On Friday Minday had a couple of friends over to play after school. After about 30 min of discussion they finally decided that they did want to go play in the water.

I think the water drops look cool in these pictures. Jessica sure liked being in charge of the hose.

A sad day

Yesterday was a sad day.

This absolutely delicious and yummy looking piece of cheesecake got eaten. This was the last piece from my birthday cheesecake my darling husband bought for me from the Cheesecake Factory. It was a large Chocolate Raspberry Truffle cheesecake, and better than this picture looks. Andrew was concerned that we would take forever to finish it off. I think the real concern needs to be how fast we (I) managed to eat it all. I did truly savor every bit of this slice, slowly letting the rich creamy chocolate melt in my mouth. Loving the little chocolate chips in the top layer and very flavorful swirls of raspberry in the middle layer. The crust was a very dense dark layer of chocolate cake. I am already missing my daily fix of this wonderful treat.

Travis's Shower

Last night Travis was in need of a shower. He thinks he has found a new way to take care of this basic need.

He was especially excited about the new hairstyle. No need for gel, just a little dog spit will do it.

On a positive note, it may cut down on our water bill.

EWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!

Cammie started pre-school today. How sad, my youngest is growing up. Here she is ready to go to her first day.

Lucky me, I got to spend my first day alone at the dentist, getting a filling. Now I have a nice sore spot on my cheek where I kept biting it while it was numb.

Fletcher

Here is our new dog, Fletcher. I finally caved on the dog issue, and now all the kids like me. We got him about a month ago from a rescue organization. Due to some health problems his previous owner was having he had to be put up for adoption. We were the lucky family that got him. The kids all love him.

Who needs fish when you can catch a dog?

I don't think he quite undertands

the concept of baseball.

What a great pillow.

Travis and Cammie got new bikes for Christmas. We had a nice day with Dad off of work so he decided to take all the kids to the park to ride their bikes.

Cammie just loves her new Big Wheel and can now peddle thanks to Aunt Juli teaching her how when she was here for Thanksgiving.

The really exciting news is that Sandra learned how to ride her bike without training wheels and had tons of fun practicing.

Mindy had lots of fun going down the ramp at the school.

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas day. As usual we forgot to keep taking pictures throughout the festivities.



Here is Travis getting ready to see
what wonderful gift Kyle bought for him.



Mindy is modeling her new pajamas. I ran out of
time to make everyone matching jammies this year,
so I had to try to buy everyone new ones.
Unfortunately they were all a few sizes too large.
At least they can wear them for a long time.

Kyle finally got a CD player. He has been wanting one for long time. Here he is listening to his new High School Musical CD he got from his cousin Michelle.

Here is Sandra with her bounty of gifts. (By the way, she has informed us that we are to call her Sandra, not Sandy)

Finally we have Cammie, who had a great time opening all her gifts. She really got into Christmas this year and was very excited over all the stuff she got.