Crazy kids

Being the type of guy who likes anything unusual, Steve loves to find computer MIDIs to play for the kids, wierd stuff and usually with quite a beat. Now the kids put the music on pretty much every day and dance to it. As far as the dancing goes, they would a 10 for spirit but maybe a 2 for skill :) Kind of funny to watch.

Holly's potty-training is not going so well, although she enjoys sitting there and watching everyone


The girls were pretty proud of the "octopus" supper they helped with tonight. Sometimes you have to ignore the nutrition aspect (or lack of it) :)

Some of our wacky neighbor's places... the Flintstones?

Wishing you all a blessed Christmas & new year!

"Behold what manner of the love the Father has given unto us, that we should be called the sons of God!" We have so much for which to be thankful.

Holly's "bracelets"

Steve had Friday - Tuesday off, which was wonderful! We spent Friday working outside; Steve burned a monstrous pile of branches (it's still smoking 5 days later, and I'm so relieved that it's gone because I know rats LOVE to make homes in that sort of thing). I worked on my rock-carving project; almost done now (below). This piece of granite is next to the entrance of our driveway (Steve's driveway placement had more than a little to do with the rock being there :) It's about 6'W x 5' tall and has a big flat face on it like there is supposed to be something written on it, so I put our house number on it.

On Saturday we opened some gifts... The funnest part was watching Holly... she didn't know what they were, and when we put a present in her lap she just looked at it, and it took a lot of demonstrating to get her to open it! After that she wanted to open EVERY present, which meant I had to re-wrap a few that she found and unwrapped later.

A gingerbread house made from scratch...

After church we joined the rest of Steve's family at his parent's house

Marie has been looking forward to her first cook book for a VERY long time! I'm afraid that's just the beginning of the work involved with this gift... already she has a whole bunch of things on my grocery list so she can make stuff

Margarita Madness

We discovered how much fun they are just recently :)

(Actually Steve says this is a Tequila Sunrise

but usually we have margaritas)

And we like to start our kids early... JK.

Jungle Playland

Yay! First day of Christmas vacation! The kids had lots of fun... thanks to Bobby for discovering it. And it was fun to visit with Jenn & Bobby while the kids played. Afterwards was a bit of an overkill when we went to the McDonald's Playplace :) The longer you're a parent, the easier it is to get delight from very simple outings...

Em, Steph & Beth

I guess they're not too old for slides yet :)

The ball room was a big hit for Holly, but she went completely under quite a few times... I was scared somebody was going to squish her or jump on her when she was not visible.

I like Sandy's face in the background :)

Sweet little Genevieve