Saturday, December 25

Jen December 25, 2010

Joe was supposed to have duty today but he got switched to a different section so it was nice having him home for Christmas! They kids had so much fun and so did we. It's nice to see how excited the kids get on Christmas!

Marla December 25, 2010

Christmas morning-stockings

Maureen December 25, 2010

Christmas morning. Charlie just sat right there the whole time we were unwrapping, watching it all.

Molly December 25, 2010

It's a pillow, It's a pet, It's a pillow pet!

Miranda December 25, 2010

Christmas morning

Wednesday, December 22

Marla December 22, 2010

Cars as far as the eye can see. I made a dumb move and went shopping out on Randall Road...so did a lot of other people.

Miranda December 22, 2010

I think I will add some ice cream to my berries!

Maureen December 22, 2010

Jim & I ate out at IHOP before going to see 'It's A Wonderful Life' at Pheasant Run. It was a great show!

Monday, December 20

Marla December 20, 2010

Cole was way behind on his advent calendar...he had to open 7 days.

Miranda December 20, 2010

We went to our friends house for the Bears game tonight. Grace and Erik were wearing their game hats!

Maureen December 20, 2010

We tried to make Grandma Larson's toffee recipe, tonight. It didn't work out too well, because we substituted shortening for some of the oleo but, Charlie *really* wanted some of it, anyway. This photo was taken right after we caught him licking the edge of the pan that the kids were cleaning out.

Sunday, December 19

Jim December 19, 2010

Maggie finally feeling comfortable enough in our family to sleep curled up on the couch with Charlie.

Maureen December 19, 2010

Annie helped us strike the set after the performance tonight. She had fun trying on the combs and counting the $1.87.

Miranda December 19, 2010

We took Gianni on his first train trip today - From Elburn to Geneva! : ) We went to Geneva and had breakfast!

Marla December 19, 2010

"The Gift of the Magi"

Saturday, December 18

Jen December 18, 2010

Today our friends came over and we exchanged Christmas gifts the kids loved it! I was nice having friends over. Joe has been working a lot lately.

Maureen December 18, 2010

The Arts & Crafts room at the retirement center where we performed our play tonight.

Miranda December 18, 2010

Having fun at dinner for Grandpa's birthday

Wednesday, December 15

Maureen December 15, 2010

Entertaining herself at spelling club

Miranda December 15, 2010

Gianni has a bit of a cough, so we are trying honey to see if it gets rid of it.

Marla December 15, 2010

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My last day of work at the middle school library.


And, Farrell sibling night...making cookies and candies.

Tuesday, December 14

Marla December 14, 2010

I worked at the Harrison library today. This is what greeted me when I got there this morning. Tons of returned books. (If you notice the blue cart is also full of books that need to be put away...good thing we have volunteers)

Miranda December 14, 2010

I really wish I was more computer literate. I have transferred videos from my video camera to my computer in the past, but I keep getting this message on my video camera even though everything seems to be plugged in! What a pain!

Maureen December 14, 2010

Snow covered stuff in our back yard

Monday, December 13