Playing with the Kitty

Zach had a lot of fun playing with Jack the kitty at his grandparent's house. One day he decided to climb up in to the chair with the cat to snuggle up. Jack thought that was just fine.

Snow!

Last Friday we woke up to snow falling on a winter wonderland. The kids were so excited to go out in to the snow while it was still coming down. They got to sled for the first time and also had fun throwing snow balls. Zach spent most of the time with his mouth open catching snow flakes in his mouth. Here are a few pictures...

The pond behind the Howett's house.

Zach and Isabella on the sled.

Liza joined them for this run.

Zach catching snowflakes.

Trip to Indiana

A week ago Friday, we got on a plane to Indiana via Chicago. The kids did very well. Having the iPod touch was a big help since they could watch cartoons on it while we were flying on the 2 hour flight. Here they are watching Clifford.

When we got to Chicago we had a few hours to wait for our next flight to South Bend, so the kids played at the children's museum at the airport. They had a great time running around and we could sit by the only exit and know that they were safe.

The first night we got there we went over to Nate & Dawn's for Aimslee's birthday party. Here is Chris with our youngest niece, Melayna.

The kids had fun playing with the kitty, Jack, at their grandparent's house.

Isabella got to build a snowman on Saturday. She was so excited about "Frosteen the snowman." :-)

Thank you for the presents!

Grandma Carla and Grandpa Roger sent some fun toys to the kids for Christmas. We opened them on the Thursday before Christmas before heading up to Indiana. Here are a couple of little movies of them opening their gifts. Thanks!

Fire!

In the last couple of weeks, Zach has discovered fire. He loves to look at it and any time he sees it he points it out. Even the Christmas lights that look like candles get his attention.

Here's a video of Zach looking at the candle on the island.

Merry Christmas from the Elves

Click here to see a funny little movie we made at the office max site...

Cornhole

I'd never heard of this, but Liza assures me that my relatives from Indiana have their own boards that they made. Perhaps they will enjoy this song by my friends Rhett & Link... :-)

Messages from Isabella

Christmas Party

We hosted our annual "New Parents Class" Christmas Party this year. It didn't feel very Christmas like when we got out of church because it was 81, however by the time the party started at 4, the temp had dropped to the 50s and is still going down. You can click here to see pictures from the party. We had a great time and are thankful to have a house that works really well for entertaining.

Reading on her own

On the way to church this morning, Isabella was reading her Christmas books that she brought along. She doesn't know how to read yet, but was happy to make up a story. She pulled one out and announced that this one was called, "The story of when Bambi taught a bunny how to hop on one foot." She then went through the book making up a story that went along with the pictures. I felt gypped though because the story ended and Bambi never did teach the bunny how to hop on one foot. Oh well. :-)