Santa on the Fire Truck

Friday night we were at the Church Hall making cookies. Austin needs to complete community service hours both for school and for making his Confirmation in the Fall, so the teens were making cookies and will bring them to hte nursing home next weekend. Bell and Lina came as well becasue Don was working late. The girls made a tray of peanutbutter cookies and that was enough cookie making for them (and me - we made a mess!!).

Around 7 pm we heard really loud sirens, it sounded like the Hall was on fire, they were so close. When we looked out the window, it was a line of fire trucks coming down the street with Santa on one of them. So we ran outside and the firemen gave the girls candy canes. The photographer for the local paper just happened to be taking pictures of Santa right then, so he took some pics of the girls and sent them to us, and said they may be in the local paper.

Christmas Party

Last weekend was our Mothers & More Christmas Party. Bell was excited before hand to talk to Santa, because she wanted to tell him she wanted "Lip Balm" for Chriatmas. According to her, that is all she and Lina want from Santa (good thing Avon had all the Princess ones for 69 cents, so Santa will come through in a big way!)


Bell was happy talking to Santa as long as she was securely on Daddies lap!

This is as close as Lina got to Santa. She was perfectly happy to sit and watch :)

Austin got suckered into holding up teh pole for the pinata (with the only otehr teenager that was there).

The girls making picture frame crafts at the party (yes, they did make great Grandparents gifts, don't you think:))))

Our FAMILY.......

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Thanksgiving 2008

Look at how tall that boy is (feeling short Yell??)

Katie and Emily with Bell and Lina in Grandpas lift chair!!

Austin and Katie at Grandmas house.

Isabella loves to play with the cans of cat food at Uncle Eds. This year Lina got into the act!! Unc always gets down on the floor and has a great time with the girls. Poor Scamp and Midnight (the cats), they hide under the couch thew whole time!

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Look What I found!!

The pictures from August when Grandma and Grandpa were here!!! Don loaded some pics onto a screen saver on his login and up these came, they were saved in his file by mistake (mine I am sure!).

Our little picasso

http://www.ymcade.org/branches/central_de/programs/ye4.cfm

This is the Winter YMCA brochure, Isabella at her art class.