Making cookies with grandma

Picking out the tree

Playing doctor

What has become of my garage?

Christmas Eve

Thank you Andi!

Nora's dollies are dressed to the nines!

Fun with the boys

Opening presents

A train whistle!

Ethan and Logan come to visit!

On Sunday we had some special visitors from Milwaukee! Nora and the boys had a great time playing together and watching Frosty the Snowman.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Little Helper

Grandpa has been staying with us for the past several weeks, helping out around the house while we get adjusted to life with two little ones. We decided to take on a rather ambitious project: renovate the 1970's-era bathroom in the "guest wing" and add a shower stall.

Nora has had lots of fun helping out with various stages of the project, from demolition, to painting, to installing a new faucet. In this picture, she's in the garage helping me to paint the new bathroom door.

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year everyone!


We arrived safe and sound in Seattle last night, shortly before the turn of the New Year in the Pacific time zone. The journey home took us a little over 18 hours, and we were all very happy to get some sleep. Our thanks go out to Grandpa and Grandma, who braved the 6-hour roundtrip through a snowstorm to get us to the airport on time!