THE END OF 2009

For New Years Eve we did a Murder Mystery Game! It was a ton of fun! Everyone was given a character to portray a few weeks before the event. Everyone dressed up for their part and came with props. Once gathered, we acted out a scene. This year's Mystery was called "Horror in Hollywood" It was hilarious to see everyone dressed up and acting out their character's personality. In the end, it turned out that the Zombie Lord Actor, Mr. Unde Eadcorpse, was the murderer!

So, just so you can see how silly our family really is, I posted mine and my husbands photos on here from the game.

Calley: "Miss Wanda Newlook" (Hair and Make-up Artist)

My character was a punk w/an attitude! I was a snotty brat to be quite honest! It was fun!

Jesse: "Mr. Cam Eralense" (Lead Camera Man)
He was a muscular guy and full of himself, but he had a high pitched voice that threw the whole image for a loop!

These are some random photos from our Christmas vacation in Tucson, AZ. Evie hanging out at the park in her stroller.

Ian, on the playground in front of the mountains just miles from Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Kira on the playground being silly! Mind you, we are outside, playing! In late December! It's winter, people!! It was too bad we came home to Iowa's winter: Ice covered snow!!

This is a photo I took because I thought the tree was neat against that backdrop.

And I think Purple Cacti Rock!

Evie has been very active lately! She has learned to scoot/crawl! She can pivot around in a circle also. She loves being mobile now and crawls around the house, checking out all the rooms downstairs. Lately we've found her near the stairs, looking at them. Maybe soon, we'll get to teach her how to climb them! :) I won't tell her 'NO' when she wants to that's for sure!!

Just think she looks so big here. This was at Grandma's house in Tucson.

Aunt Laura put together a Christmas program for the kids at our church to act out for us. The did the story of Jesus' birth. Ian, my son, was Joseph, Kira was a shephard, and Evie was baby Jesus. She is currently the youngest baby in church. She made for a BIG newborn! And with a full head of hair even!! The kids did great and it was fun to watch them.

Here is Evie with her cousin, Hallie, from Texas! We found out this day, that they both have matching freckles on the bottom of their feet! Silly side note. :)

And this happened tonight! This one's for you Wendi! Evie was having a little 'food therapy' this evening. Which really means, she played with her pureed food! She had a blast once she got rid of her CI's. (awnry punk) She slapped her hands over and over into the food and got none of it in her mouth as she is supposed to. She played in Applesauce w/Bananas & Strawberry, and in Rasberry Yogurt, and Carrots! Yummy! The only reason any of it's on her face is because mom and dad made her do it!

After she played for a while, she got real fussy. Turned out she was starving!! Silly girl! Maybe if she'd stuck it in her mouth instead of splattering it all over she wouldn't have been so hungry. She ended up eating a yogurt container and a half, and three angry bites of the Applesauce stuff. Then she was too mad to eat anymore cuz that stuff was just gross mom!!!