I've discovered the webcam on our new laptop and it's fantastic! I'm able to chat with my brother in Iraq a couple of times each week and he can see me and the kiddos. Marie has talked to her friend Lucy via both of their webcams and a calling feature on Yahoo Instant Messenger. Very tech savvy 2 year olds. I also love to take photos w/it because there's not an extra step to upload them onto the computer. So get used to seeing our living room in the background of all our pics. Maybe if we're really cheap and lazy we'll just pose for our family Christmas photo in front of the computer! Lame-o.

Oh, and I'm wearing a shirt that says "NOT 40" because we had dinner last night for our friend's 40th birthday. We all wore black (except Renee who doesn't own any black). Marie's shirt said "40" on the front, and on the back it said "[the symbol for 'divided by'] 20".

Tim, Carissa & Ada will be here in 4 hours! Woohoo! Time to work on creating the illusion of a clean and organized house for our guests!