Huh?

Did we merger with the Baptists? Hostile takeover perhaps.... This is a huge sign that you see from the road, we got a good chuckle seeing it. The good news, both our relators knew where the temple was and thought it is really spectacular, they even went through the open house when it was built.

More Temple pics

St. Louis Missouri Temple

Dad Is worn out

Notice the dog at his feet.

Aubree and grandma

Playing in the yard

SMokey Bones today

Last hurrah with mom and dad

Eating out at ruby Tuesdays

Happy birthday aubree!

Aubree only picks pink. Such a girl!

Eggs

Getting ready for the hunt.

More fun

Aubree is getting into the action.

At the Easter egg hunt this morning.

Isabelle got her braces off this week. Pretty smile.

We are moving!!

Hey Everyone, I have official approval from the company to relocate my family from NY to Missouri. We have our house on the market:

http://links.mlslirealtor.com/PublicWeb/CL_CF.asp?link_no=5081273.HORI01&t=l

There is a good chance that we will have 3 or 4 offers on Monday, we have had over 30 people come see the house just this last week. We are planning on moving sometime in June when school is over but will move sooner if it helps sell the house. I have been and will be spending a majority of my time in our Missouri offices this year and next, we will have been in NY for 7 years come Nov and the timing is right to move on. My travel schedule is horrible at the moment, I have been home for 1 week this year so far (not counting weekends) and Heather is tired of doing my laundry week after week. As soon as we have the house in contract we will start looking in the Washington, MO area which is just 30 miles outside of Saint Louis.

So if you did not get a chance to visit us in New York over the past 6 years.... tick, tick, tick, the clock is ticking.

Into the clouds.

Very cool. Worth the wait.

Liftoff!

In Florida waiting for the space shuttle

Got a great view to see the shuttle go up tonight. I'm in town for a conference. It should launch in 30 min.

Eating at chilis today

We have had heavy rain all weekend. Spring must be comming soon.

Best part of the meal, dessert.

Living display at school

Isabelle is Harriet beecher stowe.

Primary activity today

They made pizza.

Family night with the Wii

Cont.

Happy MLK

We are celebrating the kids being out of school, so the girls picked me up for lunch at cheeburger cheeburger.

Aubree waiting

Aubree is waiting for isabelle to finish her cello lesson today.

Post Christmas, and a happy New Year

Post Christmas playtime. I told the girls that my favorite part of Christmas is the "melt-down" that invariably happens with Children and post Christmas blues. I even had my camera ready for the moment of tears and grumpy'ness, but the girls let me down this year... no tears, no fighting, nothing but smiles and happiness. Ah well, there is always next year. I can say that I really enjoyed getting some time off at the end of the year and spending it with the family, we all had a really good time playing, watching movies, eating, and hanging out around the house. For new years, we held a Pirates of the Carribbean marathon and almost missed the ball being dropped because we were so caught up in the last movie. Happy New Year everyone!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you had as good a time as we did at our home. Christmas time is not about "the presents", it is a holiday to celebrate the Savior's Birthday. For Christmas eve we watched the Nativity movie and celebrated the true meaning of Christmas.... Now that I have that out of the way, look at all the presents we got! Isabelle has a new Cello, an American Girl Doll, a new Nintendo DS and various other toys and items. Aubree got a new American Girl Baby Bitty Doll and some doll furnature to go along with it. Heather got a heart rate monitor watch and some kickboxing gloves (you won't see that stuff on my list, ha!). I got Guitar Hero for the Wii and a new electric razor. Nala got several squeekie toys.

Primary Christmas Activtiy

The December Primary Activity was "Breakfast with the Bishop". The primary children got to have an individual picture with the Bishop near a decorated tree and they made picture frames out of popcicle sticks with decorations. Everyone had a good time (except for the grinch who did not want to help setup... your's truly).

Mom making lasagna - by Isabelle

First snow of the season.

December is here!