Lots o' Photos

Ok, so it's been a while since I've updated around here, yes? Well, here I finally am. I know it's terribly late to be posting Christmas Photos.... but at least they're here now, right?

As you can see, we've been busy... We had a wonderful Holiday Season, and our new year so far has been fun and normalish and good.

Anyway--enjoy the bombardment of photos!

Christmas Preparations

Of course there was much cookie-baking for Christmas... Especially the night of Christmas Eve, as we wanted to leave a little treat out for St. Nicholas.



Don't lick the equipment!



Triumphant Rolling Pin action.



Flour Power



Of course--the decorating!



Gotta have milk with the cookies!

Christmas Morning

We had a blast all being home this Christmas.



Lots o' loot




Blocks!



Uncle Brock's award-winning gift, "Rody." Doesn't he look like a llama (Rody, not Brock)?



The rest of the presents had to come to Rody.....



Rip! Carolyn made littel Karate-chop sounds with every rip of the wrapping paper.

NASA

My favorite part of our visit to Houston was going to NASA!



The next generation of space explorers.



The Saturn V rocket



Don't I wish??



Mission Control... (that's right THE Mission Control. Ok... So I thought it was REALLY COOL!)



Our budding scientist

Post-Christmas in Houston

We had a wonderful time visiting with a huge portion of Andy's family in Houston (we missed you Brad and Stacey!).



There was ball-playing...



carousel riding....



shark socializing...



horseshoe crab petting....



and of course ice cream!!!!

My Birthday Photos

Have I mentioned that I seriously think this year's birthday was my best ever? Of course it helped tremendously to have Andy here to spoil me.



The decorator hard at work.



Isn't it beautiful? BTW--it's German Chocolate... Yum!



The beautiful Abingdon Pottery vase Andy found for me, filled with the only three Irises to be found in our home town in January. :)

Recent 'just around' photos

Carolyn and her friend doing a little drinking....



She's taken to slurping her milk in the mornings. What can I say? She's my little milk diva.



Driftwood and contemplation