UGH! THE AROMA!

I know I have no exciting pictures with this one, but if I could send you a smell, that would really do the trick. Anyway, something died under our house, right where our bathroom is. Every day the smell escalates. It's unbearable! I have vomit sitting in the back of my throat all day. I've been avoiding the bathroom until the last possible moment. If I do go in, I have to plug my nose or hold my breath. I don't like the idea of just breathing through my mouth either. How long is this going to last? I'm not about to climb under the house and stick my arm or hand in what ever it is.Ugh! There's my rant. Again, I wish everyone could just smell what I'm going through.

Crazy Paige

So, every Sunday the kids get all gussied up for church. This also means that every Sunday we have to take pictures of how pretty and handsome everyone is. This just became something of a tradition and with a digital camera, it's no biggy. Particularly, Paige anticipates this moment for herself to shine in all her glory. If she could, she would just go all out crazy. I tell her that first she has to give me one good picture. Now, I'll leave these words to rest and show you what I mean. Beware, some of these are quite grotesque.

(Okay, so I had to show one normal one to show that she's a pretty little girl.)

One more thing, to capture the whole picure you really need to zoom in on these.

It's a laugh.

My Kids' Tastes

SO, MICHAEL LOVES DOG FOOD! AND PAIGE, SHE LOVES FEEDING MICHAEL DOG FOOD! THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

Snow Day

It snowed pretty good today. At our home we got about 3-4 inches. My parents live just up the hill from us, about one mile away. They had about 6-7 inches. So, this morning Ron decided we needed fire wood so he headed up the hill with us so we could visit family while he cut. Well, I didn't think we would make it and I let him know that a half dozen times. He says I'm over cautious so up we went. Long story short, I was right. As we were sliding backwards in his car half way up the hill, he yelled for everyone to get out, so we did and we walked up the hill, all but Ron and the dog. I saw the car drifting back and into the bank. Fun experience, everything turned out all right in the end.

Fun Pictures

This last weekend we went up in the mountains to find our Christmas tree. Ron found and cut this one. The trip was quite eventful. Unfortunately, there was no snow, but still a success.

Michael was thrilled being a princess with Paige and dancing up a storm.

Newest Member of the Family

YOU GUESSED IT! A DOG!

Funny story. Ron went to the doctor for a regular new patient check up and came back with a dog. He said the doctor said she had 5 German Shepherd puppies and was giving them away for free. He couldn't resist. The dog's name is Ender. The kids are pretty excited about it and for an eight week old puppy he's pretty good, except he keeps pooing on our concrete walk way. That's got to stop!

Of course, there always has to be competition.

Ben's Last Soccer Game

Well, Ron and I coached Ben's 1st grade soccer team this year. It went real well. We won 6 out of 8 games. We lost the first two because the kids weren't sure what they were doing yet. After that, they figured things out and won all of the rest of the games. They were a fun bunch of kids.