waiting, and watching

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He did this after almost every ball he tossed (yeah, he kinda tossed them...perklunk, rollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll), stuck his hands in his pockets and watched. Took a long time for that ball to get down there too.

This shot looks good, but his final score was 10. The important thing is, he had a blast. I see more bowling in our future.

Patience

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She's waiting on her aunt who is going to take her for a ride on a four wheeler. I don't think I have seen her sit this still or be this quiet all Christmas season long. What a good girl.

Merry Christmas

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Wishing all of my friends and family and anyone who bothers to check out this humble little blog, a Very Merry Christmas. God bless y'all!

Star light, star bright

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I bought these really cool lights last year for the kids. I got around to hanging them last week. I'm not just lazy or anything, there were a lot of variables involved. They switched rooms this year and then there was the whole painting of the new room back in September. I still need to hang some stuff on the walls. I ran across these lights and had to go buy lightbulbs for them. They are so cool, the kids really like them. Now I want one in my room.

Incarnate Word College 2008 Light The Way

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Mom and I were on our way home from a party and I decided to stop at IWC to see the lights. It was a nice evening, humid, but comfortable. So I parked the car and we took a walk around the campus. Very pretty, they do this every year. The photos are less than great (if I had known I would be stopping I would have brought my tripod), but if you want to see more from our walk, click on the photo above and it will take you to the flickr album.

rolling the dice

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We played "scene-it" the movie edition at my niece's house this weekend. We get together every year to exchange gifts (not open, just exchange...it's more fun than mailing them). I loved this shot of my sister rolling the dice. Look closely, they haven't even landed yet.

the snowflake experiment

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I've wanted to do this since I saw "Elf" the first time. I did it once in the office at church and finally got up enough gumption to do it at home. I think it turned out well. We had a lot of fun all day cutting out the snowflakes.

Family ~ Santa pic 2008

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Here we all are, with our favorite Santa. Thank you Landers Photography(.com) for being the best deal in town. We have been going to the same mall to see the same Santa since the kids were babies. We love Landers Photography(.com).

Christmas in San Antonio

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Here is another shot from last night. It sure was cold out there, okay, cold for Texas. There were some people out and about, but most of the smart ones were inside somewhere warm.

The best shot

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I probably could have stood there for awhile longer and taken several different shots with different settings, but the natives (my family) were getting restless in the cold. This is probably the best shot SOOC (straight out of camera) that I got tonight. I'm happy enough with it. I'll start fiddling around with the others later.

"Lost in Space" marathon

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We are now on disc 3 of the first season of "Lost in Space" (thank you netflix!). So every evening after the kiddos get their jammies on, we watch an episode.

I can't believe I forgot how incredibly dorky this show was, but the kids like it, even though it is in black and white, and my daughter "hates black and white tv."

Just wait til I get them started on the Twilight Zone's. LOL!