we've figured it out!

about a year ago we bought this telescope from a friend. it's a sweet telescope, but we have never been able to actually see anything out of it. while my dad was here for christmas he started looking at it and ta-da!

i wont go into the details of how idiotic we were before. let me just say that the obvious 'how to' is wrong.

are you surprised?

christmas

very excited about her homemade pot holders

shake, shake, shake. "i just KNOW it's hawaiian sand! i KNOW it is! I KNOW it's hawaiian sand"
(actually lip gloss)
then later, "oh, nothing in this is moving around making a noise, it's just my hair hitting the container"

cousins


an after christmas sail.
right before a "hugh! where are you going!? that way!"


beautiful weather!

the turkey saga

a christmas turkey. in photos.

this year we had the opportunity to get a turkey from a local organic co-op and decided to make it for christmas dinner... our first turkey.

hugh knew that i wasn't excited about getting into the raw turkey's business and took over the initial handling and preparations. he quickly decided that he wanted to try and do all the prep- and i was happy to say okay!

hugh and dad rigging the thing to brine in the fridge...



the dressed bird...


done!


delicious! Sr, you'd be proud.

carols and foosball

the winning red team

the nutcracker

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with our ballerina friend, dewdrop. aka marissa.

christmas sweaters and a cookie exchange

a wonderful afternoon

with a special friend.

my desktop

love this picture. it makes me smile every time i look at it. totally my sis' personality too.

she's standing in the middle of an enormous christmas tree, in case you were confused :)

small group christmas...

thought you might get a chuckle out of this. our small group had a christmas party this week, along with white elephant, etc.

this was taken right after a 'prized' ornament fell from the tree due to a certain mischevious boy (and it was not jaden, the 2 year old)

stand by me

i thought these were fun ...

thanksgiving

i have such a back-log of photos and stories waiting to be shared, but for now here are a few from thanksgiving.

the parking...

hard at work...

these ladies have it made!

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