What the hell?

Lately we have been having some difficulties getting the kiddos to sleep at a reasonable hour. So tonight we changed our routine to get them into bed by 7:30. Well...ma and pa lived up to their end of the bargain...both kiddos were in fact in bed at 7:30...but...the kiddos had another idea. They played and cried and played and cried for the better part of 2 hrs. Finally we got them both in their own rooms and lying down. Then about 30 mins later all was quiet...so we decided to venture upstairs to see how it all turned out. This is what we found in Kade's bed (the white thing in the middle is some underwear! We are not sure where that came from...probably the bear since he is now necked):

Christmas Day!

So I am a little behind the times...what is new.  Jen did a good job posting lots of pictures of xmas to the web...so you can scoot over HERE to see them.  Let me know if the link does not work.  As you can see from these pictures we all had a great time.  Santa was especially kind to me ;->!

Pre-Christmas Cheer

Merry Christmas ... or as our pastor wanted to say ... Mary Christmas.

Just a few pre-xmas pictures to share with everyone. The kiddos loved decorating the tree with Grandpa Russel. Then there was some fun to be had when a unexpected snowstorm blew in and dropped a few inches of snow on the Abq ground. Kade is getting much better at making snowmen and throwing snowballs! Payton is good at directing ;-) Finally a picture of the three amigos standing in fronnt of grandpa's 6x5 elk rack.

2008 Holiday Letter

Well it is that time of year again when everyone sends out their fambly letters. Following our lead from last year...we decided to post it to the blog this year so more people get to read it. So here she is (Hint: click to open the letters so you can read them!)...

Goodnight Granny and Godspeed

99 years

Prayer for Madelyn

Our prayers are with you Maddie!  We hope that you are back on your little feet in no time.  We love you.