Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Winter

Well, we are getting ready for "the big day."  You know, Christ's birthday.  That's what I'm talking about.  So here's just some pictures of decorating the tree...


 The kids were all fighting on who got to put the star on top.  Kate won the fist fight so she tried first...
 She couldn't get it to stay so Josh won the arm wrestle and he tried next....
 It didn't work for him either so Rachel won the body slam and tried it....
 No can do.  So after being beaten up by all the kids Trav got to put the star on top.
 The finished product....
 A bunch of crazies
 Here's a picture right after church on Sunday.  Yes, Kate insists on wearing a spring dress.  At least she let's us put a shirt underneath.
 These 2 cuties were reading "by the light of the Christmas tree."
 We went outside for a family photo shoot.  These are some of the rejects for our Christmas card. I'm amazed how well they turned out considering we just had a tripod.  We do have an awesome backdrop of a backyard.

 Such a handsome boy who is getting WAY too big.This is the first time he wore his "suit."

I think we're ready.  Merry Christmas!!

Monday, December 2, 2013

What do you think?

I've been meaning to post this picture for a long time.  For those of you that say, "I'm not sure who William looks like."  Here's a clue.  Here's a picture taken back in 1976....

And here's one of Will taken a few weeks ago.  You be the judge (and no I wasn't born in 1976)  I have a feeling he's  going to look like his daddy.

 And here a just some more random pictures that I've been slacking on posting.  Our first snow and first snowman of the season...
 Someone loves his exersaucer.....
 This girl is just cute when she's not causing trouble...I'm not sure why her neck is so shiny.
 Josh started playing basketball!  This is his first year and he loves it. 

 And all of Thanksgiving I forgot to take pictures until we came home and were getting ready for bed.  So here's my only Thanksgiving pictures with our thankful turkey as a backdrop.  There's 5 turkey's that I'm thankful for....
 Then everyone wanted pictures with William.  Man, you'd think he was a celebrity the way he's treated around here.


 Always with the 2 fingers..
 The day after thanksgiving we went on a little hike.  Kate tried on the backpack just for size.

 I think Will is relieved that daddy's carrying him and not Kate.




 We stopped frequently for snacks...




 Of course as we were coming back down someone was running and couldn't stop. It's good there was some mud to stop the fall.  I could have been worse.
 And daddy, Josh, Rachel and Grandpa Maughan went fishing too and they caught lots of fish!


It was an awesome holiday weekend.  I'm so sad to see it go but we have some great memories!