California Here We Come!

We just realized that Chris had 17days off in a row and we decided to surprise our kids and take a road trip to see Grandma Betsy in California for Christmas! In the last 18 yrs of marriage we can only recall 1 time we saw my mom on Christmas and that was when we lived in Gilroy,CA. We are so excited to be there....NOT so excited to DRIVE there. (:    The sound of 1,700 miles ,each way, doesn't excite me, BUT , being with  my mom for Christmas does! 
 We welcome anyone who wants to make the trek down to Prunedale to see us. We would love it! Merry Christmas!

Vote for Ryan

Ryan ran for Student Body and was chosen. (: In his speech he mentioned that he had 4 brothers and 1 sister. A boy sitting behind me exclaimed, " Holy crap!That's a ton of kids!"

Halloween

Some of the family....

Vampires

Messing Around on the Drums

Last Tuesday Chris helped a friend set up microphones on his studio drum kit - here's a clip of Chris after 3 hours of set up time...this was a "one take" deal where he was just warming up and messing around:

http://uploadingit.com/d/WYZQV8USAHPEE1MG

let me know if the link works....

Socks

This is what my boys do to socks!

Random

Adam, Ryan , and John at Lowe's woodworking projectThe NERDS going to the nerd danceRyan's new business, Just Desserts!Our new dog, Amber.

My 14 yr old daughter

My friend had Kate come over to test the lighting on her camera and these are what came from it! She looks 25 yrs old, not 14.    I think she is beautiful.

On Hold for Facebook

Well, it would seem that this site is on hold for our Facebook updates.  If you are not already a member of http://www.facebook.com/ now would be a good time to join up.  Kathryn, Steven, Alex, Rita, and I are all over there now and this is why you might not see updates here very often.

Sorry about that!

:-(

There are a lot of family pictures, updates, etc. so I'd suggest checking it out!

Family Pictures in Texas

Here's a link to family pictures taken last weekend:  http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=115199158323648996846&target=ALBUM&id=5460197375183598097&authkey=Gv1sRgCML7yY3u6pOa7AE&feat=email

Rita is working on getting prints made, so if you'd like some let her know!  :-)

Chef Alex

Alex, Steven, and Ryan have been working on their Family Life merit badge for scouting. Alex has been the most excited about cooking 1x a week!.

Miracle Worker

Kathryn was amazing ,as Annie Sullivan, in The Miracle Worker!

Texas Snowman

Johnny

Flying

Look! I have a son flying on a broom!

Stick Figure

Ryan made good use of some glow sticks. He taped them to his body and came down stairs in the dark to show them off.

Arkansas Thanksgiving

So much fun to see all of the cousins,aunts, and uncles!

Thanksgiving

Arkansas Thanksgiving

We had an absolute blast visiting with relatives over Thanksgiving.

Four Generations

Growing Up

Alex and Kate went to the stake dance / Black and White Ball. They live for the monthly dances just like I did as a youth. :)