A frosty morning!

Happy Birthday Kirsten Elise!

Two already? You are such a funny, squeezable, happy addition to our family!

Photo credits for this picture go to Motz Weaver

First snow!

We got our first snow! I wish I had pictures of all the fun Esther, Jaime and I had in it last night. They don't get much snow in NC so they LOVED it! We even got out the sled and tried to get it to go down the hill. Then we came in and drank hot chocolate with marshmellows and it almost felt like Winter. I am always very tired of Winter by January or February but right now it sounds kinda fun.

Happy Birthday to Michael!

Today was Michael's big day. A very big thank you to PD and Leeny for coming up to help make it special for him! We had a great day together just spending time with family and friends and eating lots of good food. :)

Thank you Michael for all you add to our lives! :) You are a great brother!

A fun week-end with friends!

We had a wonderful time last week-end with a group of our friends that came to visit us from NC and Honduras. It went by way to fast, but we were able to pack lots of good memories in it.

Lovely walks in the fall weather.

Examining an old Mustang that is in the woods.

Some of them had never seen a Great Lake, so Saturday we made a last minute decision to run to Lake Michigan for a few hours.

Merry and Rhoda tried to keep us confused for a day.

Gloria found a nice soft seat!

After we got back from the lake we all went on a hayride.

Alex and Philip

Rachel and Cole

Morning coffee

http://fantasticcontraption.com/ was the game of the week-end. We had three computers running it for a little while one morning.

Lots of shoes!

The many faces of Cole Jackson

Here are some pictures from the photo shoot I had with Cole today. He is so cute and so fun to take pictures of. :)