New Year's Eve

Which, in our house, always means:

This year we tried out "family time" for his actual birthday. (The next day, we had a New Year's Day dinner and our friends sang to him then.) So we did things he wanted to do and ate food he planned.

For his cake he wanted cupcakes.

G-girl being goofy while D-meister opens his presents. Make no mistake: he fully knows what she is doing.

Big Brother wanting to "help" with the Transformers.


Our youngest is five now!
I still remember our first December in this state, when we welcomed him into our family.

Boo Boo and the Beach

We were blessed with a beautiful sunny day shortly after Christmas and took the new puppy down to our beach. We had a hard time getting him to leave!

A Boy and His Dog

Another Boy and His Hyper Dog

Run it Off! Run it Off! GO GO GO!

I want to go back!

Christmas Day 2009

On Christmas morning, I had a camera under the tree so I was able to take pictures this year.

That's a LOT of marbles!

G-girl is quite the outdoor enthusiast. Can't have too many flashlights!

Wedgits!

Is this a big giant dollhouse?

It is!

D-meister is a self-assured little dude.

N-man loves the Boo Boo

P-Daddy and N-man putting together the giant legos set

New in our world

Some new things to ring out 2009

Mortgage Satisfaction

8 laying French Hens (pun brought you compliments of N-man)

and a fuzzy 9 week old Labradoodle, King Boo Boo Bear