Raising OCD

Braden is so much like his daddy - everything has it's place and needs to be in order. This is how he plays - by lining up all his cars and trucks. Cute. Hope it doesn't truly become a disorder. But, then, he doesn't seem to mind throwing his food on the floor so I guess not everything has to be neat and tidy.

Ugly Sweater Champions

We attended a terrific progressive dinner with great friends for Valentine's Day. The icing...our sweaters were the champs of the ugly sweater contest. But I'm not sure why anyone would call our sweaters ugly. Doesn't everyone have sweaters like these???

A bit of everything....

Here are some more photos from our trip to Southern California in December, pictures from a visit to Grandma Donna's, Connor's karate and ski lessons.

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What's new....

It's been so long. We've been such strangers. We're so sorry. So what have we been up to??? Just the same old, same old. We had to upgrade our picasa file in order to store more pictures. That became one of those "I'll do it tomorrow's". That was three months ago. So we finally did it last month. Then we needed to update the blog...another "tomorrow". So now, finally, we've put up a couple new posts. Granted, their old events by now, but still great memories. Braden is being nicknamed "busy" because we can't keep up. Connor has started karate and downhill ski lessons. Now that we're back on track we'll be posting again regularly. Looking forward to seeing all of you, and being seen. Cheers!

We took the kids and Grandma Donna and headed down to visit family in Orange, California (a suburb of Los Angeles) in mid-December. It was a great time spent with Julie's sister, Carol, and her family. We all went to Newport Beach to take in the ocean. We immediately spotted dolphins as we pulled up to park. There was a sea lion, a wet baby, and a wet grandma. Everyone had a blast. Thanks to the LaBounty's for being such great hosts. We hope it won't be another seven years before we make it down for another visit.

Julie and the boys having some winter time fun in early December.