Sebrina's Attempt at Beautiful Christmas Pictures

As the tradition goes in our family...each year at Christmas time it is absolutely critical to get new cute pictures of the kids. So with camera in hand Sebrina was determined to get some nice pics of the kids. I had already left for church so we wouldn't have to sit in the parking lot and Sebrina began the photo shoot. Some of the pictures turned out pretty cute except for the fact that Ben's collar isn't button down...sorry son, I'll look out for you next year!

Putting up the Decorations

As part of our manly duty, this saturday Dec 13th, Ben and I went out and put up our Christmas lights. There were no injurys and the family is quite happy with the results! P.S. you'll see Sarah's idea of "helping"...next year I am thinking of "helping" in that kind of way as well!

The Elusive Hunt for the Perfect Tree

For Family Home Evening the entire clan headed to the Christmas Tree farm. We let the kids run around like crazy and animals and Sebrina and I eventually found the "perfect" tree!

Ben the "Baller"

Hi All- Here is picture of Ben decked out in his Basketball gear! This is his first year, and after the first few games he is getting aggresive and really enjoying it. Yesterday he made a basket and was one of the team's heros!

You Gotta Love Denny's

We are a little behind here, but for Thanksgiving we made the migratory pilgrimage up to Danville to have Thanksgiving with Sebrina's parents. As is common with 3 screaming kids in the car, we made a stop at Denny's (not our choice, but the kids were very persuasive!). We ordered a truckload of food and to my surpirse, ate every last scrap was gone. I swear we ordered enough to feed a small village in Africa, but Ben came to rescue eating all of his Mac & Cheese, half of Jeff's and polished part of Sarah's hamburger and all of her fruit. As if that wasn't enough he ate half an order of cheese fries and was begging for a milkshake at the end. I watched in shock, half horrified and half the proudest pappa ever! Then it dawned on me, that we are going to have 3 of these animals in the house soon and I started to tally up the grocery bill in my head! Heaven help us...but if you're ever with Ben and can't find something he likes head on over to Denny's!

Well, this has definitely been a miletsone week for baby Jeff. He is now fully crawling and when I came into the nursery to get him up yesterday, he was sitting up in bed. I guess it's time to lower the crib mattress! We had a lovely day today going to Irvine with friends to a fantastic community pool. The kids loved it and Ben and Jeff wore their matching shark swimsuits. Sarah is getting less timid about the water. She has the highest pitched voice that any toddler could possess. When she saw the water sprayers come on in the play area she turned around in circles crying, "Help, help!" It's been a great day. 

Well, we have finally joined the ranks of bloggers. I have to say that this will be an experiment since I am so old-school when it comes to technology. I depend on Mark for all that! So hopefully he will keep it going. But since our families are so spread out and I am not known for my diligence in email correspondence, I thought this might be a good way to keep in touch with every one at once and journal for our family!  So this is it... our first  posting!