...and the NEXT TIME the roads are bad, don't get the camera out while you are driving, cowboy!
12 December 2009
Before the Party
Four adults worked to make our house look beautiful for the faculty party last week. Sean and I hung pictures and finished moving in, someone else occupied the children, while a fourth woman cleaned the house. The results were totally worth it. Sean thought we should probably take pictures for when we wanted to look at our clean house again....
Talking to Ineke on the phone before the party!
Breakfast with Santa
Laramie has an annual breakfast with Santa. Pancakes and bacon, arts and crafts, and the opportunity to sit on Santa's lap and speak with him about your material desires. Margaret the brave was pushed ahead to first by her brother, William the hesitant.
William was prepared, and braver this year, however! He presented Santa with an offering, his best artwork, and told Santa what he wanted. Come to find out, this child has been praying to Santa morning and night for a HORRIBLE present which I will not mention here because I don't want the in-law Santas getting it for him. It would seriously put me over the edge. (He wants a type of rodent.)
Even Eric sat on Santa's lap!
The children the worked very hard on a series of Christmas ornaments, most of which now adorn our tree. The parental favorite award goes to William's series of bright yellow snowmen. He just didn't understand why they made us giggle.
For Beeba, the Denver Zoo!
Andy and me, our husbands, and our FIVE children at the Denver zoo on the glorious day of her father's retirement from Tropical Discovery.
Things to do in Denver!
It was a beautiful warm day in Denver. We went down to visit Andy and Gabe and family Thanksgiving weekend. Andrea had the brilliant idea of bringing bikes so the kids could ride around. Now that we live in America and have a jumbo-mobile, we were easily able to pack an extra few bicycles in our spacious and luxurious trunk.
Margaret excelled on the tricycle - on the way out. For the way back, Sean had to rig up a trike-pull using his belt to drag her home.
Andy and Gabe live in this wonderland of things-to-do! At least, that's how it feels when you've been in Laramie, WY for a few months! Next stop was the butterfly pavillion. Which had more than just butterflies!
We've SEEN butterflies! Let's play with tarantulas!
And gigantic cockroaches!
Thanksgiving in the Wild West
This is what a Thanksgiving turkey in Wyoming looks like. Notice the bucking bronco brand.
We celebrated this year with a lovely family from Hamburg-via-Iowa.
And two men from Camaroon.
The lego-inventions keep getting more complicated.
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