Thursday, December 30

Miranda December 30, 2010

Gianni is playing ball with his great grandma

Maureen December 30, 2010

Allison & John's snowman melted down to almost nothing

Marla December 30, 2010

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Having fun with our time at the Vegas airport...we were there for about 8 hours waiting for our flight to Denver (as it kept on getting delayed).

Wednesday, December 29

Miranda December 29, 2010

Guess who sleeps in a big boy bed now! Gianni does! And he loves it!

Maureen December 29, 2010

Jim and the kids got a wide variety of card and board games for Christmas, this year. We'll have lots of fun playing them all winter long

Marla December 29, 2010

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Cole hiding his eyes from the "Hot Babes" billboard that is driving by. And, when we got to the airport we found out that the Chicago airports were closed due to weather.

Tuesday, December 28

Marla December 28, 2010

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Bellagio fountains and Dylan with 2 Elvises (or is it Elvii?)

Maureen December 28, 2010

We shopped (and had some fun) at American Science & Surplus, today, looking for cool things for Shelby's birthday party.

Miranda December 28, 2010

Pizza for an early morning snack? Why not! : )

Monday, December 27

Marla December 27, 2010



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Happy 21st birthday Dylan!!!

Maureen December 27, 2010

If you are ever looking for leftovers in our fridge, you should know that the labels that say 'NO' and have a frowny face don't mean that we're not sharing and that *you* can't eat it. They mean that *Shelby* shouldn't eat it.

The Market Day cheese ravioli is delicious, by the way!

Miranda December 27, 2010

The never ending pile of stuff to sort through!

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.