My beautiful wife has been to busy to post anything but she will me back soon.
-Daddy
(Another post from Daddy)
So yesterday we finally got outside. After the boys took a bath and everyone crawled out of bed, all of us headed out to the Marin Headlands and Sausalito. The scenery was great and the company was wonderful. After walking around the headlands and taking tons of pics, we made our way to Sausalito and had some fish and chips and Starbucks. Yum. We ended our evening with some socializing and two rounds of Last Word.
Bath Time
Katie looks like a little lady.
Dave Elisha Evelyn
Jon Jess Jameson
Papa and Gramma G
Daddy Jack Katie Mommy
JP
The whole gang
Daddy was the photographer
(A post from Matt)
The southern California crew finally made it up to Pittsburg for Christmas, 5 days late. It has been great being with everyone. My brother even joined us. We celebrated Christmas yesterday morning with the adults and this morning with the kiddos. Mary and Stu and Josh, Angie, Caleb, and Abby joined us for New Year’s dinner. The Annual Year In Review is on hold for a few weeks so we played a modified pictionary/charades game. Some of us stayed up late enough to bring in 2009. Enjoy the pics!
Little Drummer Boy and Cousin Evelyn
Uncles Dave and Jon lead worship
I don't know why these are sideways, but Aunt Jess loves her 4 tier display. She enjoys hosting and planning parties.
Gwen gets a gift from Evie.
Somebody's going shooting with Uncle Dave.
A drying rack!!!
Aunt Jess got Dave Deception by Randy Alcorn
What made it funny is that Uncle Dave had just given Daddy the same book!
Uncle Jon bought Aunt Lish some pretty shirts.
It's a given every Christmas, Papa always gets us a keychain light.
Gram and Papa Stu loved holding the girls!
A photo session
Jon, Jess, Jameson
Uncle JP.
Dave and Elisha
Gram and Papa Stu
Mommy and Daddy
Josh, Angie, and Caleb
Gramma G and Papa
Ringing in the 2009 playing Last Word
Curious George
Monkey Boy
Poetry for Katie Joy and Evelyn.
Aunt Lish and Uncle Dave bought Jackster some BIG coloring pages.
I just had to take a quick break to share this moment in our life.
Jack has been having some funny nap times lately. I don’t know if he’s growing out of the nap phase of life or what . . . I sure sure sure hope not!! Anyways, yesterday, I put him down at his usual time, but for THREE hours I heard him talking and playing in his room. Several times I went in to put him back in his bed, and several times I walked in to find that he’d just brought his toys up into his bed with him. What’s a mother to do? Hard to complain about a kid that’s playing quietly by himself for so long, right? He was content and so was I because I was still getting the time I need in the afternoon to get things done. Well, when I finally went back in to check on him later, he was sleeping, but I found his Toy Story book in a shredded pile on his bed. Sad, huh? I guess the innocent playing wasn’t quite so innocent after all.
Then today . . . repeat of yesterday. I heard him playing in his room for awhile. But after about an hour, it was mysteriously quiet behind his bedroom door. I peeked in and found this . . .
I guess he got tired of drawing.
And just so I don’t leave out my cute Katie Bug . . . here’s a picture of the outfit she wore to church on Sunday. If you’re from the Larsen family, you should recognize it. If it gets passed on to a few more little girls, it will become a family heirloom I think. Thanks, Allison, for sharing it with all your little cousins!
I’ve been meaning to post this CHEATER Thanksgiving post for awhile now. We had a lovely Thanksgiving up in Grass Valley with lots (BUT NOT ALL) of the people we love. I was going to include a list of all the things I’m thankful for but it’s too long and I’m low on time. Instead, I refer to “our verse” that the Millett family has always loved.
Psalm 84:11 “No good thing does He withold from those who walk uprightly.”
We are thankful for another year FULL of good things. Praise the Lord!
Click here to see some pictures from our Thanksgiving Weekend.
