Back from the washing machine

Thursday through Friday I was in Washington D.C. for a middle school training session. The training was great and I called home every day. When I would call, Emma would answer the phone and ask how is was doing in "Washing Machine C." Of course she meant Washington D.C., but it was very funny. Her second question was if I saw Barrack Obama. After that she would drop the phone and run to play.

Move over Bob Ross

Emma got an easel today and started right into drawing. She had more fun trying to be part of an art show. Emma is showing us how to make a sunset. Apparently, Emma can only be creative when she is in her underwear. Before drawing, she had to take most of her clothes off. I bet Bob Ross never had to do that.

Disney On Ice

Emma went to Disney On Ice. She loved it. You can tell from the photo that the cotton candy made Emma very sticky. The cotton candy came with the flower hat she is wearing. Emma is now refusing to take the foam hat off.

The Good News

Yesterday and today has been spent cleaning up and fixing the broken pipe mess. The good news is that my port-barrel aged strong Belgian ale is fermenting like a champ. This baby will be coming to a glass \near you in May.

Know Your Enemy

This is a photo of what has been the our greatest pain in the rear during the last two days. With the temperatures being so freezing these last couple days, we had a water pipe break in our house. The water was contained and clean-up was done quickly. Now we are on to replacing the broken pipe and saying good-bye to our weekend. If you look closely to the right hand side of the pipe, you can see the bulge where the break happened.

Running

Emma's is trying to jump start her cross country career in our basement. At the end of the day, can any of us say we have this much energy? Enjoy the video.

Growling

Our only guess is that Emma learned this from watching her Uncle Ryan.

It Crackles!

This morning, Emma was eating her Rice Crispys as normal. Today she stopped and started listening to them. She then yelled out with joy, "They're crackling!"

Happy New Year

We hope everyone has a blessed and happy 2009. We had a great 2008 and appreciate all the time we were able to spend with family and friends.

Tonight we are celebrating the same way we did last year. We have some of our other "married with children" friends over. The kids tear apart the basement and the parents talk and play Rock Band. Yup, the members of this group have become pretty lame 30ish people, but we have fun together.

This photo if of Emma and her good friend Ella. Ella brother Kale is also in the photo. See you in 2009. This is the year of the Cubs!

Daddy/Daughter Day

Today was Daddy/Daughter Day. I took Emma to the toy store to get new blocks to replace her baby blocks. Then we went to Happy Joe's. Later we went to Jungle Bungle to let Emma play. We both had fun and now Kelley and I will be heading off to celebrate Kelley's birthday.

Christmas Slide Show

We've posted several Christmas photos on our blog. Here is a slide show of many of our photos. Sorry for the picture quality. These were taken from my phone. Enjoy.

Happy Birthday Kelley (Ryan too)

Christmas day was Kelley's thirtieth birthday. It was also her twin brother Ryan's birthday as well (funny how that works out). Since celebrating properly on Christmas day is difficult with this little known holiday called Christmas happening at the same time, we are going to go out Tuesday night. I'm going to take Kelley to the Bass Street Chop House. We are then going to either go to the new piano bar in Davenport or to a movie. Help us out here. If the piano bar is not open, what movie should we see? If there is nothing worth seeing right now, let us know that as well. We don't get out that much, so give us your ideas of what to do. Our two year-old has made us socially awkward. Please post your suggestions.