Happy Birthday!

Jenny and I celebrated our birthdays together with the old neighborhood gang plus a few extras. Les braved the cold weather and manned the grill. We played some heated games of Apples to Apples and Battle of the Sexes.

Not pictured: James (left early) and Eva (asleep in her crib)

6 Month Portraits

Eva's 6 month portraits...courtesy of JCPenney.

Fun After Bathtime!

Other possible titles for this picture:

-Who needs toys when you've got toes?

-And my mom thinks SHE is the yoga queen in our house

-Baby Eva - Human Pretzel

-Another lefty: prefers to use left hand and left leg

6 months!

Eva celebrated her first half-year of life on Wednesday. She is such a delightful happy girl!

We can't get enough of her.

SNOW!

It sure took it's time getting here, but finally we have snow! We bundled Eva up this afternoon and took her for a spin around the yard in her penguin sled, a gift from Uncle Randy and Aunt Sue. A few more outings like this and she'll be ready to brave the mountains of Colorado!

A Day of "Wondrous W Words"

Welcoming winter into Wisconsin

Is such a wondrous sight

Light snow softly falling

Willingly made our day trip so bright

Whisking north to Wyttenbachs

and Wollersheim, there we be

Mom and Dad and Eva,

Our party numbered three

Lunch at the quaint Blue Spoon

we were told was an absolute must

Then we bought some meat and wine

And away back home with us!

-poem written with love by Mom and Dad

Ringing in the New Year

Happy New Year, 2007! Our family celebrated New Year's Eve with some of my friends from high school. Our wonderful "hosts with the most" put on a great party! Thanks Todd and Janna! We enjoyed great food and catching up with friends. Unfortunately, Eva got a little fussy so we called it a night before the real party got going.

Les and I continued our celebration at home, on the couch, in our pajamas.

Photo courtesy of Brandee and Scott. As usual, I managed to lose/forget my camera so I don't have access to my pictures.