Christmas memories

The short Christmas chronology picks up in 2002 with a picture of me and Opus. He looks so happy being made to wear some reindeer antlers (NOT!) This was in our little 2 bedroom house which was then on the outskirts of Glendale. A couple years later a picture of a little Christmas tree in the same house. On to 2005, having dinner at my brother Bret and his wife Janet's house. That is my late aunt Fern, she hated to have her picture taken, but was always a good sport about it. 2008, babies 1st Christmas at my parent's house. We had only been in Billings for about a month at this point. 2009 we didn't put too many ornaments on the bottom of the tree, and last year the ornaments that were within the reach of little hands were mainly plastic.  

 

2002

2004

2005

Zoie and Dad 2008

Girls and Mom 2008

2009

2010

Piano Duet

I know there isn't much here... I'll try and get some new pix up this week.

Halloween day

The last post should have been entitled "Halloween Weekend"... oh well. Halloween started of with, appropriately enough, a trip to the dentist!

Why did the guru refuse Novocaine when he went to his dentist?
He wanted to transcend dental medication.

It was the girls 1st trip to the dentist, just a routine checkup and gentle cleaning. They did really well and there were no major concerns for their teeth.

Audrey is ready for some X-Rays

Zoie, relaxing in the big chair.

Madison was checking out the equipment.

Sparkly teeth!

...and the best part, a PRIZE for being so good!

Then it was off to Trick or Treat at the YMCA, they had a little haunted hallway. Zoie would have run thru there about 50 times if we would have let her. Audrey was a little less enthusiastic about it, but still enjoyed it. For Madison, about twice thru was good enough for her.

Madison thought it looked like Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas.

Zoie didn't want Jack to hold her.

Audrey just though it was funny.

Decorations in the stairway at the YMCA.

The girls and "Whyatt" from Super Why, playing with the dancing/singing skeleton.

Finally the payoff, Trick or Treating with Erma, Dani and MacKenzie in their neighborhood. The girls (2 bees and 3 ladybugs) had fun going from house to house and all in all it was a pretty mild night... I remember more than once trick or treating in the snow.

Trick or Treat!

I thought all the little jack-o-lanterns were awesome.

what a fun night!