Apparently, we've been under-displaying the prettier side of our family in these blog entries. We'd hate to force readers to be subjected to too many pictures of one second-class family member. This entry is thus dedicated to the wonderful pictures of our family that don't include a smiley-faced, squinty-eyed dad trying to hold down one or both of the kids. Don't worry, he's still around, just holding the camera more and fake-smiling less.
Katelyn can have fun even doing nothing at all. All you have to do is ask her. This is her happy face.
It's hard to believe it took 6 shots to get this one right. They're all so pretty.
After the Boise State game, Katelyn wouldn't talk about anything other then the fact that the "Broncos Won!" Even later that night, trying to get her to say prayers, all I got out of her was "Dear Heavenly Father, thankful for this day, bless Mom and Dad and Grandmas Grandpas and Ju-Ju. Bless Boise State Broncos..The End!" Hey, at least her prayers are longer then some of ours.
At four weeks old we're not sure how Preston had already learned to mimic Mom's smile for a picture, but there it is.
We have been procrastinating putting up our Christmas decorations. For some reason, it doesn't feel like Christmas time. I knew I would regret it if we didn't decorate so finally we put up the tree last night. Katelyn's already taken down more ornaments (sometimes the same one over and over again) then we've put up. We reconsidered our decorating plan and moved all ornaments to the upper third of the tree. This worked well for about 30 minutes until Katelyn realized she can climb up on the arm of the couch and get any ornament she wants.
Amidst protests from everyone else, Grandma fished Stephen's old drumset out of the toy closet so Katelyn could make some music. Everyone was finally dancing to the music in Katelyn's head, and it wasn't pretty. Dad was happy as a clam, and Katelyn couldn't figure out why the drumstick wouldn't double as a flute, no matter how hard she blew.
