Scattered Thoughts . . .

L ukey and Kenzie stayed with us a month or two ago so we could do some shopping with them.  While Lukey and I were waiting for Gee and Kenzie, I shot a few photos of Lukey as he watched a Christmas movie.   I had a bunch of prints professionally printed in early December and this photo of Lukey was one of the prints.  I put it in an extra frame I had lying around for the next time Lukey was here at our house.  I wanted to see how long it took him to notice that he is an elf in the photo. Lukey and Kenzie arrived at our house last night and the framed print was propped up on the kitchen table.  It took him about ten minutes to even notice that there was a new photo of him but he did not notice the elf ears.   Kenzie was laughing...  Gee was laughing...   Lukey still didn't notice anything odd about the photo and exclaimed, "WHAT?" in reference to all the laughing.  Another few minutes passed as he more carefully looked at the photo and he still saw nothing askew with the

O ver the long holiday weekend a couple of weeks ago when we had Lukey and Kenzie staying with us, Kenzie had a couple of days of soccer tournaments so we spent quite a bit of time at soccer games.  One of the days was rainy and we left soaked but the next day was quite a nice autumn day which was a very welcomed change after the rainy and chilly day. Kenzie is doing quite well in soccer now.  Actually...  I believe she is the leading scorer for her team this year and she has a few assists!  She is certainly one of the fastest on the field and she is able to put quite a bit of power into her kicks.  Occasionally, she plays on the defensive line and does well there as well stealing balls, blocking shots and passes, and disrupting the opposing team's offense but I feel she is far more useful on the offensive line.  It is really fun watching her excel in soccer now. On the way to the soccer tournament, below...  I think she is trying to get her head in the right frame of mind for socc

E very year, between August and October, we venture up to Shelburne to visit The Chritsmas Loft with Lukey and Kenzie.  We invited Pop, Ellie and Whitney this year but they could not make it on this day so it was just me, Gee, Lukey and Kenzie again.  We had Lukey and Kenzie for about four days over the Columbus Day weekend and this was one of our activities that weekend.   I included a lot of photos in this blog entry so I'll let the photos do most of the talking rather than write a lot... A Santa and Mrs Claus display greets you as you enter the store... I don't know what had Kenzie so upset in this window display but she surely looks upset... Kenzie brought her Fuji Instax camera on this day so she shot a few photos... Sheila is showing me the Airman Nutcracker she found... I found another Airman but, looking at the photo today, I don't think this one is actually a nutcracker although I could be wrong... We found a few "Baby's First Christmas" items and we