Saturday, January 16, 2010

Pics of the Ahals













The fall pictures were taken by me on Halloween 09. The Christmas pictures of the girls were taken by Matt and Lacy.


Friday, January 15, 2010

Bad Blogger

I can't believe I haven't posted since 11/8! The time has flown by so fast. Where did Christmas go? We had a great Christmas. It was strange on Christmas day, however, as the only kid we shared it with was Seth. He couldn't get to his mom's so we all took food over to Grandpa Lavelle's and spent the day with him. We went to Matt and Lacy's over New Year's and stayed a few days. We had a great time. Our Christmas was the Sunday after New Year's Day. We enjoyed the girls opening their presents.

We moved to a new location at work. We chose the worst week to move...last week when the wind chills were 20-30 below zero! Our office is wonderful. We each have our own office and desk now. There are two large conference rooms where we can have socials for our consumers. We now have a reception room when people walk in which is nice. Right now, we are in the process of painting the office some warm taupes and browns with red and black accents.

Lainey is walking now. She is a busy body! Leena loves the scooter we got her for Christmas. She is doing well in school and is reading above her level. I am trying to get her to read the "Little House on the Prairie" series. I just finished the series. I have been reading them since the 3rd grade! I think my favorite is, "The Long Winter". Leena loves to scrap with Grammie so I hope to get her soon and work on pages.

Phillip just turned the big 5-0. He has been swamped lately with fires and car wrecks. We hardly see him.

Mom and Dad are in Texas. We miss them a lot. They were unhappy with the weather they have been having down there...30 degrees. Please! I had no sympathy for them!

We got to spend some extra time with Davin as he was stranded with us a few days. We loved having him. Hope we didn't bore you too much, Davin.

Lacy is busy working part time as a floral designer at Hy-Vee. Matt is always busy with his work as a deputy.

Seth is doing well living with some buddies. Collin and Tanner are busy with school. They are loving the days off though.

Well, that is all for now. I will try to post some pics later. Until then!