More Klondike photos and TJ's masterpiece

TJ snowshoeing - not as easy as one would think
TJ coaching Trevor during a skill event

Our house has hot water base board heat and I drew a picture of what I wanted and TJ was able to create this!!! So much better than the beautiful painted metal in designer 60's colors!!!

Klondike Derby or Insane Asylum??

With the Boy Scouts TJ, Trevor and Tom particpated in an "extreme" event. First, they created quincys ( a snow hut) and slept in them over night. I think the temp was 7!! The other boys and leaders had the sense to go into the scout masters after a few hours... The next morning they packed up and headed to the derby itself which consisted of a sled race and various tests of skill.

School doesn't have to be dull...

No children were harmed in the production of this project... It was papier mache masks this month. We are studying Africa and the boys were to make tribal masks. I will post a finished product when they are done. We had too much fun making them. Let's see, covering your brother's face with plastic wrap, shoving straws up his nose, covering him with slimy newspaper and lying on the dining room table - could an art project get any better?!?!

January 2007

Great Winter Fun???? The boys taught Tian how to use a squirt gun. Yes everyone and everthing is soaked. Usually she is so busy concentrating on moving fingers she doesn't realize she has hit you, but she does have incredible aim...




Here Tj and Trevor participate in their youth goup's annual ice cream sculpting contest - yes it is outside, yes it was FREEZING and yes and the kids go to ( had to) eat it when they were done

Christmas 2006

Ty's brothers managed to find the best gift of the season - a replacement BB gun for Ty. You'll have to ask him why he needed a replacement. It has something to do with trying to shoot a match out of the old one...no it didn't quite work like he imagined.










Tian, our little elf, got a kitchen set. Funny, how Mrs. Santa knew that Santa should have put this together before Christmas, but Santa insisted that the elves had somehow assembled it already ( I don't how he thought it was possible in that little box...) Santa did not leave WI until well after 2 am...He should really listen to the Mrs :o) hint, hint



Trevor finally go the electric guitar he had been pining away for. What was Santa thinking!!??? All he plays is Ozzy Osbourne's "Iron Man" over and over and over....( note the burnt orange cushions in the window seat - somehow Tom found a way to get me to stop talking about wanting a window seat and still feel like he won the battle )


TJ got his much longed for hip waders - we are hoping this is not a fashion statement...remind anyone of Steve Erckle??

The dolly- mama

Tian received a beautiful new dolly from her Aunt Nicole. In her red China dress she seems so sweet. We left the pictures out of "baby" being thrown at her brothers. Overall, she is a good littly mommy, but is very annoyed when we pretend the dolly is insisting to be held with Tian's trademark "up" demand.


Gotta love that carpet :)
Here Tian is enjoying "second breakfast" with big brother TJ. At this point in the morning she has already had breakfast with dad, her own, a taste of Trevor's and now has moved on to another victim.