It doesn't LOOK like we're not feeding her enough, but she'd like to prove otherwise!

Yes those are raw, and yes that sour cream container came from the trash!

YUCK!

Christmas Presents

Benjamin poses with gifts from Great Grandma and Grandad Sapp. Each of the kids got a set.

Benjamin sports a cowboy hat from Grandma and Grandpa Osborne.

Opening the presents from Great Grandma and Grandad Sapp.

Shelly shows off her new ski jacket from Grandma and Grandpa Osborne.

Cowboys and Trains. Life is Good.

Ditto.

The little buck-a-roos.

Benjamin opens the cowboy hats.

Megan loves her horsey from Grandma and Grandpa Osborne.

Opening her present

Megan wakes up and gets to open her first Christmas present.

Megan just waking up to join the fun.

Benjamin enjoys making Playdough "snakes" with the toy he got from Grandpa Nyberg and Ciara.

Jeffrey plays with his new spelling machine from Grandma and Grandpa Osborne. See the funny video of Ben arguing with it about the pronunciation of "Z" below.

Ben loves his playdough.

Brian sports some of his awesome gifts: a leather jacket and some styling gel from Shelly, and Les Miserables from Grandma Osborne.

Jeffrey gets into water colors on Christmas morning. This was one of his stocking stuffers.

Shelly helps Ben open a present from Grandma and Grandpa Osborne. It was a workbook for tracing lines that should really help him improve on those fine motor skills.

Christmas morning before the chaos began.

PS: There were many more wonderful presents that couldn't all be mentioned here. These are just the pictures we took. Thank you all for your wondeful gifts.

American Coyboy vs. Canadian Spelling Machine

Thought you'd all enjoy this video of Benjamin arguing with the spelling machine about the proper pronounciation of the letter "Z". The machine was calling it "Zed"; it must have been Canadian eh?

Snow Day

As most of you probably know, the East coast got loads of snow dumped on it recently. For us, the timing was great since I had just finished my last exam for OB/GYN on Friday (which went great, by the way) and it was our first day of winter vacation together. We hope you enjoy the pictures from our day of snow sledding at our friends, the Egbert's, house.

Daddy, Jeffrey, and Megan get ready to sled down the hill together.

Daddy tries to bring 2 sleds and 3 kids back up the hill. He ended up needing Mommy's help.

Jeffrey makes a new friend, Brianna

Mommy is cold, but still cheers us on.

Daddy and Jeffrey prepare to embark on a sledding adventure.

Ben and Daddy marching back up the hill for another round.

Megan stays warm with her Daddy.

Megan flashes her famous cutie-pie smile in the snowsuit Grandma Osborne got her for her birthday last month.

Ben loves throwing snow balls. This one's got your name written all over it!

Indoor sledding

Benjamin and Jeffrey have invented a new Olympic sport: Indoor Sledding. Ben gets in the inflatable sled at the top of the stairs and Jeffrey pushes him off the edge and laughs hysterically as his brother goes careening down at breakneck speeds. Warning: do not try this at home.

It’s Family Picture Time Again

My friend Brandi Davidson took this amazing photo! I can't believe how good she is, we literally got our best pictures with MAYBE 10 minutes total of snapping photos (not including our 1 location change). Check out her website. http://www.brandilyndavidsonphotography.com

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Happy 1st Birthday Megan!

Can YOU guess who Brian was for Halloween this year?

More fun pictures

Benjamin and Jeffrey get out in the garden with their new little shovel and hoe. They're helping Mommy dig a spot for planting onion bulbs.

Heave ho boys. Put your backs into it!

Mommy shows off her new short hair cut.

Benjamin and Jeffrey love wearing their mommy and daddy's hats for snack time.

Pirate Party I

Last night we babysat for our medical school friends, Stuart Winkler and Erin Loggins (soon to be Winkler; congrats!). Their son Noah is 5 years old and Ben and Jeffrey had a GREAT time following him around the house. They were all dressed in pirate garb, complete with swords, hats and eye patches. Then Shelly got the idea for me to draw them a treasure map. They were so excited to follow the map that she printed out little pictures of things from the map like "The Palm Tree Forest", "The Scary Cave", "Dead Man's Cove", "The Sunken Ship", and "Buried Treasure" with X marking the spot. We scattered them all over the house and the boys followed the map on their pirate adventure, finishing up at the bottom of the stairs that lead into our basement where the treausre was "buried". They had so much fun, they did it over and over again. Even today, Ben is still tracing his steps to find the treasure with Jeffrey bringing up the lead. Here are some photos from their swashbuckling journey. I'll give you one guess what these boys will be going as for Halloween this year...

Stuart and Erin Ben shows off his pirate outfit while Mommy gets Megan into her monkey costume.

Megan is a cute little monkey.

Benjamin the pirate puts on his war face.

A Pirate Party II

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Ahoy, maties! First mate Jeffrey leads the way with Captains Noah and Benjamin behind.
The daring pirate duos have discovered the hidden treasure at the bottom of the stairs. Arggh!

Let's count the booty!

The super-secret treasure map they followed.

Megan is not one to miss out on the action. She is armed and dangerous.