Trailmix Waterfall

Last night Esh was sad about something so she flopped down on my bed. When she did I heard a strange noise and looked to see a waterfall of trailmix cascading to my floor. I started laughing so hard I couldn't move to stop the fall. The following is the series of emotions Esh went through when she realized what happened.

The mess

Crying

Laughing
Picking up the mess
5 second rule! Benefits of trail mix waterfalls

The new dog in my backyard

We inherited a dog from my great-grandmother who was tired of having a hyper poemeranian puppy. She wouldn't have been my choice if I'd been given the option of several breeds but she's growing on all of us and is rather sweet. She's been great for Larry Boy and has caused him to be greatly revitalized. The pictures are really blurry but they're all I have and I figure it's about time I introduce her to the world.

Shawna (she came with the name)

Larry boy and Shawna

More snow!

Saturday night some friends came over and we played in the new snow! They have some younger kids and we had fun building a snow family on my car, having a huge long snowball fight, eating snow, and the youngest even built us a snow man.

Thankful for Snow!

I'm so thankful for a lot of things this year.

1. Dad is healthy and home and not recovering from triple bypass surgery like he was last year. 2. Lots of family came and we also had a guest from South Africa.
3. It SNOWED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a blast having a snowball fight too.
Here are the pictures of the fun.

Mercedes (my 5 year old cousin) and my Aunt Kim

Mercedes and David and I'm in the background.

Mom and Mercedes

Kim taking pictures

When it stops falling on it's own we can make it continue!

Big gloves keep little hands warm too!

Earlier in the day. This is about half or less of all that we got.

Catching snow! This was also earlier in the day.

Granny Ann

David, Dad, Grandpa (3 generation picture)

Lloyd the South African guest.

Too bad you can't hear his accent in the picture.

Haircut and baby pics.

Here are pics of my hair cut and some from visiting Alicia and some from a recent birth I went to. Yep, life's been busy.

The birth pics are mostly ones that I took. I took some other great ones but you guys wouldn't want to see them. Also, the placenta was awesome! It was huge for one thing and for another the cord was really long. Normally a umbilical cord is about 17-18 inches long. This one was 35 1/2! I have pics of the cord and placenta for those who don't mind some blood. Just e-mail me or leave me a comment saying you want to see them and I'll send them to you!

As far as the Alicia visit goes we had a blast and it was great to have a weekend away.

Alicia and I at the football game
All three of us!


Alicia, Esh, Me.

Esh and I trying on hats.
The whole crew with hats on. Back row: Becca, me, Alica Front Row: Kayla, Rachel, Esh.
The world's largest chimes with wonderful tones!
Esh feeding the ducks on the river.
Esh and Alicia at the football game.

Me, Alicia, Esh
The hair!
Back of the Hair
Front view again.



He's less than a minute old here so he's still kinda blue
Looking at his mommy!
Midwife # weighing him. He was, oy, I forgot, just over 9 or 10 lbs.
Me and midwife #1 doing the foot prints. The dad took about 10 pics of the process. LOL!
Trimming the cord. Look at all that hair!!!



Isn't he adoreable!