Marley's Birthday Party

Marley had her 2nd birthday while we were in Idaho.  She is Susie's little girl.  Here are a few pictures from her party.  She is a funny kid!

Da Bears

On December 22, Dave and Gareth Smith (brother in law) went to Chicago to see the Bears play the Packers for Monday night football. They arrived Sunday night to frigid temperatures. They left the hotel early on Monday to walk the city and see the sites. The game was at 7PM, so they were out in the sub-zero temperatures all day. At kickoff, the temperature was 2 degrees with wind chill of -13. There were some crazy fans without shirts, but most were bundled up or drinking heavily. Chicago won in overtimie, and Dave and Gareth had a great time. They had to walk back to the hotel (2 miles) and got back to the hotel after 1AM. It made for a long day in the cold, but it was well worth it.

Family Pictures

Rachel took some pictures for us.  She is amazing!! These are only a few but I love how they turned out.  Dave is still with us, just not in any of these.  We will post some with dad!!

Battle Wounds

I know this looks bad, but he did it to himself.  He scratched his face and it would not stop bleeding.  He fell asleep so I put him down.  When I went in to get him it had run clear down his face.  It looks like there would be quite a scratch under all the blood, but it is a tiny, tiny scratch.  

Sleep Again!!

Brock is sleeping through the night!!  He is six weeks old and sleeping anywhere from eight to nine and a half hours at night.  This is the earliest I have had a child sleep through the night.  It is heaven and I hope it continues.  The only thing I can say is that the swaddle blanket my mother-in-law gave me gets the credit.  The very night we first used it he slept all night and ever since.  He now takes really good naps during the day!!  

Brock's Blessing

We blessed Brock today.  Dave gave him a wonderful blessing.  We had a lot of our family here and some great friends.  He isn't really happy in this picture, I was surprised he was so good during the blessing.

HALLOWEEN

Here are the kids in their Halloween costumes.  Aubrey was a pirate and Ali was a gypsy girl.  I didn't feel like dressing Brock up in a hot, uncomfortable costume this year.  They had a blast at the Trunk or Treat on thursday and then had fun handing out candy on friday.