Potatoes anyone?

For my birthday lunch, Joe had the brilliant idea of having a baked potato bar. Each person chose a baked potato (or 2) and then chose the toppings they preferred. We had everything you could imagine -- Velveeta cheese, broccoli, chili, salsa, black olives, onions, green peppers, bacon bits, shredded cheddar, ranch dressing, and of course the good ol' butter, salt and pepper. It was absolutely delicous and very filling!

Check out our heaping mound of potatoes! --->

World's Greatest In-Law's

I love laughing with my in-law's. They are some of the coolest people I know. Let me share some of the more funny moments recently....

Excerpt from Melissa's hyperness:

"I'm a rebabeble"
"What's a rebabeble?"
"A rebel with a Bible!"
*bursts of giggles*


"They're making baked potatoes" - Lindsay
"I don't like pickled anything!!" - Mark

how he got "pickled" we'll never know...


After accidentally flicking her eye with her hand of cards, Melissa exclaimed:

"Oh no! I'm ball-less!"
(in reference to her eye of course...)


--I'm so glad we can all laugh together!!--

New Year's Bocce

Last night my husband and I joined family and friends to welcome in the new year. We did many of the normal festivities that take place on New Year's Eve, such as eating, playing games, laughing, eating, talking, tickling, eating, lounging, and did I mention eating?? Anywho, one of the more unusual things that we did to welcome in the new year was play snow bocce ball. What is snow bocce ball, you ask? Well...it's playing bocce ball in the snow. And it's even more fun when it's sub-zero temperature outside. And you don't have a scarf or warm winter boats. Or a second layer. Br. 'Nuff said. Anywho, here's some pics of our snow bocce ball! Enjoy!

Pre-Bocce Ball Playing

Naomi admires her blue "circles" ball

Elaine gets ready for her first throw!

Oops....we lost a ball in the snow mountain! I guess that's
the problem with playing bocce ball in the snow...when it's dark... :-D

The New Year's Eve Bocce Ball Players!
(I have absolutely no idea what Joe and Eric are doing!)

Some serious bocce ball pondering...who's the closest to the green ball?
and which ball IS the green ball?? :)

Can anyone explain this??

Today, as we walked into our house after spending the afternoon at a family get together, we noticed something unusual on our shed roof. Any ideas on why the snow fell off the middle and not the ends?? :)

Little Soldier of the Lord

For Christmas this year, my husband and I gave our almost 3 year old nephew an armor dress up set. More specifically, an Armor of the Lord dress up set!! Check out his cute fierceness!!

Brandishing his Sword of the Spirit!

Big smiles!

He knows how to protect his face with his
helmet of salvation!!


Check out his fierce warrior look!!