Who Let Zach Run Around With the Camera?

Bed-head bald spot


a little looney...


Your guess is as good as mine...

A little too close...

Brooke is cute no matter what.

"We're All Together Again, We're Here, We're Here"

(Why do I like to Title my posts with a song title?)

The beauty of Christmas is when the whole family gets together. Yes, Mike's entire family came to visit. This is it. All 10 of us. All the cousins (none), aunts, uncles, and grandparents. And what we don't have in quantity, we make up for in quality!

Aren't You Proud of Me, Mom?

Bless my mother's heart, she tried for several years to teach me to sew when I was young, but after making a few pairs of shorts and a bad looking shirt, I was done. But for some strange reason, 6 years ago I decided to make the boys their Christmas stockings. So now that this is Brooke's 3rd Christmas, I think it's time to make hers (and now David's) too. LaRene (my older sister) gave me her sewing machine a couple years ago (since she got a fancy new one!) and I decided to gather my nerve and figure it out. And wouldn't you know it! It all came back to me and I'm pretty proud of the finished product!

Maybe next year (or the year after) I'll actually decorate them.

Mike Turns 38!

(That's a "3" and eight candles on his cake.) It's actually mint ice ceam pie with hot fudge topping in it and whip cream and oreo crumbs on top... yummm...
To my wonderful husband of nearly 12 years: you are a fantastic husband and father. No wonder our kids adore you! I know everyone else probably doesn't want to hear my gush about you so I'll just say Happy Birthday and I love you!

Are We Sick of Snow Pictures Yet?

These pictures are for those of you who wish you were snowed in:
Our poor tree in our front yard cracked in half because it couldn't take the weight of the snow:

I don't think any trains will be coming down these tracks:

Icicles hanging off our house:

"Oh What Do You Do In The Winter Time?"

Well, now that we have a layer of freezing rain on top of the snow, it's sure fun to crunch around in it! (Nicholas is holding up a chunck of ice.)

Making some ginger bread houses out of graham crackers and candy.

Notice the guns and the spies on the roofs?

A whole week of school canceled and Church is canceled.

Mike holding up a layer of ice he peeled off the car. I'm SO glad we are not traveling anywhere this Christmas!

Taking naps.

What a cutie!

And playing dress up. Brooke says, "I'm a Prince!" She insists she is NOT a princess.

"Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow"

So what do you do when Church gets shortened to an hour and you have all this fresh snow lying around?


Mike with his game face on...

Nicholas throwing a snowball

Zach getting ready to launch one

Good thing Mike decided to do this a couple weeks ago!

And one more picture of the rest of us.