Pinewood Derby

Mason started out the night by receiving his Wolf merit badge.

Lining up for the pinewood derby.

Mason's car is the black one with flames on it.  He and Scott had fun working on it together.

Victory cheers!  (He didn't come in first overall, but he won this race!)

Basketball

We haven't been that great at posting pictures of Mason's basketball games.  Here are a couple from his latest game.  He loves the game....like father, like son!

Jewelry Making 101

A good friend of mine inspired me to do a little jewelry making.  She is so talented and creative and was nice enough to show me the ropes. Thanks, Brittany!  These are my first attempts.....not too bad!  =)

SNOW!!!

After being out of school all week except for a half a day on Thursday, we got hit (yet again) with another big snow storm.  The kids have had so much fun playing outside and Scott and I have logged around six cumulative hours of shoveling.  

We took Claire outside for her first "real" snow experience today.  To our surprise, she really enjoyed it! Maybe she was just happy to be out of the house for a change....

Scott was the master snow fort builder today.  He spent a good 2 or 3 hours on this masterpiece.  It's hard to tell, but our WHOLE family is inside....all 6 of us!

These pictures will give you a better idea of how tall it is.  We teased the boys and told them they'd be sleeping in it tonight.  A couple of them actually thought it would be fun.  Somehow, I have a feeling that would only last about 5 minutes.

Pigtails

Claire's hair is really getting out of control these days.  It's not long enough for me to really do anything with, but it IS long enough to look like a mullet.  I had a small moment of boredom the other day, so I decided to try out pigtails.  I obviously have very limited experience in this department.  She looked so funny that I just had to snap a few pictures.  I think we'll save the pigtails for a time when she has more hair.

She's also walking like crazy.  I haven't quite figured out how to upload video to our blog, so I guess snapshots will have to do for now.

Scott's Birthday

January is certainly a month of birthdays for us.  Mason, Scott, my mom, Scott's mom and my brother all have birthdays in January. There's nothing that relieves holiday stress more than January birthdays.  (Can you sense the sarcasm?)  We had fun celebrating as a family.  We went out to dinner and then had a giant cookie cake - Scott's favorite.

I was going to write, "Happy Birthday Scott" on his cookie, but then I found out that the girls at work made one for him too.  Not wanting to be outdone, I thought this saying was more fitting.  =)  I think I need a little practice with my frosting writing.

All of the kids were glued to Scott as he opened his presents after Sunday dinner.  It's always fun to celebrate with the whole family. There are now twenty-three of us when we all get together.  Crazy!

Family Resemblance

People are always saying how much Brady looks like Scott.  Well, a few months ago, we came across this picture of me as a kid and were astounded at how much it looked like Brady.  We even held it in front of him and asked him who it looked like.  His reply....."Me!"