the past 14 days of blurriness

On the 18th day of December... Max's class went on the Polar Express Ride

On the 19th day of December... Max was student of the month, got the PE award and then we drove all the way to CO

On the 20th day of December... I went shopping with my dad and ate at Simply Sloppy Joe's (yep, that's all they serve; Nate was jealous)

On the 21st day of December... we drove up to the mountains and stayed in a cabin at the YMCA of the Rockies

On the 22nd day of December... the boys walked across "frozen" Bear Lake but one of Nate's legs ended up in the icey water while the girls walked around downtown Estes Park; Nate, Dave, Bekah and I had a failed attempt at ice skating due to the extreme darkness and the lights not working at the pond

On the 23rd day of December... we drove home from the mountains and Adam and Leah flew in to Highlands Ranch

On the 24th day of December... we celebrated my Mom's birthday, Max lost his 2nd tooth and went to the candlelight service at church

On the 25th day of December... we celebrated Jesus' birthday with presents and good food

On the 26th day of December... we went after Christmas shopping and watched the kids play with their new toys: marshmallow guns, lots of Diego, bb gun, and a lion cub while sweet Ava got a doll to balance out the boys weapons

On the 27th day of December... the boys went to the shooting range while we dressed Ava up in her new clothes then went to visit the Walkers

On the 28th day of December... we spent all day driving home

On the 29th day of December...looked at suitcases that need to be unpacked

On the 30th day of December...celebrated Christmas with Nate's family

On the 31st day of December... we paid off "Complete" Restoration and our lawyer fees!

Good riddance trials of 2008!

G-man's Program

Grant has been practing for months at school for their Christmas program. Since they began he has consistently said that he isn't going up on stage and that he doesn't want anyone looking at him. I knew these statements could very well be true and we could have a long night on our hands with them lying on the floor, refusing to go up on stage while punching anyone within reach or screaming and crying while running out of the church. Fortunately, my worst nightmares were not reality and the little guy was very sweet and cooperative. He sang his songs and even smiled. Such a cute little guy.


He spotted us walking out.

Grant and his buddy, Cameron. Looks like trouble.

The amazing Ms. Mary who is uncomprehensively patient and has worked wonders with our high-strung child.

Rub a dub dub

Much to Nate's disgust, the boys are all growing their hair out. Max and Grant have both said they want their hair longer...Grant points to his chin if you ask him how long he wants it. Jack says he doesn't want a hair cut (which he always says) but to group him with his brother's I'm just going to go ahead and say he wants to grow his out too. All this hair and a little soap makes for some great styling in the tub.

This reminds me of the creepy Saturday Night Live guy with his pants pulled up really high.

Bring on the brushes and detangler.