Thanks for the pictures, Mandy!

Mandy, Brian, BJ, Colin & Eva came to visit during their trip to Long Island last week, and Mandy (of course) brought her camera. She got some great pictures...this and the two entries under this are pictures that she took. Cuts down on the work for me! thanks :)

I definitely have to explain this...just as Mandy got her camera out and was going to take a picture, Chris said "Here, Nolan, can you hold this for me?"...he prefers Corona, anyway! :)

(just kidding....) ;)

Heartattacks for the hermit crabs!

No major casualties, but I'm sure this took a few years off the lives of our hermit crabs. We don't take them out a whole lot, so the five kids all over them probably disturbed them a bit! No one got pinched, but that's a small miracle...my kids are a little afraid of getting pinched so they don't really pick them up, but as you can see, Eva justed picked them up and stuck her finger right in the hole...you can definitely tell she has a couple of big brothers around--and I don't think Mandy and Brian have to worry about her...she can take care of herself already!

Some pictures with Mommy & Daddy

Mommy and Daddy rarely seem to make it into pictures, so I wanted to put these up in case anyone forgot what we look like! :)

Snow FINALLY!

Snow on Long Island...finally! We've been seriously missing snow this winter, and yesterday we finally got enough to play in! We left school early and brought Becca with us. She quickly introduced the 'snowball fight' to Nolan and McKenna, and they joined right in. She claimed that she was winning, but I don't know if Nolan and McKenna actually had any idea that they were 'losing'...they just had fun throwing the snow around...















I just love snow bunny pictures...















We started making a snowman, but it started raining before we could put anything on for a face, etc. And Nolan decided to karate chop it on the way in, so we just have big, wet snowballs now.

Jump-Roping

jump-roping...they actually did okay for being 2 and 3 and having no idea what they were doing!




and Tim & Corinne's Wii...it is fairly addictive, and the kids like to play too (although here, they just flap their arms to throw the baseball, hit the baseball or throw the bowling ball). This is Tim & Chris fishing...and as you can see, it's entertainment for everyone! (although it's much more fun when you're playing!)