Winter 2010--Snapshots from Our Family, Jan. thru Mar. 2010
This post has a lot of pictures! While they aren't the best photos, they are representative of what we have been doing since Janurary.
Dec. 31, 2009--We returned home from Washington and made our customary grocery stop at Wal-Mart. The kids wanted to get sparkling grape juice to ring in the New Year. While Jared and I unloaded the 'burb, they were celebrating.
McKenna after having her hair straightened. Occassionally the girls like to do a "beauty parlor" thing.
This is how Taylor "settles down" at night. Actually, she and Jared and I were having our almost-nightly chat. It usually begins with normal chit-chat and ends with a long list of "I need to get" and "Can I have..." during which we try to sit patiently and listen as if we have never heard any of her requests. Sometimes, on rougher nights, she is told to just "GET TO BED" and sent downstairs with a hug, leaving behind bewildered first-time-parenting-a-teenage-girl parents.
This is Isaac in a snow fort that he made. (The top collapsed before I could get the camera.)
Caleb played basketball with his 5th grade buddies. The same group of boys has been playing together for 4 years now, and Brad Heinz has been their coach every year. (He also coaches their football team, and often baseball.) We are glad that Caleb has a nice group of friends. He enjoys doing all kinds of sports with them. This year's team was Caleb, Collyn, Lance, Logan, MJ, Rodney, and Bo.
The following 3 pictures were photos I took one ice-covered morning; I wanted to learn a little more about how our new camera works. Hopefully there's a better setting for outdoor photos. The "shine" just doesn't come through in these pictures. Maybe I was too far away.
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This is a rare moment. Caleb was assigned to read to Isaac one evening, which is a little rare because it generally doesn't go very well. Isaac's new butterfly book captivated both of them--not a bit of fighting (or playing/wrestling/etc.)
I tried to put more pictures in this post, but it was too much for my computer to handle. I will try again sometime soon (That word is relative!).
Dec. 31, 2009--We returned home from Washington and made our customary grocery stop at Wal-Mart. The kids wanted to get sparkling grape juice to ring in the New Year. While Jared and I unloaded the 'burb, they were celebrating.
McKenna after having her hair straightened. Occassionally the girls like to do a "beauty parlor" thing.
This is how Taylor "settles down" at night. Actually, she and Jared and I were having our almost-nightly chat. It usually begins with normal chit-chat and ends with a long list of "I need to get" and "Can I have..." during which we try to sit patiently and listen as if we have never heard any of her requests. Sometimes, on rougher nights, she is told to just "GET TO BED" and sent downstairs with a hug, leaving behind bewildered first-time-parenting-a-teenage-girl parents.
This is Isaac in a snow fort that he made. (The top collapsed before I could get the camera.)
Caleb played basketball with his 5th grade buddies. The same group of boys has been playing together for 4 years now, and Brad Heinz has been their coach every year. (He also coaches their football team, and often baseball.) We are glad that Caleb has a nice group of friends. He enjoys doing all kinds of sports with them. This year's team was Caleb, Collyn, Lance, Logan, MJ, Rodney, and Bo.
The following 3 pictures were photos I took one ice-covered morning; I wanted to learn a little more about how our new camera works. Hopefully there's a better setting for outdoor photos. The "shine" just doesn't come through in these pictures. Maybe I was too far away.
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This is a rare moment. Caleb was assigned to read to Isaac one evening, which is a little rare because it generally doesn't go very well. Isaac's new butterfly book captivated both of them--not a bit of fighting (or playing/wrestling/etc.)
I tried to put more pictures in this post, but it was too much for my computer to handle. I will try again sometime soon (That word is relative!).
Is it snowing over there? It was beautiful over here!!! Come on over! :)
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