Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Family Pics!



Christmas Eve/Day


Spencer and Grant in their long-awaited new robes made by Oma. And what a saga -- it involved driving her sewing machine to Wytheville for repair and finishing with a loaner! They are warm and awesome and the kids have not taken them off!



 Robert, Elisabeth, and Greg


 Tom, Karen, George, Therese/Oma


Christmas morning - 6 am!! Here come the Ewoks!


Spencer thought it would be nice to give the kitties milk. It did NOT agree with Hannah :-(


Spencer's gift to Grant - his expression was PRICELESS! (I missed getting that moment on camera). I try not to think of all the chemicals and preservatives in this. 


I enjoyed my day doing a puzzle!


Trixie on her new dog bed prior to being displaced.

Cats checking out the new scratching post/hideaway

We knew it would happen...Saki on the dog bed. Very happy Saki. With her favorite ornament from the tree, a little burlap tree.


Gingerbread house


Grant and Spencer did some pixel art on the gingerbread house - Mario, Kirby, and Link of video game fame!





Sunday, December 22, 2013

Christmas Tree!





Fall music


Both kids had fall music concerts - Spencer with his youth Orchestra and Grant with the Blacksburg Middle School Band.




The first six songs are from Spencer's fall concert. I unfortunately do not have Grant's so I'll have to film him in the spring.

Thanksgiving in PA

Thanksgiving in Pittsburgh with the grandparents, Kristen and Kendall. Quick trip with a visit to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and a lot of Monopoly playing!








Pets

Robert can't nap without help from Trixie and Hannah

 Hannah and Saki
Saki and Trixie