Scrapbook Photos

Alright, at long last here are a few scrapbook photos! I love the family crazies page--it shows many of the pictures we've tried to get as a family, but unsucessfully. Those of you who got our Christmas letter have seen another example of how pathetic our family is at trying to get a portrait! Look at the soccer page closely. If you can tell behind the glare, Emmeline is the kid in the picture who is crying and practically falling off the bench because she is nervous about getting her picture taken or something. It was hysterical! And the "linked together" layout is photos of Emmeline and Joshua holding hands! It's pricelessly cute!

A Few Pictures!

Here are some recent pictures of Benjamin--I love the "blank-stare-because-I'm-sitting-on-a-strange-red-man's-lap" photo. There's also a typical after dinner picture, and a random picture of him playing with Emmeline's dress up stuff...Yikes! Finally, there is a picture of my grandma with all the great-grandkids! How fun!

I'm also going to upload a few photos of things I've scrapbooked lately. I finished 100 12x12 pages this year, but have somehow managed to NOT be caught up. I think that the ease of taking MILLIONS of digital pictures is kind of a curse for us scrapbookers. I feel like I'm doing some kind of gross injustice if I don't scrap every single photo--a road block that I'll have to overcome if I'm ever going to be caught up again!

Anyway, here are the pictures! Merry Christmas!

Two posts in one day?!

I just left the computer to find EmJ and Willie tarzaning down the stairs using a jump rope tied to the upstairs railing. How do they come up with this stuff? And for once, I don't think that it was Willie's idea!

Ha ha! The jump rope just broke. Gotta run...

This is for Alivia!

I KNOW! I KNOW I don't post enough. Sorry! We're not very exciting though, seriously!

Some news, though, Benjamin has gotten over the "grumpy flu" as grandma likes to call it. He was grouchy for a good two weeks for no apparent reason. Very obnoxious. Then a few days ago he just decided he was tired of being grumpy and turned back into his old self. Thank goodness! He is pleasing us with lots of new tricks--pulling himself up, climbing the stairs, making kissy faces, and playing, actually playing with Emmeline and Joshua. It's adorable to see them all playing together. I can't help but think that we're entering a new phase. One where I can actually have a few minutes to myself during the day while my kids entertain themselves! Hallelujah! (Ooh, think of spring, when they can all play at the park while I sit on a blanket and read...quietly...hmmm).

Last week I finished the last of the Christmas preparations, got the last of the cards sent out, delivered goodies to all our friends...oh, wait, what friends? Anyway, I'm hoping to have a relaxing few days before we head out on vacation. I'm trying to get the scrapbook caught up before Christmas and Birthday Season, so that's my project for the next few days (once I finish writing my talk for Sunday, which I should be working on instead of typing this blog, right!?) Anyway, if I indeed do get a few minutes next week, I'll try and post some pictures of what I've been working on so that you (Alivia!) can see some new pictures of the kidlets!

That's it! Or as Joshua would say, "That was easy!"