Finally...almost finished

I've had Christina's quilt for ages and finally over the break we finished up the last of it. I've always hand-stitched the final border, but since time was of the essence (I was heading back to PA and Stina to MN) mom put a blanket stitch on it.

Quilting Beginnings

My mom found the cutest dinosaur material and wanted to make a quilt with it, so I showed mom how to put together a "simple" baby patch quilt. I think it's adorable- I love the bright colors! Good job Mom- welcome to the world of patchwork quilting. :)

Happy Day

My sister Christina went through the temple for the first time on Saturday. It was a wonderful family event.

Christmas Meditation

I've been following a "12 Days of Christmas" scripture study my mom gave me and today the challenge is to write down your feelings about the Savior. I thought I would share what I was thinking about.
We had the Sister Missionaries over for dinner tonight and they talked to us about Enos and how he knew that God could not lie. It got me thinking about all of the blessings we've been promised and how they've been made possible by the atonement of our Savior. I know because they have been promised that they will actually occur if I am doing my part, and all of this is made possible because of Jesus Christ. It gives me such peace and reassurance that there is someone who loved me enough to suffer on my behalf and then provide the way for me to have the most amount of joy possible in this life and the next. I am truly grateful for Christ's atonement, His life (His perfect example) and His love.
This time of year always reminds me of the real reason why life is so wonderful and it warms my heart.

Blonde Review

Joel and I went to "Legally Blonde" the musical this past week as a sort of belated Anniversary gift to ourselves. I was a huge fan of the movie and had heard good things about the musical, so I was excited to see it. A lot of the same jokes were used, but Joel and I both felt they were trying a little too hard to be funny. At intermission we both thought it was ok, but nothing to be ecstatic about, but then came the UPS Man and the Cabana Pool Boy in the second act and I was in tears several times. They were hilarious!

• Little funny side note: Warner the III was played by none other than Jeff McClean (those of you familiar with Pop culture of Mormon music will know him as Michael McClean's son). I hadn't seen him since college. He's definitely grown up, but still slightly awkward on stage with the same gorgeous voice he had before.

Anyone else see the musical? Thoughts?

Last Interview

duPont Hospital for Children

Initial Thoughts:

Pros: Close to Thompson Grandparents & about same distance as now to Stuetz Grandparents. Complete electronic medical records. Only major children's hospital in Delaware. You get a very broad patient base with this program.

Cons: Not a big children's hospital and it competes with the Phillie hospitals. Housing is expensive and pretty much unaffordable for us. Not all that exciting. You have to commute into Philadelphia for several rotations.

Bottom Line: Meh.

Our current rankings:
1. Pitt
2. Nationwide
3. Rainbow Babies
4. Rochester
5. VCU
6. Syracuse
7. duPont
8. Penn State

Big Week

Tuesday Joel and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary, & on Wednesday Nathan turned 6 months old.  We celebrated by taking family pictures and taking a quasi-day trip to Pittsburgh to check out the lay of the land.  The pictures went great- Nathan smiled and giggled the whole time.  The travel to Pittsburgh Tuesday night also went well.  Nathan slept for the majority of the trip.  However, the stay at the Days Inn was not so great.  Nathan wouldn't go to sleep and then when he finally did he ended up waking up about every hour or two - all night long.  Don't be fooled by the innocent smile on his face........it was a long night.  We've decided he needs his own bed as much as possible, so it's going to be only day-trips for a while.
Secondly: Now I realize that Days Inn isn't exactly luxury accommodations, but when someone says Continental breakfast, what do you think of?  We went downstairs and took one look at what I believe were mini-muffins and fruit loops and headed straight to Denny's for breakfast.  I'm not usually much of a Denny's fan, but it was heaven compared to the "Continental" offerings at the hotel. :)

Happy Turkey Day!

Reasons why Thanksgiving with the Thompsons rocks: (not all inclusive- merely giving a few examples)

1. Great company
2. Great conversation
3. Great Food (yes, I love my Food Network quality eating- take a look at that beautifully-brined turkey)
4. Great times
What more could you ask for?