Half Moon

There is a downside to being potty trained....sometimes the diaper was the only thing keeping her pants up

All Star

I couldn't resist....

X-games

All of the fresh snow from the blizzard gave the boys a great chance to try out the snow boards the Grandma and Grandpa gave them for Christmas. There were no injuries.

Fun with Skid Steers

The kids weren't the only ones who had fun w/Uncle Whitey's shop toys. I got to use the Bobcat to move snow at the shop. I cleared snow for a bit, but then my union rep told me I had to stop as I had met my quota for the day.

Santa's Sleigh

Due to the blizzard conditions over Christmas, Santa had to borrow Uncle Whitey's bomba...bumba...bamba....um, thing a ma bobbie that flies over the snow.

Christmas Morning

Spa time with Amy

Blizzard fun

Christmas evening we ventured outside to play in the snow. It was superb snowball and snowman snow. Don and the boys made colossal sized snow men, and then destroyed them in true boy fashion. They had fun with the deconstructed snowman by jumping from ball to ball.
Megan did not have as much fun outside. It's hard to have fun when the snow is up to your knees.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

We left for Park Rapids a day early last week to beat the Blizzard. The kids were confident Santa would find them at Grandma and Grandpa Miller's home. They left lots of cookies to thank him for the extra effort in tracking them down.

Here Comes Santa Claus

How much fun did we have????

Jonathan-another sick day???

I was at the boys' school yesterday morning. Their teacher caught me in the hall to say Jonathan had been coughing hard all morning. We agreed to send him home. He was really sick, can you tell???
(He did have a nasty cough-these were taken post Albuterol treatment, and his peak flow values were within his norms....)

Eric sledding

Eric tried using his sled as a snowboard, and did pretty well most of the time. If only he had a snowboard....

Megan Sledding

Being propelled down the hill by Daddy

The blurriness reflects the high rate of speed she is traveling

Ready for more

Megan enjoyed some solo sledding down the sledding hill by our house. At the end of each run, she said, "I want to do that one more time"

Caroling

Pack 153 went Christmas caroling at the Mandan Care Center Thursday night. They had fun.

snow fun

Since it has warmed up a bit, the kids have been playing outside more in the snow. There is not enough to sled down our front lawn or to build a good snowman, but there is enough to throw at your siblings. The boys have had fun playing soccer or football, and Megan pretty much just walks around and occasionally will pick up a handful and toss it.

Day Traders

Jonathan and Eric had a busy day with the stock market. Both were on the phone with their brokers over breakfast buying low and selling high. Jonathan had a few tense moments, but Eric managed to keep his cool while drinking his Morning Joe.