Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Christmas is Coming

More pre-Christmas pictures, posing in front of our upstairs Christmas tree.











Getting Ready for Christmas

Here's a batch of pre-Christmas pictures, including the Collin and Hayley posing in front of the upstairs tree one in their holiday finest, Collin decorating the downstairs tree, and Hayley admiring our new carousel.













Christmas Cookies

It's Christmas time, which means Sherry makes lots and lots of Christmas cookies. Here are some shots of the gang decorating their cookies.









Big Snow

We got 7+ inches of snow last week, so the kids went out to play. It was a little too deep for them to walk around in, but they did get a ride on their new sled!











Friday, December 11, 2009

Collin and Hayley in November

Finally, some fun pictures of Collin and Hayley together.

Sitting under a tree in the front yard on a cold day, hats and all.


Playing on the slide on a slightly warmer day.


Dressed in aprons to help Grandma in the kitchen.


Playing in the pool at a hotel in Wisconsin over Thanksgiving.

Hayley in November

And now some pictures of Hayley from November.


Playing on the slide.


Pretending to be Grandma working in her office -- complete with glasses!


Playing on a tractor in Wisconsin.


Hello, camera!


Collin in November

Let's do some pictures of Collin from November.


Playing with his cars on the front porch.


A very goofy look...


Playing with his toy animals.


Helping Grandma cook.


Posing with a pig statue in Wisconsin.


Collin in front of one of his favorite things -- a really big tractor!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Thanksgiving 2009 (Part 3)

Our final batch of Thanksgiving pictures, from Mark & Steph's house:


Alec and Melanie.


Thanksgiving dinner, with Melanie, Dennis, and Ben.


A post-dinner nap, with the Hauser brothers and their grandpa.


Collin and Sneakers, sharing a moment in the sun.


Pat watching Hayley and Collin while the rest of us bowled.

Thanksgiving 2009 (Part 2)

More pictures from the Miller Thanksgiving:


Alec and Ben Hauser, Hayley, and Stephanie.


Stephanie and Collin.


Brother Mark deep frying the turkey.


The successful results, thanks to Mark and Steph.


Melanie, Sherry, and Collin snacking before dinner.

Thanksgiving 2009 (Part 1)


Mike, Sherry, Ben, Collin, and Hayley traveled to Milwaukee to celebrate Thanksgiving (and Melanie's birthday) with the Millers at Mark & Steph's house. Here's the first batch of pics:



Norm playing ball with Collin while Mike and Hayley watch.


Hayley getting friendly with Sneakers the cat.


Most of the Hauser clan: Alec, Dennis, and Melanie.


Happy birthday Melanie!


Collin helping Melanie open gifts, with Pat and Norm watching.