Saturday, December 25, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Capitol Christmas
Every year since Hoffbeast and I were first dating, with few exceptions, we have gone down to State Street around Christmas and visited the State Capitol--or at least tried to. It's tradition! Today was supposed to be the day, but our efforts were foiled by the fact that our happy little fleet was asleep...every last one of 'em. So it's just a picture of the Daddy and me this year. Each year, we have tried to take a picture in a different spot of the building...I just know that I'm missing a couple of pictures somewhere, as I remember one in front of the Liberty Bell replica and another from outside by a statue. And then there are the before-digital pics, including the one taken in post-9/11 2001 with the security guard who wouldn't let us take our cheese (that we had bought as a gift for someone) in with us because it was in a long box. I guess it sort of looked like a rifle could have been stored in there? A lookback at a number of the last few years...
2002--in the State Supreme Court chambers
2003--at the base of the "Holiday Tree" (That's what it's called here in progressive Wisconsin.)
2005--just outside the building and facing State Street
2006--on one of the rotunda balconies
2009--again on a balcony...by 3 kids, I guess we'd lost our creativity
2010--It's a beautiful State Capitol building, and we love visiting each year. Next year, Lord willing, we will have Baby J in the picture with us!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Brother Love!
First a silly, then a serious.
From the moment they met, these two have been friends. What a blessing my wonderful, energetic, crazy, fun boys are to me!
The Christmas Photo Shoot
The countdown is definitely on, people. Merry Christmas to all of you!
Our Christmas is going down in a very…unexpected way. Because of our boiler baking out on us about 2 weeks ago, we have been displaced and have been staying with our good friend, Tim and Andrea. We are soooo thankful for them, to say the least. Good times are being had by the families two, and we are grateful.
Tomorrow, we head to Madison, where we will visit with hoffbeast’s family. Wednesday is his birthday, so we usually do Christmas with his family then. Said boiler bake has thrown off Christmas shopping to the point where…let’s just say that we have a good deal of shopping yet to do.
If you’ve read this far, it appears that you are here to stay. It’ll take me awhile to get my footing here at our new blog home, but I am confident that with time, I’ll get used to it. Five years just seemed like enough time for our everything to be out there in blog land. I realize that the old site is still accessible, but at some point in the future, I will take it down.
For now, welcome. Sit back and enjoy the ride….walking with Him is always an adventure, so here goes!
