House

Backyard work

Finally started cutting and laying brick this weekend in the backyard. Tedious work, but the final product will be worth it!

A crapload of sand
Tommy getting the shed going

 

Different view

 

Putting up the siding
Henry helping with the wheelbarrow
Cutting brick
Sand in between the conduits
Tommy leveling the sand
Laying the brick
Making progress
Laying more sand
Family

Merry Christmas!

 We spent Christmas with my family up in NM again this year and had a great time.

Winter Wonderland
Birthday set up for Holly
Me, Joe and Mommy getting food ready
Me and Joe
Me and Tommy
Henry and Joe ready to open presents
Mommy and Henry opening presents
Henry and his new flashlight
Joseph, Scott and Henry
Mommy and Henry
Everyone's favorite baby

 

Christmas morning

 

Joe and the remnants of his stocking
Family

Christmas Tree

We bought our Christmas tree this year from a tree farm in Oregon! (But they made camp here in Tucson) Real nice people and the tree is beautiful. Hopefully, Henry is mature enough this year not to destroy it…not holding my breath. 

Tommy watering the tree
Henry excited over the lights
Henry lit up
Misc

Cookie Party!

Instead of baking cookies by ourselves this year, we decided to invite some close friends over to help out. It was a lot of fun and brought out the creativity in some peeps!!

Tommy, Steph and Jared
April, Tommy Steph and Jared making some cookies
Matty checking up on things
Jared taking a break and reading to Henry - so sweet!
Steph handling the cookies with care
Me and Tommy

 

Henry and Silas hanging out
Tommy making his Norwegian cookies
Paul and Tom decorating cookies
Matty taking a break with Henry
Christmas Cactuses!!
Matty and Paul concentrating hard
Wow - sugar high!
How many cookies?
Henry

Henry goes to Mt. Lemmon and Agua Caliente

We took these pictures of the baby for a calendar we made for Christmas…Henry was a little cranky so we had to cut it short but we got some good pics.

Looking perturbed by a tree
Trying to scale the boulders in the wash
Henry sees the ducks
Henry wondering if he can get in the water

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