hApPy NEW YEAR, 2010

Happy New Year!!!
We had a rip-roaring good time!
... at home
... in our PJs
... watching TV...
Okay, so it was kind of a boring evening, but it was nice to spend time at home as a family!


The kids piled up blocks at the bottom of the stairs and then slid down in their pillowcases--brings back memories!


Gotta love New Years Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest


Wes in a VERY old jacket BBQing in the snow!
(He will kill me for posting this picture!!)


And, FINALLY, it's midnight... we made it!! Can we go to bed now???

Christmas 2009

After wrapping the tree with 11 strands of lights, I turned the decorating over to the kids. They did a great job and enjoyed it way more than I would have!


The finished product. It turned out to be a beautiful tree!



Here comes Santa Claus!

OK Kurt, remember, you can only ask for one thing

Katie giving Santa her best "please move me to the nice list" smile

Kurtis at Primary Program... not sure why he's facing the opposite direction as everyone else??

Katie singing in the Primary Program

Look! Santa's been here & he sampled our cookies :-)

Oh Boy... I think Santa's sleigh tipped over here!!

Kurtis... and everything on his list

Katie-- amazed & over-whelmed by gifts, guess she was good after all!

Kurtis checking out his new MP3... what happened to needing a screwdriver and pliers on Christmas morning?!?! Now we gotta have computer skills and spend the morning reading instructions and formatting pocket-sized computers!! I miss the hand tools!

Katie's new pink John Deere bike... I think Wes & I were just as excited as her... it's so cute!! The anticipation was just as good-- she had the biggest present under the tree for 2 weeks and the suspense was killing her!

Cowkids! Both sportin' new duds! Kurtis's chaps were custom made from really nice leather and they match dad's!

Wes playing Guitar Hero