Saturday, December 27, 2008

David Turns 17!!







Today is David's 17th birthday--can't hardly believe the time has gone so fast. Seems like just a short time ago that he was claiming to be a "big boy man" and now he really is! To celebrate we all went out to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner last night. David and Britt had their friends Ben and Samantha spend the night and then today Lisa baked David a cake. Christy and Liam joined us for the festivities. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVID!!!

Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas Memories
















Celebrating Christmas

Christmas is the best time of year! Lisa is visiting us for a week--there could be no better present. Our thoughts and prayers are with Matt while he spends another Christmas in Iraq. We were blessed to have Deron, Christy, & Liam over for dinner and then off to church for the Christmas Eve service. We opened presents afterwards. It was fun to see Liam get excited over his first Christmas experience! Christmas morning we had Aunt DeNelda & Jeanette over for brunch, along with Grandma & Ted and Larry & Darla. We had ableskievers (our traditional favorite) and quiche and lots of other scrumptuous food! Lisa took David & Britt up to Forest Falls to play in the snow after everyone left. We broke in Lisa's new Christmas Story version of Monopoly with a most rousing game. Denny beat everyone soundly and will probably be reminding us of that for the next several years. He claims he offered us many "sweet deals" that we were fools not to take. We each have our own version of what took place. . .

A Few of My Favorite People...

Grampy and Liam















Christy, Liam, and Deron
















Matt and Lisa















Brittany, David, and me in San Diego














Liam





Beginning to Blog . . .

At the prompting and guidance of my children, I have decided to take on the challenge of having my own blog. I need somewhere to post pictures and share updates with friends and family who I do not see often enough! Hopefully this works well and is interesting enough to keep you coming back!