Sam's Achievements!!!

Sorry it has been so long...

But today Sam had a couple things to do for the camera. Hope you enjoy the videos!!!


Sam learned how to pump his legs while he is swinging!



And here is the winner! Sam said all the presidents!!! He just needed help with Truman! Shoot! But I think it was pretty impressive... I sure can't do that! Sorry it's cut into two parts, but you can still hear them all!








Good job Sam! (we're just kidding about Nixon being a bad president :) )

Fun with Noelle, Brynn, Danae, Seth, and Deb

Sorry it's a little late...
But last weekend we had a full house. Danae, Seth, and Deb came down to our house for the weekend and Noelle and Brynn came to our house Friday night. We enjoyed the time together and it was great seeing Brynn the first time. Here are some pics from those couple of days...


We all really enjoyed Rock band:


There was a patch of ice in the field behind our house and we had fun "skating" on it:



Danae skating:



Too cute!!!



So fun!!



Anna was enjoying holding Brynn!! She is soooooo cute!!!!!



Seth is so content and adorable!!




Having so much fun with Brynn and Danae!




SO FUN!



Everyone!!

It's Finally Winter Here!!!!

We finally got some snow yesterday and although it was only about 2 inches we had a blast sledding down the driveway!!! Last night it iced so we really can't play outside. But it was fun while it lasted. Here are a couple pics from the fun...


Grace was a good "snow boarder..."


I may have been a little bit too into it :)


Sam enjoyed brooming snow off of cars,he is brooming off our neighbors in this pic...



Sam and Grace had fun sledding together...



Mom even got in on some of the fun...

Kathryn's AMAZING Experience

Well, I left on the 17th to go to a conference in DC leading up to the Inauguration. The experience was amazing and something I will never forget. The city was electric and full of excitement. I was up almost 24 hours Tuesday (4am to 3am) trying to navigate through the city with a couple other million people... no biggy. :)

This is the basic schedule:

Day 1-

Dinner at the Hilton (we arrived at the conference at 3.)

Day 2-

Colin Powell's speech
Discussion within our groups
Lunch
Dinner at the Hyatt

Day 3-

River Breakfast Cruise
Lunch
Al Gore's Speech
Discussion within our groups
Dinner
The Third Monday in October Screening and then discussion with cast

Day 4-

Inauguration
Lunch
Ball

Day 5-

Breakfast (although I missed it by oversleeping)
Departure





Here are some pics from throughout those five days.

Christmas in Chicago