I say its my birthday...

37 years ago today I graced the world with my presence. :) Nancy would say I ruined her life. In that vein, I was trying to explain to Avery that someday she and Jack would be very very good friends and I tried to use Nancy and I as an example...not sure if it stuck or not. Anyway, lots of people made my day very special, so thanks.

holy cow

I know I have mentioned this on the blog before. Or I think I have. My nephew Matt and his delightful soon to be wife Paulette take the most amazing pictures. Go to www.saypickles.com , go to the blog, scroll down past the cute dog and 11 cute children and you will see some pictures of Avery that made me cry. Because they are so beautiful.

out of the mouths of babes...

There is a show on the Disney channel that centers around the fictional White House chef and his son...anyway we were watching it tonight and the son was up to his usual antics and Jack said "Boy Mom. They are SO wierd in the White House"

If he even knew.

Bronson the wonder boy...

Bronson is my great nephew. His dad, Ben, is my nephew (he's great too)...we don't get to see him very often, so we were excited to see him (and his mom and dad) at Christmas. Here's a picture or two of the cutie face...

This year...

Jack liked his big gift from us more than those silly old gifts from Santa....here's what he got...

Here's a couple more pictures from Christmas. Hope everyone's was merry!

(Avery was a little bit jealous of the guitar)

Merry Christmas!

I was going to gripe about the fact that the powers that be have decided that we have to keep our office open until 5:00 today, despite the fact that the phone has only rung once since 1:00-its 2:41 right now...but I won't. I have lots of things to be thankful for. Here's a list:

• My kids are healthy and hilarious, as is the rest of my family
• I have a roof over my head
• Maybe the traffic won't be so bad on the way home since I have to stay so late!
• The "Santa is still watching" threat still works like a charm
• My kids are currently with their Ami Jackie baking cookies like mad for the man in the big red suit
• The second season of Big Love just came out on DVD
• I am not cooking a thing for tomorrow's dinner with my family

From our house to yours, please have a safe and happy Christmas. I'll try to post pictures from the Hour of Greed tomorrow.

First real snowstorm

Would have been a good holiday card picture. Oh well. May you all have a safe and happy holiday season.

Much peace and love.

Pen, Dan, Avery and Jack