HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Evan's New Year's Date

was his buddy Alex. After some intermittant pushing and shoving, they got along and had a good time. This is near the end of the night when they were watching Dora the Explorer in the loft and the parents were downstairs chatting. The kids made it to 9:15 -not bad. :-)

Trip to Fort Wayne

We ran up to Fort Wayne the other night to eat hot dogs at Fort Wayne's Famous Coney Island, see Santa on the side of the bank building and look at lights at Franke Park. 2 out of 3 isn't bad. We walked in Coney Island and knew we would be standing there waiting for a seat for a very long time (apparently other people had our idea as well). We ran up to Clara's Pizza King instead. It was busy there as well. Evan sat at the "cool" table with his cousins (my cousin Colin and my second cousin Holden). We went to Franke Park and Evan loved it. We took a picture of my alma mater's (IPFW) mascot and a 3-leaf clover (since there's some Irish in this family). :-)

Jack of All Trades

This post is about Michael. He learned how to do woodworking in high school and college during his summer jobs at his church. During Winter Break, Mike went to a co-worker's house and built this wet bar. Pretty impressive for a middle school history teacher and high school baseball coach. :-) He's been improving our house ever since we moved in 4 years ago (deck, wall-to-wall book shelves, mantel, extra storage in the garage and under the steps). Good job Mike.

Playing Horsey

Mike and I were taking turns bouncing Evan on our knees the other night. He's heavy, but we had fun. :-)

The Temptation Was Too Great

Evan lasted from November 26-December 28 in NOT yanking the Christmas cards down from the pantry doors. Temptation won him over on Monday and he started removing them for us.