A Very Merry Christmas Season!

Now that most traces of Christmas have disapeared into the basement, and presents have found homes in our home, I'm finally looking back on our long month of Christmas celebrations with a warm feeling, we really did enjoy all of it, and being with all our close family and friends.

Groompa came to visit for our first Christmas, we had a fun time as you can tell!

Jenga masters!

All I want for Christmas is Thomas! So glad Santa delivered the goods!

So warm and cozy in his new Angry Bird blanket, thanks Aunt Juls!

No Christmas is complete around here for Hannah without a matching doll outfit. Thank you Grandma H!

While in the 'burgh we had the chance to visit the Natural History Museum and see the dinosaur bones again! All three kids fit in one sauropod footprint! We also learned about the earth's core, collections, taxidermy, and much more!

So thank you everyone for a wonderful Christmas season, we love all of you very much. Hope you're enjoying the New Year. Next up, maybe some snow pics, we finally got what was coming to us!

Back to the Manger!

In case you haven't heard, Hannah and Ben were in a Christmas musical last weekend at church. Ben sang in the choir, and Hannah had a few solos and a speaking part.
Gram and Pap came up to visit and see the play, they thought it was great!

On the set, in front of the "church" for the annual Caroling Outreach.


Jefferson wasn't left out, he got this really cool balloon and spent lots of time with Grandma.


Meet Betty, from 1958. "Well, God has supplied all my needs so far. I have so much, a loving family, a good home, swell friends-I can't help but want to share with others" She was more than perfect for this role!


"Holy Guacamole!"

The time machine that visited several Christmas Caroling Outreach's in the past, including the birth of Jesus.


Merry Christmas Everyone!

Kid in the Fridge

Hey! It's me Jefferson. Sometimes I do really funny stuff, like most two year olds.

Today I was hanging out in the fridge and mom though it was too cute, and told me to stay in there so she could get the camera. Then, I even decided to smile really nice. Sometimes I'm a really good boy like that. And I like being a big boy.


Pretty soon I won't fit in the fridge, and my mom will be really sad. Glad we got these pictures of me!


Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween weekend was lots of fun! We did some new things this year: watched Casper the movie, which the kids loved; went to a Halloween party at Kidz Club, totally fun; and added another kid to the school parade!

Hannah wanted her face decorated, very pretty! And her pumpkin she designed.


Dressed and ready to go...almost, we still had to empty the pillow cases of pillows for our bags!


Jefferson suprised us all and put on some courage, and his Thomas costume! "I'm not crying" he kept saying. We were SO proud of him.


MARIO! He was so funny with this on, totally a ham.


The best way to end all this fun, lots of candy! Three pounds of it each for Hannah and Ben.