Welcome to The Family MOOSE!

/

We bit the bullet and got a DOG. Brian loves labs and we had a yellow lab and a jack russell when we got married - both who died when the girls were little. So it was time for a dog in the family as much as we tried to avoid it! Brian's Uncle John has had three great labs from a breeder in Chino, CA so we waited for one to be available and got an 8-week old little bundle of a chocolate lab named MOOSE. He's pretty mellow so far, but like a newborn baby - he might wake up soon!


as if it weren't already - this circus just got even crazier!

Maisie's Guitar Lesson

/

Maisie really wanted to sing and play the guitar for the Christmas Eve Family Talent Show - so she had a little lesson a few days before Christmas. It was so cute :) The teacher (A friend of Martin's at Red Racer) asked what song she wanted to sing and she said "Hallelujah" - he's like "oh, an easy one!" (not :) But she got enough confidence to play a few chords.. or something resembling chords :)

Winter Lodge Skating

/

Friday night we all went to a really fun family holiday party at The Winter Lodge. The girls were pretty proud to show off their ice skating skills to their friends! Francie and Maisie were skating circles around the ice and JJ put skates on for the first time (yes my back is killing me from holding her up to go around and around) and Tess sat in a stroller we borrowed on the ice!

ummmm... has anyone else noticed this new feature on Picasa? I just uploaded my iphone pics and they put SNOW on this photo? How did they do that?! (and no it wasn't really snowing here!)

Dad stayed on dry land and held down the fort with the non skaters (usually JJ)

Pushing baby sis

Tess was like hte bell of the ball, everyone wanted a turn to push her! (and sorry to the people who we borrowed the stroller from, I think we overstayed our borrowing welcome :)

Tailgating

/

We ventured out with all four to Marty's Conway family tailgate for the Big Game this year - lots of fun! We gave away our tickets and stayed out where the girls were running around and eating hot dogs and Mom and Dad could have a couple beers without the crowds. Fun day Thanks Conways!

yes this cooler was electric. we need one.

Ergo nap

and then crazy dinner at Bumble that night with the Edwards clan!