Happy New Years!

Lucy and Cassie living it up on NYE 2007!

Have a great 2008 everyone!

Sweet and Sassy

Sophie's aunts treated her to a girl's night out and a pampering at a salon for little girls last week for a Christmas present. Sophie loved the attention and now insists on putting on glitter spray whenever we go out. Thanks Aunt Steph and Aunt Krista!

Getting Together with Old Friends...

This is what the holidays are all about...

Brad sent me this picture from our annual holiday poker game at Dave's house. In the picture is Rob Pratt, Dave Pratt, Brad Baker, me (with no chips), and Charlie Wentling.

The week ended with a visit from Sean and Jeff.
"The tennis boys always enjoy me..." -Caleb

The Month of December

We have had a busy but wonderful month in December.

Tammy has been providing daycare for four other kids this year. It has been a lot of work but we definately enjoy having them in our home. Each of the kids are special in their own way and it has been a nice change for Caleb and Trey to have playmates around all the time. Things have slowed down at the Treehouse but the playgroups are still a big hit and the community has really embraced the idea. Tammy and Jennifer will be planning out their winter sessions soon.

Carly, Trey and Carson...

Sophie and Caleb played indoor soccer this past session at the Countryside YMCA. It went really well and it was nice for me (dad) to watch my kids playing soccer instead of coaching all the time. Caleb played in the Candy League and was on the Gummy Bears team and Sophie actually got combined with a rec and select league so she got a chance to play in with some older, more experienced girls.

The kids love playing in the snow. Early in December we had a couple of decent snowfalls. Hopefully the pond will freeze over this winter so they can get some ice skating in too.

Trey and Sophie playing in the snow!

Christmas and Hanukkah were wonderful as always. We had Hanukkah dinner with Tammy's parents and Elaine at Silver Spring House and had the Chudnoff family over to our place for presents and a sleep over. Christmas brought all of the Reed's over to our place including Stephanie in from Chicago. Santa was good to the kids and we even got a new foosball table.

Christmas morning.

Towards the end of the month we were all pretty exhausted but a visit from the Tackett's down from the state up north and Aunt Bernice and Uncle Fred from California kept us on the go!

me, mom, mike, krista, aunt bernice, caleb, uncle fred, dad, tammy, trey, sophie, stephanie

As for me, I having taken up swimming lately and am just enjoying some time away from coaching to spend time with the kids as much as I can.

Some random moments...

Memories...

Just had a good time showing the kids old tv shows I used to watch... Go to YouTube and search for picture pages, bloodhound gang, electric company, etc, etc, etc.

If anyone finds the clip where all the kids are running and jumping past each other and the images are repeated over and over let me know. Anyone know what I am tlaking about? I think it was Electric Company but I couldn't find it...