100 and counting

We made it to 100 posts. Here we are still doing as little as possible. Enjoy....

I am not enetirely sure what EI is doing here but it sure is cute.

Explorers on the Isle, there's treasure everywhere!

Two cute girls on the beach.

IM understanding what it is all about.


Later M

From near to far from here to there funny things are everywhere

This was what was going on on (not often do I get to use that grammar) the night before we left. I was heading out for a run and it was dumping snow. I guess we missed a bit more of it as we got to our final destination.

AK working on the tan, check out the shadow, I love the little thing.

Here IM is loving his new mask. He actually was body boarding and had the mask on and he wiped out and that was enough for him. He came up out of the water and shouted "THATWASAWESOME!!" he claimed he saw fish in 3" of sandy water. When he settled down it was back to the buckets and sand with the mask of course.

AK showing us how it is done.

Pop's idea of keeping an eye on the kids.

Later, M

5pm and Oh what fun it is...

I was sitting here enjoying the beginning of the weekend and I looked outside and noticed the sunset. Of course in photography one cannot trust the camera to relay the moment correctly but I decided to put this picture up anyway. Cold weather the tail end of a storm and an amazingly peaceful moment at 5pm, almost 30 more days of the days getting shorter and then the big count up. Hope you enjoy the picture a little, the real thing was pretty neat.

Here is our little AK getting ready for the season. She came home from lessons today and told us she surprised her teacher by playing a bunch of songs she wasn't assigned. The teacher was pleased and next lessons we get to buy a new book. Listen carefully and you will get the idea of what it is like living with the little boy who listens to all things even when not in the same room, C and I are always having to be careful of what we say. Example, "dang it!" is now part of the boys vocabulary.

Enjoy and Later M

winter days

I discovered IM on top of the woodpile when he was playing outside the other day.


Then I had to go rescue him because he couldn't get down by himself.


EI playing with the big girl toys (in attempt to get her to leave her brother's pirate playmobil alone).


IM and his pirates, along with about a zillion pieces small enough to disappear inside a mouth or a fist. Whenever he plays with this I have to diligently entertain the baby sister to keep her distracted. Unfortunately, she is not so much of a baby anymore, and she can easily climb onto the chairs and access the table which used to be his sacrosanct domain.


On the good side, IM is great at keeping track of all the pieces and putting them all away when he is done.

IT'S ON!

See you in the spring

This is what we are having to say to any toys left out last night as the snow came in at about 3" and buried it all. It is fun to see EI experience the snow for the "first" time.
IM is pumped as you can tell.

First tracks....

EI trying to stay upright in the new terrain.

The stumble she couldn't recover from. Mom had to come to the rescue, after she got the shot though.

Snow removal the easy way, use a dump truck.

Too many layers for anything much more than standing around.

The snow is here and AK's saying is, "Let it snow"
Later M

Im on the loose

IM asked the mom if he could use the camera and he proceeded to roam around the house taking pictures and here they are. As I type this IM is sitting here giving me the DL on this collection of photos.
Pop: Why did you take this picture
IM:Because I like my flashlight, I like BOBTHEBUILDER

Pop: Why?
IM: I like Tow Mater

Here I stop writing the Q&A out as I am seeing a pattern here. IM likes Lightning McQueen CHAKOW.

What we are looking at here are a couple of stickers on the doors, I thought it was the trumpet.

Pumkin

I like dose two sings
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It has dinosaurs, and I like dinosaurs. Another random CAKOW, CHAKOW

It has robot

Jaguar he got from the Zoo Boo

Pictures of me rock climbing at a park

It have a picture of a cat

Because it have pictures

Because it have a picture

Its Cars, chakeetcha, chakeetcha

Because he got that cute helmet.

Because it has trains on it.
Were they clean IM?

No, oh well
Later M

Billy's Prayer

'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. In Jesus' Name, Amen!'

Ole E

Trouble

Fake

Handy

Yo ho and...we'll settle for a soda thank you very much.

Here are the pictures from Halloween and the mayhem that ensued. We had a bunch of fun at the zoo and then ended up at our friends house for a party, the kids played games and made crafts and the parents slacked off watching a baseball game. Love the crossed eyed AK.

Here we are at the ZOO, it was a little cold last year so we bundled up the kids and this year we got the "I'm Hot" (say this in a really high whiny voice and you get the idea) Oh well better than frozen toes.

IM is hugging a Fox and he assured me it was not rabid. He is our little Mr. Not Shy At All.

EI did not get eaten by this dragon, seriously this kids cuteness is grandiose.

AVAST YE LUBBERS, WELL MET, and HAVE AT YOU was the order of the night as the pirates descended upon the zoo to take their booty and leave no prisoners, AARRGH!

It was a beaut

The JH youth group came over for a bonfire and a little cocoa and smores. I got this fire going so big no one could get close. It was a great night and was a little better than last year when we had wet wood smoking out the neighbors and 3" of snow on the ground and snow comming out of the sky in a big big way.

Later