The Ford F-150 Monster Truck

Its a good thing that we have an extra garage to park this vehicle in. Larson has been cracking us up with his driving skills: has mastered reverse and forward and has a mean 3 point turn already. We are giving him a week and then we will release a pin that lets him have a faster setting.

This is how it goes so far: Backpack that has a sleeping bag, flashlight, and waterbottle (Pat Pat and Papa got that for him for Christmas, has slept in it every night) hat on backwards, and the radio on. Then he is ready for action!

Christmas Day 2007

This Christmas seemed to be so stress free and relaxed. Not much more that you could ask for. I had 3 good weeks from Thanksgiving on where I just felt so much better and was able to get Christmas all ready and then just enjoy it.

Julia and Uncle Chris came and spent Christmas Eve with us. We loved having them here! We didn't have such a tradition Christmas Eve dinner but it is one that we love- Muffalatas and homemade fries, followed by Toms homemade crepes, YUM!!!! Those are in honor of his Mom who learned to make crepes when living in Paris. That was a tradition that they had in their home growing up.

The kids were pretty wild at this point but somehow we managed to sing Christmas songs, get out the treats for Santa, read the story of Jesus and the Night Before Christmas.

To our surprise, the kids were all snug in bed before we knew it!

Santa certainly made it to the Roberts house; Jordan loving her first official Ipod, Jackson's hand, arm and neck are already feeling the exertion of playing Play Station hour upon hour, and Larson goes out about every 30 minutes cruising in his Monster Truck.

We loved having Tom home for 5 days with us. Just lots of play time and consuming tons of food and treats. Buddy received not just one Digital camera but two! Tom surprised me with my Canon that I have wanted for the last year and Uncle Chris thought it would still be nice to have a small pocket camera for occasions. I felt very spoiled. Eveyone knows how much I love our pictures.

5 Days and Counting!

Larson is Ready for Christmas

Almost 4 years old- What could be better than Santa coming?

Larson has been so much fun this Christmas season. He loves all the decorations and especially making crafts at school. He is very ready for Santa to come. He has asked for one thing and one thing only- Ford -150 Monster Truck and he will add in - the color black. We ask him if he wants other things and he has the same response- Monster Truck. One time he must have been hungry because he told me that he wants Santa to bring him some French Fries!

Jackson in Quest

QUEST

(Quality Utilization and Enrichment of Students Talents)

Jackson presents his Alien Trash to the Quest class and parents

The kids were given specific guidelines and then had to create their own recycled alien. Jackson's group came up with a pollution eating Alien. The head was made out of a peanut butter jar and you cant see here but the back of it was not painted so you could see the filtration system. Jackson came up with the idea where he put toilet paper rolls inside and it cleaned the polluted air and then clean air would come out the top. This is a very typical creation of Jackson!

Happy 50th Anniversary to Mom and Dad

Destin, Florida Nov. 17th-25th, 2007

Charlene brought us all here to celebrate our Mom and Dads 50th Anniversary. Their actual date is this Friday, December 14th!

We are so thankful to have been a part of this celebration. This was our first trip to Destin and we loved the location. The sand and water was just like we were in Mexico. It was such a fun and relaxing week as we spent time as a family. The weather was really good the first part of the week so we had lots of beach time. We were so glad that Grandma Boyd could be with us. You know its not so easy to travel at 89. We got her out to eat and even made it to a movie!

There were so many highlights of the trip but most of all was the time that was spent with everyone.

We love you Mom and Dad and hope for many more years to come.

Thanksgiving in Destin

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