Christmas Under the Mistletoe

December 25, 2015 - 

The only picture with Ben's eyes open.

Poor guy, he was up late trying to clear a clogged pipe in the kitchen.

Stockings first.

A hands free tablet holder

Trussssst in me. 

Looking forward to doing some reading in 2016!

Sure, use your new axe to open the next present...

...and your work bag for a hat.

I did it!  

The Rubik's cube was already "solved" but I overcame my OCD and forced myself to mix it all up.  That may have been more difficult than solving it!

Lydia's been through this "Christmas morning drill" before...like 7 other times.

Though she's grown a lot since then:

Christmas Eve - 2008

Later that evening with family...

Noah and our cousin, Eli

Gift exchange

That dress. 

She's definitely a very loved little girl!

Look who I caught under the mistletoe this year...

Fireworks w/Haguewoods

July 4, 2015 - Who is this mysterious man?

Ah...Ben!

Having fun with sparklers!

Noah lit a fountain inside of a cement block that was LOADED with bottle rockets:

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

New Years Eve

Mom felt well enough today to get up and leave the house, so for New Year’s Eve we ate at a restaurant and then went to Kate’s office.  We brought a few games with us including Monopoly so we started playing it using the “fast game” rules. It ended up being a 4 1/2 hour long game! Here was the final score:

Andrew: $7,761 Lisa: $4,883 Noah: $3,957

Ben & Kate went bankrupt

Even though it was a pretty long game, it was still the easiest $7000 I’ve earned in such a short period of time.

We had hoped to have a family meeting for our vision for the next year, but the Monopoly game took up most of our evening.

I tried printing the timeline I’d created for 2010, but the printer kept on acting up. We finally got home at about 3am.

 

 

Grand...Father's Day

Andrew, Grandpa, Benjamin and Noah

Father's Day 2010