Christmas

Daddy reading a Christmas story on Christmas Eve.
Who is having more fun with Sammy's new slot cars?Meg's fancy new soccer club shirt.  She spent the day taking videos & pictures with her new camera.

Kate's new baby.

After opening presents & enjoying ourselves we packed the car and drove out to Utah.  It took us 18 hours in a terrible snow storm.  After Beaver, Utah we were the first car making new tracks on the interstate!  We left around 11:30am & arrived at 5:30am.  It was miserable, but the kids were wonderful!

Nutcracker 2008

This year we went to the Nutcracker with Aunt Dyan in San Francisco.  This was Sammy's first time and he did great!  He has been wanting to go for years because Meg always gets to go without him.  They had changed the costumes a great deal from the last time we saw it in the city.  It seemed to have a more earthy/natural feel to it, whereas last time everything was candy and bright and bold.  I think I enjoyed the candy flavor more.  We had a great time!

Meeting Santa

Meeting Santa on a December Morning.  Kate didn't think much of him and refused to get her picture taken.

Decorating the Christmas tree 2008

Meg, Sam & Kate decorated the Christmas tree without much help from mom.

Sam on the playground

Sammy playing on the school playground, showing off his strong arms.

Life in the Bay Area without a computer

My computer died a few weeks ago and I am out of every loop in my neighborhood. They are attempting to retrieve our pictures from our dead hard drive at this time....no small amount of money I might add. I will update whenever I can steal Erik's computer from him.....which is almost never!

Catching up!

I've been too busy to write lately.  I've been trying to get my picture books in to be published for Christmas presents for the kids(:  They had a deal that ended yesterday so I'm back on line now!  What an exciting last 2 weeks with Halloween and the elections.  I'm glad the elections are over finally!  I really enjoyed Obama's acceptance speech and am hopeful for better leadership in the future.  We had a great Halloween as well.  We went with our new friends the Lesters who have 3 little boys ages 6 & 4 (twins Sam's age) and a little girl a year behind Meg in school who adores her!  John & Mark were in Sam's preschool class last year and he adores them!  They showed us the local trick-or-treating ropes around here.  There is a man named Bob who does a spook-alley and great garage display that the entire neighborhood visits every year.  It was a great evening.  Kate hung in there with a stroller ride all over the place.  Anything for candy!  Today Meg & Sam had soccer games and both played really great.  They are both defensively minded and boot the ball out of the area when they get the chance.