Barn Party

Our church had it's annual barn party the weekend after Halloween. It wasn't as good as last year (when Rylan won the costume contest!) and they didn't even have costumes - except for people dressed in their cowboy/cowgirl outfits! But, I put Rylan and Ava in theirs anyway. Rylan had a blast with Kendall -- who's a couple years older but he adores! And Ava just took off as usual.

Brain Mush

I try not to let the kids watch more than 2 or 3 half-hour shows per day on TV, and yest I know that Ava shouldn't be watching any. Rylan knows that too much TV will turn his brain to mush, and he usually screams for me to turn it off after his show is done. But alas, the TV as a babysitter sure does come in handy at times!

Bird Watching

Every once in a while we catch a sight of this heron or crane that likes to hang out in my parents pond, but he/she always seems to know when we are on to him, even from just a window, and takes off before we can get the camera! Luckily Chris "shot" him one Sabbath morning in November! (Click on the photo if you can't see him!)

Big Boy!

My boy is growing up! And he's so handsome! And of course, a big goofball like his dad -- today in the car I looked at him in the rearview mirror and he had a goldfish (snack) in each ear!