Let the Good Times Roll

Take a look back at some of the highlights from 2007. First up, our annual Easter model pose.

Kait's friend, Kerith, came down for a visit in MayB-boy graduated from high school!
Camping trip at the end of May.

The only reason Matt Damon was voted 2007 Sexiest Man Alive is because People magazine hasn't met this guy... Dad, you'll get 'em next year.
Our beach trip in August.Ben moved into college and back out in one semester!Showers, showers and more showers that led up to............The wedding in OctoberOur model pose lives on.

What's gonna happen in '08??

Christmas 2007

If you called us on Christmas.. you would've gotten a friendly greeting The 4 of us waiting for Wes and Sara to arrive

After brunch it was time for the dumping of the stockingsBen got the best stocking stuffer this year. The Poo-Lar Bear. He poos jellybeans. Classic.Do you see Mom in the background using the 3-D glasses to look at the tree? The lights turn into either snowmen and snowflakes. Thanks Crackerbarrel.Sara's first Christmas with the fam.SANTA DID GOOD THIS YEAR! Kait got a 2 man kayak.Ben can perfect his game with his new clubs.Anna is going to see Annie!This tank top can only be worn until Dad leaves his job as interim pastor.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve with the Parker side of the family. Here's car #1, happy before hitting the road. Little did they know they'd be jamming to the hippie band, The Allman Brothers, the whole way. Driver for car #2. She would've worn them the whole way, but she couldn't see all that great with them on.

Happy Anna.. and this was BEFORE Aunt Martha gave her the big talk about why Anna shouldn't get her nose pierced. Opening presents!
Gran with 3 of her 4 children. Ron, Martha and Chuck. We were just missing Mike!

Extreme (Gingerbread) Home Makeover

We decorated gingerbread houses tonight. There were two teams.. team "Why'd you do that?!" and team "Excellence" Looks like Big Pops was cleaning his glasses to make sure he could compete in top shape. Team Why'd you do that?! was off to a quick start

Team excellence took the slow and steady routeThey hit a rough patch when their house fell apart. Dad was trying to hold it together.Going, going...GONEPops looked full of Christmas cheer, but don't let the hat fool you- he (along with Ben) left halfway through. They couldn't handle the pressure. Or maybe the santa hat cut off the circulation to Dad's fat head and he had to go take it easy.Thanks to Mom's work behind the scenes, team Why'd you do that?! finished their houseTeam excellence and their houseThis is a shot of the other team's house, but it wasn't finished yet. Mom went on to spruce it up even more.

A Bunch of Wannabe's

Rocky wannabe.. we wish Anna had been boxing, would've made for a better story, but she's just hurtin from getting her wisdom teeth out. Beauty Queen wannabeUltimate Fighting wannabesTwin wannabesNot a wannabe, just a pretty sunset in the backyard

Thursday

Last night was Anna's (super-long-felt-like-it-would-never-end) chorus concert. Ben is home for good. Here are the guys listening to Grateful Dead songs

We haven't had our new microwave for even a year and it's broken! Now you have to hold the button down to heat things up. Popping popcorn just got a whole lot harder.

Burn, Baby, Burn

Anybody want some sugar cookies? Kait was baking cookies, but got sucked into watching the TV show "Kitchen Nightmares" (How appropriate!) with Mom. It was a good thing Anna came downstairs. The kitchen was smoked full of smoke and we had all the doors and windows open. Anna put the cookies on the back porch to help them cool off. OOPS!

The Great Debate

Hunting for the perfect Christmas tree has always been a big deal. We each look around for a good tree and if we find one we call everyone together to vote on it. There has to be almost 100% agreement on the tree in order for it to pass. Most of the time a few people get so bored with looking at trees they'll agree to anything.

How 'bout this one?Maybe THIS was the year to go for the Charlie Brown tree?The winner!It took a good while to get all of the strands of lights to work. At the beginning we didn't have a single strand that lit up all the way.The life of the partyOur 2007 Christmas tree! We've gotta admit, we've seen better years, but Mom said this tree needed loving. It's kind of like those ugly dogs at the pound. Every dog needs a home.Maybe we'll go for the 9 footer next year?