Bringing in the New Year

We're having a quiet one this year. Just playing some Xbox 360 and Wii games with Keira until midnight. Here's a clip of her getting a strike bowling on the Wii and me rocking out on Guitar Hero World Tour! Happy New Year to all of you! Hope 2009 brings some positive change our way! Go out and spend some money at Safeway & Whole Foods so I can stay busy :)

Christmas Gathering 12/27

Trying to get your friends together I have always compared to launching the space shuttle, timing is everything. Well last night we were able to get the Glinski and Hilgendorf families all together at our place for dinner and gifts. Here's a nice group photo I talked them all into taking. I think it came out pretty good of I do say so myself. From left to right: me, Christie , Jerry G., Keira, Stephen G., Joshua G., Jill G., Johnny G., Harvey Jr H., Heather H., Chelsea G. (back), Lori H., Ashley H. Harvey H. Now there is a good chance that I got Heather and Ashley's name reversed but in my defense they're twins! :)

Christmas Day 2008

Well turns out Keira made the "good" list this Christmas. Santa hooked her up! The cookies and milk left out for Santa were eaten up and the apple slices for his reindeer were gone as well. Keira was amazed to see this and it was the first thing she went to look at when she got up. Hope your Christmas was great as well!

Alas poor Frosty we knew him well...

Days 6 & 8 saw the end of our frozen friend. By Day 6 Christmas Morning Frosty had lost his head from the rain and rising temps. Day 7 I missed taking a shot of him for some reason. Day 8 (yesterday, shown in the lower right) he is now all but gone. This was taken pretty early as well since it hit 60 degrees yesterday. All that remains now are his arms laying on the lawn. Out of respect for Frosty I chose not to take that picture. He had a nice run. Crazy to think that on the 19th we got dumped on with 10+" of snow and by yesterday its all gone.

Christmas Eve 2008

First stop was Christie's Mother's side of the family. Where we learned that her cousin Johnny is now engaged to long time girlfriend Theresa, congrats! Keira was excited to open a few gifts and then we were off to Christie's Father's side of the family.

There we had some dessert and laughs. Brooke was celebrating her first Christmas ever and many a wrapping paper projectiles were launched!

The Chronicles of Frosty - Day 05

Well today was going to be trouble for Frosty and sure enough he needed an emergency head transplant! It's in the 40's right now and raining. Which is bad news for snowmen. I couldn't exactly let my daughter see this mess. So he was fixed and re-packed with some new ice.

Keira's gift to Mom & Dad

Keira made this for us today at pre-school. How come when I was growing up the only artwork we made with our hands was a turkey? Hope you like it, enjoy!

The Chronicles of Frosty - Days 03 & 04

So not much happened to our boy Frosty yesterday. This shot (above) was taken off of my camera phone. It was too cold to run in and get the real camera out. I think Frosty will get over it.

So today Frosty is getting some new hair courtesy of Mother Nature. 1-3" of new snow is coming down as we speak. Well, we're not really speaking to each other, but as I type! I think it may be rough waters ahead for our boy. Tomorrow's forecast calls for 45 and some freezing rain!

The Chronicles of Frosty - Day 02

After watching Frosty the Snowman last night Keira became very concerned about the well being of the frozen friend she created in the front yard. So I thought hey, let's see how long this guy actually lasts. Well Day 02 finds Frosty in good shape! He received an 1" of new snow overnight. Also the freezing temperatures were to his liking. A base temperature of 4 degrees at the time of this post with a wind chill factor of -30 degrees has our white powder friend looking good. Stay tuned...

Winter Wonderland

So now that we have significant snow on the ground there was no way we would be able to keep Keira out of it. She made her first snow angel today (3 actually). She also added another snowman to her list. She named this one "Frosty" since we watched the cartoon this evening. She's worried about him melting, but with temps in the 20's and more snow on the way I think he'll be around for a while.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...

Ok so maybe I wasn't dreaming of it but we got it anyway! 10" of snow came down on us yesterday, easily the most we've seen since we moved back here now 8 years ago today. Apparently we going to be getting more up until Christmas.

Picture with Santa, check!

Finally! Coming up on Keira's 5th Christmas and we finally get her to take a picture with Santa Claus! This year we kept it much closer to home at Macomb Mall in the 586. No appointments needed to see this Santa and the line went pretty quickly. I think Keira was still a bit doubtful about this whole Santa thing. Although she didn't hesitate to tell him she wants a brand new Barbie Jeep for Christmas (the Power Wheels type) ha ha. Merry Christmas to all!