April 2008

Nothing much happened in April. Brenda turned 45!

March 2008

Arnold decided he wanted to have dreadlocks. Seven hours of backcombing and waxing later, it looks pretty cool. Unfortunately, his hair didn't seem to want to knot up as it grew out so we ended up undreading by August.

February 2008

Arnold and Brenda head to Anchorage for 16 days and stay at the Alaska Native Medical Center while Arnold undergoes tympanoplasty.

Anchorage is not a fun place to be. It appears to be one giant ash tray. Too cold to walk anywhere, we find our way by bus and make several trips downtown and to the mall.

We also discover that Arnold's ears are crooked! Apparently they've been that way all along and we didn't notice. The boy is unique!

January 2008

Snow, snow, snow! We were shoveling for weeks. Stupid global warming.

The kids go to court to legally change their last name to Gillespie.

December 2007

Arnold passed his road test on the first try and is now a licensed driver! Way to go, Arnold! Our car insurance rate tripled.

Lots of wonderful family time over the Christmas break, including a Harry Potter movie marathon -- we watched all five movies! Our Christmas Eve all-sugar dinner was a lot of fun.

November 2007

I enjoyed a whale watching field trip with Cassie's school science class and we had a quiet Thanksgiving at the home of some friends.

Our Girl Scout Troop completed the requirements to earn the Bronze Award.

October 2007

For Arnold's 16th birthday, he and a couple of his friends went kayaking and then out for pizza. I called the DMV to schedule his road test to get his driver's license. Didn't realize that the wait would be until December 6!