Merry Christmas!

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Here are some of the shots we took at the wedding.  We look forward to seeing some or yours!

(Lost &) Found

Pair of glasses I found in Amy's room, thought were Margie's, and brought home (whatever that means for me these days).

Please let me know if you're the proud owner.

Where's Waldo? More like Where's recycled Waldo.

I found this gem while trying to organize thousands of photos. Daunting. As you can see, a) Scott is recycling his Waldo outfit from 2001, and 2) I look amazing in a pair of Scooby Doo women's panties. Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

Johnson family band

Every week the Trib does a "Look back" gallery where we take photos from our archives and post them on the website. This week features bands. Of particular interest is the photo attached. Read the idents of the member, there sure are a lot of Johnsons in there, but I'm doubting we had Utah ties in the late 1800's. Maybe I'm wrong. Also read the letter attached to the band photo written in 1947 where the author basically begs that the photo be returned to her. We are actually trying to track the family down to return it. Pretty interesting. I hope everyone is well. Hearts.

Another Knucklehead Adventure

Another gem courtesy of the Knuckleheads.

Riley's Baptism

A few pictures from Riley's baptism and Grandma and Grandpa's visit. We are so grateful they were able to come out and we are so proud of Riley for getting baptized.

Silly faces

Carver playing with the Nativity

Yes, this is a picture of dad with his arm stuck behind the couch. Apparently he was trying to retrieve a bouncy ball and the next thing we knew, we were extracting his arm. Thankfully we didn't have to amputate.

The 'berbils' and 'Baby Esus'

Hi all! I took some video of Daphne while I was in Pittsburgh, and just wanted to share so everyone can enjoy the absolute CUTENESS of that little girlie talking about the gerbils and Baby Jesus. She was a bit obsessed really, but that's cute when you're not even 2! :) It's just a short little video, but I'm sure you'll watch it over and over and over again and bask in the cuteness! <3

Christmas gift exchange rotation schedule

Hey all, and Happy Holidays! :) I thought that the Christmas gift exchange rotation schedule was posted on the blog at some time, but I couldn't track it down. Does anyone know where it is, and/or have it memorized?? ;) See you all SOON for (as Maggie calls it) The Wedding of the Century! :)

Aunt Amy!

We love it when Amy comes to visit. She was definitely heaven sent this trip. Because she was here, I was able to steal away to New York City for a day where I met Scott, spent some time in the city and then drove home with him that night. We also were able to make Thanksgiving dinner virtually uninterrupted while she locked herself away with the kids! In addition, she also did story time for Rex's preschool class, let Daphne drag her around the house while she held her stash, made crafts and played games with the boys, cleaned up a jug of spilled milk, cleaned up a clogged, overflowed toilet, broke her toe, went on to play laser tag with a broken toe, watched a polar bear swim over our heads at the zoo (while walking around the zoo broken toed), and just made us happy she was there. We had fun and miss her a ton!

Daphne's favorite activity was looking at the "berbils" with Amy

At the zoo

Dropping Amy off at the airport...so sad

Conjoined Knuckleheads

The video below shows what emerged from our basement tonight after Felix and Rex had been sent down to clean up the mess they and their neighbor-friend Garrett, and their distant (Woffinden) cousins had made when they were all over for dinner tonight.

At first while they were cleaning, Felix and Rex engaged in the typical bickering and teasing, but eventually they bonded (?!) in the way shown below. : )

LISA!!

Lisa, we want to make sure we wish a happy birthday!!  Hopefully we won't totally space out and forget to call you tomorrow :)  The kids are home from school so I am sure there will be lots of chaos, but we love you and can't wait to see you at the wedding!

Stamford Thanksgiving Parade

Because I'll be working the first part of next week, I stayed in Connecticut this weekend.

When I got home from Church, all the parking on my street was taken, and when I asked my roommate why, he explained today was the city's Thanksgiving parade.

It was a beautiful day, so I walked the 1/2 mile or so to the parade route and took a few pictures from my phone.

Maybe later I'll post my videos of Mr. Potato Head, Bob the Builder, and Fred Flintstone. : )

Halloween

The Owensboro League of Superheroes!

With their arch nemesis “Toxic Avenger"

Halloweenies

Waldo and Madame Butterfly

Waldo, Pippi, M. Butterfly, Batman and Darth at the insanely crowded ward party

What you will see in the bathroom Halloween morning

Darth Vader, Butterfly, Batman

Home from Trick or Treating, wet hair and all.  It rained.  We probably shouldn't have gone out to begin with because we found out that morning that Felix had Strep and Daphne, Pneumonia.  What a shame to miss out on Halloween when it only comes once a year.  We stayed away from our friends and called it an early night.

Broadway Star!

Riley's Second-Grade Performance.

Happy Fall

I took the kiddos out for a photo shoot. It was a miracle I got any pictures with them all looking. It was a circus!

Shot of the day

A glimpse of what it's like everyday in our home...all smiles and hand holding

A whole lot of editing went into this shot



 A lovely fall day in Pittsburgh

Wedding at West Point

Saturday I had the chance to attend my friend Casey's wedding in the Catholic chapel of the Most Holy Trinity at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was a cadet.

My other friend, Scott, who is also an alum was at the wedding, too, and took me on a tour of the campus.

The pictures below were taken atop the roof of the Library overlooking the Hudson.

The wedding and tour were great experiences and made me more grateful 1) for my wife and 2) those who serve our country.

Perhaps the biggest highlight was the performance at the reception dinner by the Pipes and Drums of the Corp of Cadets (www.usma.edu/uscc/dca/clubs/.../pipd.html)