoner in Liberty Jail. Well, that’s enough about Caleb, maybe I’ll tell you one day where he got his middle name from.
Whew.
ENJOY!
