England photos-trial

New kid on the block!

I finally made it in here! Have been downloading lots of photos from Branden's trip to England...as soon as I learn how to get them in here, I will post some...
Josh & Deena had their last basketball game Monday night....they had a rough season...and are ready for a much-deserved rest! Brody is getting more and more independent...cannot believe how much he changes from week to week when we get to visit him....
Make this short for now...will learn more later about how to do things!

Can you believe the weather?

The weather today was great! After church we spent most of our day outside. The kids played ball and spent some time playing with our new dog, Killer. Killer was Branden's dog. Since he is in England, we took Killer in as our new dog.

Today's weather makes me anxious for spring!

Christmas 2008

I am a little late in posting about Christmas, but I scrapbooked pictures last night so I thought I would make a post. Here is our family picture at Granny's house on Christmas Eve. We have a great time each year getting together with everyone. My kids like it as much as I do. I will always cherish our family moments like these.

Today we had another Thanksgiving dinner to go to. The boys and I drove up this morning and made a great big day out of it. We picked up Ceceley and Codie and went to Dad and Ruby's. We made it to Pa Glen and Idena's for Thanksgiving lunch around 1:00. Afterward we hung out at Dad and Ruby's again for her jewelry party. We had pizza at Angie's and then went to Granny's for fun and games. While some of us played FLUFF the kids started getting ready for Christmas. They did a wonderful job putting the tree up and getting it decorated. When I asked Connor what had been the best part of the day, he said, "The family." He really enjoys getting to see and play with everyone else.

Thanksgiving Day Fun

After a large meal at Granny's the kids went out to play. They had a fabulous time or at least looked to have one. There was tree climbing, leaf raking and of course burying others in the leaves. Don't they look like they were having a great time?!?

Happy Halloween!

Albert Einstein and a mysterious vampire made the rounds this Halloween. Connor wanted a costume that would win the costume contest in the after school program. He wanted to be Scream. I finally made him realize that was too original. He decided on Einstein after a visit to Party One. Keaton started talking about vampires or at least he would say "vampire" and growl whenever Halloween was mentioned so we thought it only fitting that he be a vampire. Connor actually won the contest for 2nd graders in the after school program. YEAH!! We went trunk-or-treating at Living Hope Church (our neighbor's church) and then Connor had a Halloween party to go to at a friend's house. They boys had a great time. I ended the night completely exhausted.