robot family

 a family of robots

built by this guy.

tea party

 They decided to have a tea party.

 The aerial shot.

 The photographer-is-being-irreverent-by-taking-pictures-during-the-prayer shot.

The awwww shot.

Dad is great! He gives us chocolate cake.

 We made a layered chocolate cake for Grandpa Bagley's birthday. The kids always like to eat the rounded cake tops that get cut off the top.

 This time we fancied it up.

 Ooh-la-la!

Happiness is a mouthful of chocolate cake. Am I right?

Holiday Wrap Up

 We got sick a lot during November & December. Luckily, it all went away and everyone was healthy in time for Christmas and all the celebrations that go along with the holidays.

 There were Christmas concerts complete with homemade drum mallets. Recipe: 1 wooden spoon, 1 stuffed animal + 1 rubberband = awesomeness.

 The holdiays meant a break from pre-school and first grade. But it also meant no more treats and hand made decorations that kids were bringing home almost daily.

 There were more Christmas concerts.
(Where's Waldo Afton and Eli?)

 Christmas parties with Santa...

 and Miss Claus, or an elf, depending on the mood.

We had a great Christmas vacation! We hope you all did, too!

Happy Holidays! And Happy Returns to scheduled programming.

Merry Christmas 2011

Pre-Christmas Nativity.

Christmas Eve. 

Christmas Morning.

Christmas After-Glow.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!!

a message from Afton

I Love You

Up and Down

Side to Side

The camera was set up on a tripod one day. Afton got the remote and took a few pictures of herself when we weren't looking. This is a few of the shots we found on our camera. Vertical & horizontal just because I couldn't decide between the two.

baby, it's cold

It's been frosty, frosty since we woke up yesterday morning. Makes the world white and beautiful.

Made 25 banana snowmen for Eli's pre-school snack. Idea stolen from this site.

After pre-school we took the extra snowmen out to experience some real frost.

Skewering grapes with our friend, Mia!

After everyone came home from school & work...

...it's gingerbread house building night.

Reid missed out on the entire gingerbread house experience. He fell asleep on the couch and napped through the whole thing.

wha???

Afton: I love milk. I love it more than water.
Eli: If you love milk then you have to marry it. And then he will spill on you at the wedding because he has no lid on.