Once there was a snowman

We had one day of snow here in Idaho this past week and there was quite a bit of it. Here is the proof.
Of course, the first thing Aaron did once the snowman was put together was bite the end off of the carrot nose. Then two days later when I wouldn't give him a snack before dinner he managed to find a carrot. I went to the den to ask Brian if Aaron had been outside. Aaron had given Brian two bites of it before I came in and told him that it was the snowman's two-day old nose. Brian replied, "I thought it was a little limp."

Here is BreeAnna admiring our handiwork. I tried to get her to help build him, but she was too cold.

And here are the kids posing in front of our fish tank complete with fish. Yes, they are driving their cars on the ironing board.

Here is the fish tank. We finally decided we were ready for fish in the tank and the kids are very excited. BreeAnna laughs everytime she sees them. I can't bring myself to name them because then I would get attached and fish die too quickly. I like to think of the fish tank as a picture that we have to feed.

I Love Fall

I'm still catching up on the last months' activities. In Novemeber we raked up the leaves and jumped off of the trampoline into our pile.
This is the only picture we got of BreeAnna where she wasn't crying. I don't think she likes the cold.

Aaron had a blast. It was tough to get him to stop jumping in the pile in order to rake it back up.

And here's proof that Collette was there.

And here's proof that Brian was there. It's tough to get pictures of both Mom and Dad doing things with the kids, but we managed to do it this time.

Halloween

I know this post is a little late, but that's how it goes sometimes. Here is BreeAnna deciding what to be for Halloween. Brian was a pumpkin (yes, he dyed his hair black, but not permanantly), and I was a witch.
And here is what BreeAnna finally decided to be...

OK, so I decided she would be a ballerina.

Here is Aaron as a penguin. Actually, he was going to be a dragon and that night as we went to dress him in his dragon costume (which he had worn several days in a row because he was so excited about it) he saw a penguin costume in the closet and changed his mind. He is holding my brother's hand, who chose to be Peter Pan this year. An odd choice for an almost 16 year old, but he pulled it off nicely, don't you think?

And here is the whole group. The tall Einstein on the left is Jill's new husband, Matt. And yes, the beautiful blonde flapper girl he's standing next to is Jill. And no, she didn't dye her hair. It's a fabulous wig.