The Annual Dinner!

Andrew in his natural habitat

Yeah! Together again!

Art being reserved

Art being himself!

Excessivly cute animals

Kovi decided to stow away to go see his cousin Prokofiev

The world's cutest German Shepard

Boy it sure is tiring around here.

Post presents, pre dinner

Unfortunatly, it's tough to capture the tree and the lights being all sparkly.

There were many fabulous gifts this year, one of the best was my new 1.3 qt copper pot. I used it for three different dishes on Christmas day alone, and I have no idea how I lived without it!

Dad waiting around for dinner.

Putting bows on presents

Cats under the tree

Getting the Tree

There is a great Christmas tree farm not far from us. Picking out a tree takes no time at all. And cutting and carrying it is a cinch when the guys come with a small chain saw and a four wheeler!

This is Aggie's preffered spot for all of Christmas. All the best parts of the outside, except it is inside!

I miss my abs

So here is the latest belly bump pictures. The learning from this picture is that I need to not wear prints in front of the rug on the wall! But I was tired and not inclined to change clothes to take a picture as I had just gotten home from swimming at the gym. While swimming back and forth I was thinking about my abdomen. I no longer turn as one unit while swimming. I turn my head back into the water after breathing, and my belly goes a moment later, it's REALLY weird. And I never knew how much I used my abs pushing off the wall! Though, after today's swim, I am inclined to push with a might less vigor.