The Christmas Surprise

The big surprise of the day.....
Kimara has finally given in and said the family could get a dog. She decided to let the family know by a letter on Christmas morning with a picture of the newly born puppy. Here are some pictures of that....



As you can see, Dave was all smiles. When Jake and Katie figured it out, Katie was excited and Jake teared up a little. The surprise went over well and we will now prepare for the day we can bring our new friend home in a few weeks.

Merry Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!
2006

We made our gingerbread house December 23rd. This was the first time we made one. The kids loved it and wanted to show you all their creation.
Mom did the icing and the kids did the candy with help from Dad. Grandma brought us the kit :-)




Jake with an instrument from Grandpa Ray


Katie with a set of instruments from Grandpa Ray.



Here is Justin with the most annoying toy of the year--
The Elephant horn from Grandpa Ray....Justin loves it!!



Jake was completely stunned when he opened some of his gifts this year.

Want more pictures??? Just Ask:
kimara@byu.net

uh ohhh

Justin was all smiles, but Jake was freaked

out when he saw Justin looking like this....
(don't worry Grandma, it's just marker)

BackYard Beginnings

Here are some pictures of our backyard renovation.
These are the before pictures....





Here are some "during pictures"....







More "during" pictures will hopefully follow...it will still be a while until we get to see "after" pictures of this project.