Sea Spider Legs

This is Rachel and Courtney's first attempt at eating crab legs.  It was messy and they found it hysterical.  I found it gross.

Carrot and Celery Sandwiches!

These kids of mine eat up all the fruits and veggies in the house at an astounding rate.  Bananas are a particularly hot commodity.  Tonight the popular item was the Carrot and Celery sandwich a la Sarah.  These must be Kari's kids.  I guess I'll follow their good lead and eat some carrots, too.

They did such a good job on her...

...(she said she) looks life-like.  (As she posed for this picture) Surgery went well, but they didn't do what they thought they were going to do.  It became exploratory surgery with possible plans for a future hysterectomy.

A snow event that deserves the name.

I love a good sticky snow.

The trees look so pretty that way!

Hanging on to autumn bike rides and then...

winter sneaks up and snows on your (bike) ride.

Going Swimming!

My dad wasn't up to traveling from Rochester to Marion

and then back again in a single day, so he got a room...

with a pool!  We all thought it was an excellent idea.

Kid's Pic after Church

Kymana has been with our family most of this school semester.

She fits right in and is in Rachel's class at Lakeview.

I've always been partial to trophies... and good friends.

The best kind of friendships always take right back up where you left them.

We feasted at the greatest BBQ joint on Denver Bierman's recommendation.

We caught up with him and his family in Nashville

on our way to the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta.

This was from our final meal at the Catalyst Conference.

Since the event was over we could actually get more than 1/4 mile from our seats.

It was great to be with a current staff teammate, Anton Folz, 

and a former staff teammate, Chad McDonald.