cat nap

She really just wanted to take a nap.

On my bed. And that's OK.

And she wanted to use my very soft blanket. That was sort of OK. I mean, I'm not beyond sharing the softest blanket in the world.

But, you see, I wanted to get a picture of her. You know, sleeping. With her eyes closed.

Totally not happening.

sunset

I wonder what he's thinking about....

One of the things I love about my camera - he had no idea I was taking photos of him. This was taken at Dry Run Creek on September 4, 2010.

our snowman

Our sweet neighbor that lives across the street donated the Auburn hat for our snowman.
Also - notice the beginning of a fort in the background.

Merry Christmas 2010

snow 2010

A surprise White Christmas

Our local news had been predicting a 'dusting' of snow but when we woke up this morning this is what we saw!




This is the view from our back deck. When the snow stopped, I measured this snow at about 3 inches.

Our house.

Merry Christmas Eve

The littlest one is still not at 100% but enjoying the day anyway.

this is the one

It has been lots of fun wrapping Christmas presents this year.... especially with our cat. She loves everything about Christmas - the ribbon, and the tree, and the sound the paper makes when she tears it.

resting

She is 15. This is how she spends most of her days.

sunshine

better!

The kids have all been sick with some sort of virus (looks like the flu to me but they tested negative for the flu.) Rosie had it first starting on Tuesday. She felt better by Saturday. The boys came down with it on Thursday - Tate recovered quickly, as usual, but Lake is still moving a bit slow. Daisy had a really high temp with it but thankfully she is feeling better today.

from our Christmas card picture session

This one totally loves everything Christmas.

This is what you get when your boy turns 12.

He has beautiful teeth and this is what he gives me.....

what can I say about her?

Thanksgiving 2010

Our normal Thanksgiving plans changed so we decided to head to Gulf Shores for a few days. On our last day we went to Fort Morgan - this was our first time to tour the fort and we loved it so much we hope to go back.