buddies...snuggle and otherwise

These two spent MANY hours playing in the basement during Christmas vacation 2007, but this is a rare quiet moment of winding down after some hard playtime.

the next american idol!

a little nervous before the big moment...
he warms right up to microphone...
...and he takes a big bow!

play hard or pass out

The last thing I heard from them was they were going into Zack's room to play. When things got a little too quiet for my comfort, this is what I found...

COOTIES!

playing the cootie bug game...




showin' daddy how its done.
putting things all together...
"Look, I won!"

fun with the fridge

That's right...he can climb the fridge...
...which, of course, he thinks is HI-LARIOUS!
"What's that? You don't really want me to do that again?"
"yea, ok, sure...whatever you say"

sledding!

Zack worked his magic and got everyone down the hill at least once.

Christmas -- Round 2, WI

Waiting in the Atlanta airport, still thinking we'd be on a plane to Milwaukee...
And there goes one plane...not ours, obviously...
and another one is off without us...
FINALLY 2 days later, and by way of the wrong city, we made it to Appleton...
"Santa Zack" hands out the presents.

and the kid with his own pile of loot.
Once the presents are all opened, then the assembly process begins...
All tuckered out at the end of a long Christmas Day.

Christmas -- Round 1, VA

Rake 'em in!

Erik and Zack spent an afternoon raking leaves...




















...and then jumping in them!

Zack's First Christmas Pagaent

Zack and his class sang "Jingle Bells" and he's still walking around humming the tune.

optical illusion

How many turkeys do you see in this picture?

football season

Ready...set...HIKE!

he zigs....he zags...

...and they're down!