Nativity 2012

The actors

Some of the audience

The cutest sheperd

Wiseman bearing gifts

Another awesome looking sheperd

Violet making her acting debut

Come let us adore

The finale :)

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Merry Christmas!

Halloween 2012

Thanks everyone for getting together.  My camera was not cooperating well that night and a lot of mine were kinda blurry.  Here are a few of the best ones I had. 
  Please feel free to add some that you have.

As Jim put it......
"A Moment in Time"

Cleopatra and Ceasar

Dragon and Monster chasing cousins :)

The wolf was hungry

Liz Lemon and the "Beeper King"

The wolf doing BINGO with the kids

"Back to School Party"

 

"Welcome to the 2nd Annual Back to School Party"

 

 

Little bit of cousin play time started things out

Brown bag style dinner with your name on the bag.
 I like how I told the kids to smile and over half of them are putting food in their mouth :)

Daybreak cousin representatives

11 of the 12 grandkids (in birth order as a special bonus).
Adorable Violet was snuggled in her car seat.



And now the spotlights
for the 2012-2013 school year.....

Ethan

5^th Grade at Alta View Elementary

Favorite Color: lime green

Favorite Food: onions

Favorite Animal: penguin and dogs

Favorite movie or TV Show:  Star Wars

Favorite things to do: read and play wii

Excited to do or learn in school – science and art

 

Andrew

5^th grade at Crescent Elementary

Favorite Color: turquoise

Favorite Food: waffles

Favorite Animal: falcon

Favorite movie or TV Show: TMNT Fast Forward

Favorite things to do: wrestle with dad, build stuff

Excited to do or learn in school: math

 

Lizzie

3^rd grade at Altara Elementary

Favorite Color: purple

Favorite Food: mashed potatoes and strawberries

Favorite Animal: dog and cat

Favorite movie or TV Show: Barbie movies

Favorite things to do: draw, climb trees,

 play with luck dog and chicken

Excited to do or learn in school: parties

 

Trevor

2^nd grade at Crescent Elementary

Favorite Color: yellow and blue

Favorite Food: pizza

Favorite Animal: puppy

Favorite movie or TV Show: TMNT Fast Forward

Favorite things to do: ride bike

Excited to do or learn in school: times tables

 

Vince

Pre-School at Learning Time Pre-School

Favorite Color: blue, red, orange and green

Favorite Food: toast, eggs, bacon and ham and cheese sandwich, peanut butter sandwich, watermelon oranges and apples

Favorite Animal: Giraffe, elephant, tiger

Favorite movie or TV Show: Bob the builder, Nightmare Before Christmas

Favorite things to do: Going outside, going to cousins house, watching shows, doing bean-time and playdoh, iPad time

 

Afton

Pre-school with Mrs. King

Favorite Color: yellow

Favorite Food: banana

Favorite Animal: bunny and kitty

Favorite movie or TV Show: Phineas and Ferb

Favorite things to do: color, play with Lilly in sandbox

Excited to do or learn in school- color

 

Lilly

Pre-School with Mrs. King

Favorite Color: pink

Favorite Food: grapes, bananas, cherries

Favorite Animal: rabbit and kitty kat

Favorite movie or TV Show: Barbie Princess and the Pauper

Favorite things to do: play in sandbox with Afton, color with Afton, play dollhouse with her

Excited to do or learn in school: storybooks

Grey

Pre-School at Daybreak Academy

Favorite Color: orange and black

Favorite Food: spaghetti and meatballs and carrrots

Favorite Animal: crocodile and elephant

Favorite movie or TV Show: Shaun the Sheep, Busytown and Spider Man

Favorite things to do: play with dad and vince

Excited to do or learn in school- play

Lizzie's Baptism Extravaganza

I only grabbed this picture by saying "it's for the kitties!"

Alisha voluntarily made this face, fyi. 

Notice Lilly...there's a theme going for her...

Yay, I love this one!

This too!

I did ask Nate to bomb this one, but he was really quick to comply. 

See?

Cute, cute.

Twinners. 

Lizzie working on her pillowcase.

Grey working on his cupcake.



More Twinners.



Cutest picture ever. 

He was kinda a fixture. 

Lucky post-red velvet cupcake eating. 

Lizzie posing with her baptism haul. 

Jim just relaxing. 

Lizzie feeding him with a bottle....it gets better...

Introducing "Nadene".

Liz x2 (or Nadene and Liz Sr. )

Saying bye to Afton. 

Under the stairs...

The mice comment cracked me up...it seems to get more insistent...

Ruth's artwork!

It was so fun to see everyone; can't wait for the next time we can alllll be together.  :) 

Here are a few recent before/after pictures of the soon to be new and improved basement.
Target completion date will be in a week or two.