Beginnings (Xmas 2007)

This blog post is so long in coming, so I'll keep the comments short and rely on the pictures to convey the happy times we spent back home with Gramma, Grampa, Auntie Ellen, Cousin Gretchen and a number of the members of our beloved extended family and friends. It was, indeed, a happy time all around, and a cold and snowy one, to boot. We arrived at O'Hare in the middle of a blizzard. The boys first saw the, "SNOW! (MOMMY! LOOK!)" and then their "GRAMMA! GRAMPA! (WE ARE HE-E-E-RE!)" and then they settled into sleep in the car as we adults bit our nails and blocked out as best we could the ever-increasing numbers of cars and semis in the ditches along I-80. But then, we were HOME! and the fun could begin...


Below: All but the sleeping boys participate in the Xmas decorating, each in their own way - heh! heh!