A Blast from the Past

Chris just had me dig up his photos from the old album, and I re-discovered the old photoshop contests. I uploaded the Catherine 2005 contest to our Flickr. I'll upload the Brooke one later. Perhaps we need to start up this tradition again!

Catherine riding the bus!

Catherine started taking the bus to school on Wednesday!

Playing in the Snow

The snow has come and gone, but the kids got out a couple times and had some fun.

Hoppy Holidays

Uncle Douggy gave the kids a Jump-o-lene for Christmas. It's already been patched once but gets well used every day. Catherine has discovered that you can turn it upside down to make a big tent, although Liam still likes to jump on top of it.

Liam also likes to leap into it from the arm of the couch. He has some real daredevil in him. We'll probably plan to put more into the flex-spending account in the next few years.

Elfed!

We Elfed Ourselves.

Cheese!

Just a little pre-Christmas picture for everyone.

Snow!

It snowed a lot last night! After daddy shoveled (and a neighbor helped with nice snowblower), Catherine got to go outside during Liam's naptime.

Happy 5th Birthday, Catherine!

Catherine turns 5! Here's a look back and her birthdays so far, plus one just prior:


Mommy-to-be with Catherine out front!


Hello, world!


First birthday, 2003.


2 years old in 2004.


3 is a magic number, 2005.


4 more years! 2006.

Wishful Thinking!

Here's Cat and Liam looking through all the Christmas toy catalogs that seem to come in the mail daily.

Catherine meets Google

Catherine called me over to help her find a Barbie pajamas dress-up game on the web. When I got to the computer, I saw that she had already done some searching on her own! She is truly hooked on phonics.

Trick or Treat!

Jane turns 29 for the 4th time

Up North!

Here's Catherine doing all the work to make uncle Jay look good. More pictures from our trip to Brooke & Jay's northern retreat on our Flickr set.

Catherine Goes to Kindergarten!

Catherine started her year at the new 4K program at the YMCA this week!

Life's a (Bay) Beach

The Seilers and Maurers made a trip to Bay Beach. Don shared his big slide technique with Owen and now demands a rematch! See more photos here.

Liam's Jeep Ad

Jeep used a picture of Liam with the remote control Jeep he got from Hummy for Christmas. It appeared in the NY Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today on August 13th and 24th 2007. See if you can find him!

Original picture of Liam and his Jeep.

Happy Birthday Liam!

For pictures, check out the birthday set!

Hillbilly Bonnie

Liam Flaunting the Rules!

NO JUMPING!

All I learned I learned from Sesame Street...

Don wants to know why I get a kick out of pushing people's buttons. I must have learned it from the master... Ernie! (Also, I love Bert's psychotic laugh at the end.)