Ice Storm

The night of the ice storm was pretty scary. We are still repairing the damage from the tree that fell into our house, so when the trees all around were cracking, falling, and hitting the house...it was a little nerve racking. When the sun came up and we started venturing out, everywhere we looked there were broken trees, downed power lines, and no lights on (even street lights and stores). We were lucky enough to get our power on in about 3-4 days, but many are still without power even now. We took the opportunity to go sledding one day. This was Laney's first time sledding, and she had a blast. Here are pictures of the sledding and the storm damage.

Play Time

Hadley has a new toy that she loves. Here she is sitting up and playing with it. It's fun to watch her giggle while she smacks and kicks it to make music and sticks her tounge out at the mirror. She has started to eat a lot more food now and loves a new snack she found at the William's house. They are called Mum Mums and are little surfboards made out of rice that dissolve...she loves those.

Play Dates Rule!

Habbey couldn't keep up with the other girls, we put her in a basket and she decided it was a great place to take a nap!

Syd & Laney loved Bowling at Arc

Taylor & Bayleigh enjoyed bowling too, Hadley mostly liked the sparkling lights....I think the parents all had a bit of a time keeping up with everyone, but we had a fun time.

Riley & Maddux came over to play, Riley put on her Jonas Brothers CD and ended up making a music video with Laney in dress up clothes.

Laney & Anna tucked in "togedur"

She's here!

Our very first niece/cousin is here. Caitlin Rose Alsman was born on 12/29, and is absolutley beautiful. She is healthy and strong and is doing very very well. For that matter, so are her parents (Grant & Jennie). We got to go see her in Chicago the first week end in January. We had a great visit. Laney had her first sonw day (she calls playing in the snow "snowing" and she loves it!). We didn't come prepared for the snow, so she is in a mixture of Aunt Lynette & Uncle Bill's clothes. It was too funny. She really loved making snow angels and knocking down the snow man. She also wanted to take a safari through the snow on the golf course. Caitlin seemed to like the girls, and Laney LOVED her. We can't wait to come back up in a few weeks to see her in February for Cailtin's baptism. Here are some photos of our trip...