Rachel

The ballet gear that Rachel got for Christmas in 2009 still fits.  Should we be relieved, or concerned?

Threats from a 4-Year-Old

So Rachel has this 9-Inch potted Cypress tree in her room that she picked up for 60 cents at Lowes on an after Christmas clearance. She loves the thing and has promised to "take good care of it". We let her buy it to help brunt the pain of the impending death of her 2+ year old pet fish.  Do they have hospice for Betta fish?  Because this thing has probably got less than a week left in him.  He barely moves anymore and we often find him floating upside down but he always manages to spring back to life if you tap hard enough on the side of his bowl.
....Anyway, during a terrible, terrible, temper tantrum last night we took it away and said she could only have it back in the morning if she stopped screaming and went to sleep.

Her reply? "That tree reminds me of Jesus. If you get rid of it-

YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT JESUS!"

Finding Nemo

Company Dinner

As a point of comparison, the annual dinner at the company I was working for at this time a year ago was held in a meeting room at a community college.

So yeah, things seem to be going well at the new job.

Which reminds me, it's probably time to update the link under "Tyler's Work" below.

Pictures

Tyler playing with a new camera while the Mathesons were over for Ben's birthday last week:

Rachel playing with my iPhone and her stuffed animals while Wesley wonders what in the world is going on:

Christmas Morning

....only 18 days late this year!