What a way to end an old year than by getting a bath!
Baths in the kitchen sink are always a classic picture-at least in my family.
Bedtime story with daddy-a must!
Silly faces!!
Silly faces!!
And silly faces!! 
Christmas morning was nice and peaceful around here.
Everyone was sound asleep.
It wasn't long before we heard some shuffling in the Living Room.
Look at what Santa brought us!
Candy.
Abbie figured it was like every morning, when she sits in her swing. Except everyone was louder than normal.
Daddy helped James find some goodies.
A tea set from Santa. You can guess what she wanted to do right away.
Santa brought Daddy some tools. Lucky for daddy, he doesn't have to use his really nice tools on crappy jobs. He can use these crappy tools instead.
James loved his remote car from Santa.
A Glow Worm for Abbie-just what she always wanted!
A Fancy Nancy game for Clara, which happens to be her new love.
A "replacement" waffle iron for mommy.
More cars for James.
A Pink Giraffe from Grandma Bonnie for Abbie.
"Don't shoot your eye out" - just shoot the tree. I hope the scope is accurate. 
Despite James' facial expression, he was really excited to get more presents at Memee's house.
Clara LOVED the Sleeping Beauty bubble night light Grandpa Choo-Choo got her.
Sundays are rough around here. Daddy has to leave in the morning for meetings and then gets home late from his later meetings. So, nap time is very precious. 
I found the two of them like this and I couldn't resist.
"Charlie Brown" (minus "The Great Pumpkin"), Ladybug, Dinosaur, and "Fairy Princess" all hope you had a happy stomach-ache! I mean Halloween!
Note: It's hard to play catch-up, but it is my goal to get all caught up before the New Year.
Dale was "Charlie Brown".
James was the cutest dinosaur and Clara was a "Fairy Princess".
Poor Abbie! She was such a trooper! She was my ladybug. She was not too happy with the hood on.
They really enjoyed going out this year--3 times!
My morning usually consists of computer time before the kids get up. Well, when they wake up, this is how it looks.
And then "little brother" becomes little brother and picks on big sister.
Then its time to feed the chickens and play on the slide.
Here is one of my girls.
Dale started to prep our gardens for the fall. Here he is pulling out all the mint.
Uh-oh! Where's James? I turn my back for one minute and he's in the chicken coop.
You're not a chicken!
But she is.
Daddy loved the card from all of us!
This was from James! A sign for daddy's garage!
The new Truman G. Madsen movie from mommy! 
And a Mighty Mouse T-shirt from Clara. Daddy is Clara's super hero! 
We love daddy so much and he knows it too!
So, we bought this one (Canon Power Shot SX120) on Saturday. He LOVES it! He kept talking about how it has a 10x optical zoom!!! I have no idea what that means except that it takes REALLY good pictures. Funny thing! We almost got something smaller (a "Coolpix"), but this was a "return" that we purchased from our Sam's Club. Plus, it was discounted because it was a return. BONUS!! There was nothing wrong with it at all. I talked him into getting this one. Am I good or am I good?!
He is a trouble maker! You can see it in his eyes!
He's just like his daddy!
