Singing "Happy Birthday" to our niece Aubrey!
One of her favorite gifts was her new plushy Elmo. (It was an Elmo-themed birthday after all.)
Her Elmo birthday cake made by Matt's mom Kathy.
One of her favorite things to do is smile and squint her eyes as hard as she can! It's so cute!
What a funny face! Her first taste of cold ice cream! Brrrrrr!
Grandma Kathy reading Aubrey the book we got her, Rainbow Fish.Eating her birthday cake...very daintily!
My sister, Kacie, and her husband, Eric, are finishing off their basement too. They "hired" Matt to design and put in the duct work. Today they finished most of the "supply", next time they'll put in the "return". (Nice suspenders Eric!)
The furnace exhaust outside their house has an artistic streak in building ice sculptures! It's about 3 feet tall!
The scene where it all took place. Doesn't look like much, Sara just took out one and a half poles. You can kind of see the parts of her bumper.After Sara's car accident, we had a slight predicament.
Problem solved. Most cars on this highway go about 65-70 mph. He was lucky. Yes, we know this was a stupid act, but Matt is my knight in shining armor.
The median cable barrier got the best of the Stratus: 
The back end was no match either:
Barrier - 2, Stratus - 0.
You got to love the new safe barriers; now a $75 tow turns into extensive damage.
We installed the vents in the ceilings in the living room. No more holes in the ceiling!
Matt - sick and tired of tiling.
Before - looking towards the shower.
Before - looking towards the future toilet.
After - the giant whole is where the access panel will go. Matt plans on tiling the panel so that it will blend right in.
After - looking great!
Happy New Year! We went to my sister Amy's house New Year's Eve. It's nice that she lives so close.
We all brought a couple appetizers to eat. Jon made very spicy buffalo chicken wings! They were obviously very messy!
Now that's a look! We also played one of our favorite games, Catch Phrase. Of course we all start yelling at each other with the answers, and it got kindof loud for Trevor so he went and watched a movie in his room.
Kacie, Eric and Amy. (Kacie's horse Nykolus in the foreground)
My nephew, Trevor, is starting to potty train, so for Christmas I got him a couple books about it. He loves to have people read them to him. This is Amy reading Once Upon a Potty. It's a very bold book that tells it like it is, which I think is what kids need. Matt and my brother-in-law Eric make their own comments in the background.
Trevor is singing his ABC's while playing with his brand new kitchen from Aunt Kacie and Uncle Eric. He gets a little distracted half way through, and I have to help him continue singing. He also keeps trying to see himself on my camera. Trevor's getting so big!
