Christmas Day '07

I can't believe we actually were ready for Christmas this year - but we did manage to pull it off! Chris came in around 8a to tell me ... "Mom! It's Christmas ... Can I play on your computer??" No request to open gifts or anything. He just wanted to play on my computer! We were able to convince him to open gifts and he only asked twice during the gift opening if he could play on my computer. Thanks everyone for making our Christmas GREAT!



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Slide show of Christmas Day '07

Christmas Tree Cut '07

At long last, we finally went out and got our tree! We cut it down this year. Everyone helped!

Slide show of Cutting the Tree '07

Steelers crush Rams '07

December 20th - 8a - off to pick up Matt, Gail and Rod for our road trip to St Louis to watch the Steelers crush the Rams! We saw car after car of Steelers fans on the way down and we saw more Steelers fan around St Louis then Rams fans. We went to the arch and got a close up view of some fog but the little tram ride was very cool ... unless you ask Rod. We did a mini tail gate in the parking lot and waited for Brian and Karen to arrive and then off we went to the stadium. Relieved that our tickets actually worked we made our way to our seats. As it turned out, we never actually sat in our seats but we did sit in about 7 different seats until we found a home at about the 35-40 yard line. It was awesome! It was a good high scoring game with lots of action. We yelled and screamed our heads off and had a great time. The final score was 41-24. I think we beat the spread! We spent the night with Brian and Karen and took off to see some body museum but there was so much traffic we never did make it. We just drove on home. It did end up taking us about 9 hours to get home where it only took us a little over 5 to get down there. The fog was just terrible. Emme and Nono stayed home with the kids. Click the link to see all the fun!!



Slide show of Road Trip to SL to see STEELERS '07

Acacia's Christmas Concert '07

Well, you sure will not find this at a public school here in Madison - but Acacia performed in her schools Christmas Concert this year. Thanks to Emme's new camera with a zoom - we have photos!

More hockey and horses

After one season of hockey and horse back riding the results are amazing! If you recall from earlier in the blog the first day of hockey and horse back riding compared to this entry. Acacia still totally loves horse back riding but Chris is not so thrilled with hockey. He really likes to skate but the concept of hockey is not winning him over. He really does not want to have anything to do with the hockey stick. In fact, he wants to learn how to ride a horses ... We will see. I hope you can view the two below movies. Enjoy!

Bye to my Fuzzy One...

I knew it had to happen and I was sure hoping it would have been easier ... We had to say good bye to my fuzzy one, little miss Nita. Her hind legs were failing her and with all the snow and ice we've had it was just making her life pretty sad. It is VERY weird being in the house without a dog. Between Ross and Nita we've had at least one dog in the house for over 15 years.

Snow ..... and more snow ...

Sooo, we've been getting a bit of snow lately. This is the most snow this early we've seen in the 11 years we've lived here. It came up on us so early this year we were unable to get any Christmas decorations on the house. Oh well. Guess we will have to make up for it on the inside of the house! Hope everyone is staying warm!

Lost the front tooth!

It's been a long time coming, but she finally lost the front tooth. For whatever reason, she was terribly embarrassed and wept uncontrollably ... But, the tooth fairy brought double the money for this front tooth. Acacia has informed us that the tooth fairy is really "your mom and dad ..." but that Santa and the Easter Bunny are in fact real.

Promega Christmas Party '07

For those paying attention, I've worn the same 2 black dresses to the Promega Christmas party every year for the past ... several years. This year, amongst the chaos that is our daily lives, we all went shopping so I could get the thumbs up or down from Randy (and the kids). Here is what we all agreed on. The party was fun but uneventful this year. We played craps but just never found the right groove. Normally between the two of us we win enough to purchase at least 10+ raffle tickets. This year we won enough for about 4. It snowed the entire day and 350 of the 600 expected guests did not show up for the party and we still did not win. Oh well. It was still fun and I am still ready to hit the real tables in Vegas ... some day.

Ben and Nikki hung with us at the craps table. They did not have the best luck either.

Our craps dealer (Dave) was an old co-worker of mine from my days with Athletics. If I ever go to Vegas, I am taking Dave with me!



The grand prize this year was a trip for two to Paris ... thus the tower ..