Thank you for......

I celebrated my birthday this past Saturday and received one of the best gifts ever from Kristin. It was a book titled "FATHER, Thank you for...". In the book were pages where you could write answers to a series of questions on what you were thankful for. I cracked up at some of the responses.

(I think I need to practice more)












(what!!!!!)

Guitar Heroes

Hope everyone is having a great start to the new year : )

I saw this on a flickr contact's page recently, and I had to share. It's so simple, but I love the theme and the messages it sends: FAMILY RULES.

As the new year begins, I hope to share this with Kristin and Kayla and try to implement them as much as possible.

Year in Pictures 2009

Another year has gone by, and I end it with some of my favorite images from 2009. Please enjoy the slideshow as much as I enjoyed making the images. Hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year!

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Eat your dinner

Typical facial expressions from Kayla when we tell her to finish her dinner.

(and yes, those are rollers in her hair, and a hair net on her head. She wanted curly hair lol)

Run, like no one is watching......

What I wish to be young again, running around without a care in the world....

Becoming a train conductor on that imaginary train track........

Conquering that mountain.....

even if it's only a few feet high....

Kung Fu fighting against that imaginary opponent....

Chasing after bubbles like they were butterflies......

Having that slight fear of crossing that wobbly bridge...

Imagining a slide as a roller coaster that you never have to wait in line for...

Swinging so high you feel like you can reach the sky.......

Until your parents tell you that it's time to go home......

"Just 5 more minutes!"

Hope everyone got what they wished for from Santa this year : )

He's gonna find out..........

.......who's been naughty or nice. Unfortunately, these 2 have definitely been naughty this year.

In all seriousness, as Kristin is getting older, she seems to behave a little better (or at least around us). Kayla on the other hand.......you hear of terrible 2's, well she is a terrible 3....x 2. I was hoping that threats of Santa watching her would help, but it hasn't worked so far.

When asked what she wanted from Santa for Christmas this year...Ice Skates. Ice Skates? She has never set foot in a skating rink, let alone seen a skating rink. I wonder where she got that idea from. We couldn't find "play" ice skates, so we got her some roller skates instead, and we'll be taking them iceskating before the end of the year.

When we asked Kristin the same thing...A camel. A stuffed animal camel to be exact. Oh, and some boots like her mom has.

Merry Christmas!