Friday, January 23, 2009

Luc's Concert and Art Show





Lucas had is school concert and art show. All of the groups did great, but Lucas sounded especially good! Here are a couple of pictures---Cris and I are very proud of Luc! He has been doing fantastic at school.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Yes We Can



In about 1 hour, our country will have a new leader. Actually, I believe we will have a leader for the first time in 8 years. Sam & Lucas have asked many questions on the process, and I believe they are both absorbing the historical days we are all experiencing!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Cold




Today was / is the coldest day in 13 years....and it is very cold...tonight it is supposed to get down to minus 30 Fahrenheit with the wind! Here is a picture I took from my truck's thermometer...and a picture I took from weather .com this morning....

New living room






..and here is how it looks now! We get our entertainment unit next week...with the 52" Plasma to follow very soon!

Living room




Cris and I decided to forgo Christmas presents this year in order to redecorate our living room. Here is the last picture showing the wall papered room...

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Lucas relaxing


It has been a very hectic holiday for everybody, so Luc found a comfortable place to chill out tonight while watching the Disney channel...it's a clear tupper ware stuffed with pillows, on our couch...sounds comfy doesn't it?

New Years Eve





Samantha, Lucas and Cris and I all went to our friend the Seeger's house for a New Years Eve Party...all the kid's in the basement with a lot of kid food, with the adults upstairs trying to solve a murder mystery / costume party based loosely on the 80's TV show "Dallas". It was a lot of fun...thanks Jen and Bob!

Misc. Christmas, part II




Kyle and Nicole surfing the web.
We all went to Lou's for some deep dish pizza.
..and I don't want to know what Nicole is doing to her mom, Carol.

Misc. Christmas






Here are a couple of miscellaneous Christmas photos..

Christmas Animals





Here are some pictures of some of our favorite animals in our lives...Carbon (our neighbors dog), Bristow (Megan and Mike's dog), Lilly (Katy and OJ's dog) and CC our cat!

Christmas Day 2008



The "best" presents this year were a new digital camera for Sam, and a Star Wars helmet for Luc...and an I Pod Shuffle...Luc liked them both!

Christmas Day 2008





...although Uncle Dale liked the helmet too!

Christmas Day 2008






Christmas evening, we went to "B" and "Pop's" for round two of Christmas presents

Christmas Day 2008





Here are the carnage shots of Christmas 2008 in Woodstock...

Christmas Eve 2008, part III






At our house, Sam & Luc get to open some presents on Christmas Eve too. That is the tradition that Cris' family observes in Brasil. Carol, Dale, Nicole and Kyle were here from Gron Massachusetts, Megan and Mike were her from Chicago, Katy and OJ were here from Madison, and "B" and "Pop" were here from 3 houses away! Here are some of the pictures...