New Year's Interviews

Claire 4.5 years old
Favorite Color: pink
Favorite Animal: giraffe
Favorite Toy: Duplos
Favorite Food: lasagna
What do you do all day? lay around and then go play with Tinker toys and then Duplos.
What does dad do all day? He does work here--payroll. He drives around places
What does mom do all day? play with Soren and feed him

"I like that when I'm sick I get to watch shows."





William 6.5 years old
Favorite Color:blue
Favorite Animal: black jaguar
Favorite Toy: play with the dog
Favorite Food: macaroni and cheese
What do you do all day? play and have fun with gorilla gym and Soren
What does dad do all day? does work--payroll
What does mom do all day? make stuff and have fun with us

"I really liked Halloween and Christmas last year because of the candy and presents."



 

Ruth 8 years old
Favorite Color: red
Favorite Animal: tabby cat
Favorite Toy: colored pencils
Favorite Food: grilled cheese
What do you do all day? play on the gorilla gym
What does dad do all day? work--invoices
What does mom do all day? play with us

 "This year is going to be really fun because I have rock climbing, new classes and lots of friends!"

Christmas

 Christmas (Eve) Eve Vietnamese, Will can hardly stand how amazing his food is!

 We opened presents at Paula and Asa's house and enjoyed a long weekend hanging out with Brian and Tia's family.

 After spending two days eating some of the most amazing food I've ever had, we decided to drag everybody out into the wind for a Christmas hike. It was gorgeous...and freezing.

We all spent a lot of time playing with our new toys and enjoying each other's company

Tuesday Ruth got to fulfill one of her Christmas presents...to get her ears pierced. She was so excited and nervous that she squeezed Will's hand so hard he refused to continue to help. Her little ears look so cute with sparkly hearts in them.

Ruthie's Christmas Photies

 This beautiful girl was cursed with my un-photogenic genes. She and I get so awkward in front of cameras! Luckily, with lots of blurry pictures and brother and sister to make her laugh, we got some good ones!

William's Christmas Photos

William is such a nut. It took a little convincing to get him to be willing to take pictures (that must be a boy thing). But finally he gave in and showed us his natural charm and handsome smile.

This was his favorite picture

Claire's Christmas Pics

Some of them are kinda blurry but I love how well they capture her personality. She's quite a fireball, always full of energy and on the extreme ends of happiness or misery.

Random pictures

 While Ruth is rock climbing and Claire is in gymnastics, Will and I take silly pictures

I ran my last 5k of the year, sort of...I showed up to the race. But the sun was setting, it was 35 degrees and crazy windy. So I went to the gym and ran a 5k on the treadmill instead. I ran my fastest mile at 10:56 and my fastest 5k at 34:40. So even though I missed the adrenaline and energy that you get from a race I still did a great job and happy with my overall physical improvements for the year.