Masquerade ball.

Krys and Kryssie went to their 1st masquerade ball. It was held at a friends house in Bigfork and they all had a great time. Dancing, hanging out with friends & snacks...a fun way to spend a Friday night.

Starting 2010 off with a "BANG"

We celebrated the passing of 2009 and welcomed 2010 and the new decade "Montana style" with a bang. We spent the evening with our friends, Mike and Sylvia Yap, at their house in Whitefish, MT- as the countdown to midnight ended at "0" a bunch of fireworks were lit off- this video is only a small glimpse of what we enjoyed. The evening was filled with a lot of food, sparkling cider, great conversation and a bunch of laughter- the PS3 had a lot of use that night-Krys & Brandon shot enough zombies to last a lifetime and David and Mike,along with the girls honed their music skills playing "Band Hero" & "Beatles Rock Band"- as the kids watched the animated movie "9" the night ended around 1:30pm. May God Bless you all.

Our "crazy" Christmas, 2009

Christmas 2009 seemed to come oh so fast. Rachel working the overnight shift at Target and I spent the first 2 weeks of December back in CT training for my job. With the business of this time of year the month of December seems to come and go by with the blink of an eye. Krystian and Krysteene were a big help and wrapped a lot of the presents. Since moving to Montana each Christmas seems to be different and we have not started any "new" Christmas traditions....some of our friends go out for Chinese food" on Christmas Eve while others stay in and eat buffalo wings and watch a movie "Christmas Vacation"...but no matter how busy we are or how hectic the days can become we need to keep Jesus Christ at the center of all we do. While we enjoy the presents, the food, the music and time with family and friends we need to remember to keep Jesus Christ at the center of it all and that when He was born in the MANGER He was already moving towards the CROSS. Merry Christmas!

Happy 15th Birthday Krysteene.

Krysteene celebrated her 15th Birthday, which is also Christmas Eve. We went to a family service at freshlife church and then she helped out in the kids ministry by playing with the 2yr olds. Not the way most 15yr olds spend their birthday but she seemed to be enjoying herself.

Snow angels.

We got our fist significant amount of snowfall for the year. It started to snow Saturday morning and didn't really stop until Sunday morning. It is expected to snow, off and on, until 5am Monday morning. As Krystian and I shoveled the snow from the driveway and sidewalks Kenneth and Kyersten took advantage of the time outside to make a few snow angels. The average temp this weekend was around 10 degrees but that didn't seem to slow us down. Now it's time for hot coco and possibly a hot bowl of soup for dinner...just what a body needs to warm up after being out in the cold.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well another Thanksgiving Day has come and gone....the day started out early eating bagels with the kids and ended with a stuffed tummy. All of the kids have a specialty dish they like to prepare and that makes it alot easier and it is fun to have them help out. Kenneth is our Jello man, Kyersten likes to make a baked pineapple dish, Krysteene does the sweet potatoes and Krystian takes care of the green bean casserol and mashed potatoes. As always there is more food than what we can eat, but that is OK...turkey sandwiches for the next few days!

Kenneth lost his first tooth!!!

On Tuesday 11/24/09 just before bedtime Kenneth lost his first tooth...with a some help from me...one little "pop" and out it came. He is looking forward to see what the toothfairy will drop off over night.