As promised....

Taylor and Shelly did put together the Gingerbread House...perfect!

Post Christmas Trip

We paid a post Christmas trip to Shelley, Taylor and Christopher this week to deliver Christmas presents and spend a little time. As you can see, it was a good visit. Taylor promised a picture of the completed Gingerbread House when it was finished.....can't wait! And you can see that Grandpa enjoyed the new Wi game as much as Christopher...something about hunting. And Taylor and I fixed Barbie's hair.
Thanks for the great day, Shelley!

Images from Christmas 09 in MN

Ami, Everleigh & Scott

Jesse, me and Baby Swenson

Ben & Jesse (and baby Swenson)

Everleigh's first Christmas

Everleigh with Great Grandma Mieska

All is calm.....

This is what 12" of snow looks like on Grandma's Street.....otherwise known as Washington

Here is what 12" of snow looks like on Grandma's house....



Here's what Grandma looks like standing in 12" of snow




And this is what happens when Grandpa Greg offers to lend a hand....

Merry Christmas to all my grandchildren....and children

no need to buy fancing etching kits......

Everleigh's Christmas giggle

Everleigh and her daddy share a Christmas giggle...not the best lighting but you get the idea....Merry 1st Christmas, Everleigh

Week 2

Now that we've spent a few more days together here are some new things I'm learning about Everleigh:

1. She is loving her fist or any part of her hand in her mouth, which then leads to lots of drool...time for a bib soon

2. She is cooing all the time...when she wakes up, when she's lying in her crib and when you talk to her. It's like she is trying to study your mouth so she can make the same sounds.

3. Today when she was having a feeding, there was a sound on TV that made her turn her head and look at it. I don't remember what the sound was, but she stopped eating, pulled the bottle away and turned her head towards the TV....time to switch to Sesame St!

4. She likes to hold onto her bottle. She can't hold it herself, but she definitely wants to feel it and touch it while she eats...so cute!

Just waking up.....

So bright in here.....but she's happy!

Dressed for the day....still happy

Happy 9th Birthday, Jonathan

For Tuesday, December 15, 2009

My favorite 9-year-old...Jonathan Caleb Ketcher! Have a great birthday. Love you lots....

Gma Bunny