What You Didn't Know About the Mouse

Hey fam. Just thought I would share the next project I have finished. It was fun and it has an unexpected ending. Feel free to visit the site also and join the cause!

Watch it on Youtube

Care to join us?

We've been enjoying very fine weather [name that movie!] the last couple days...last night's low was -9 with a wind chill of -25! Not the lowest we've seen, but this year we put up not just drapes over our big living room bay window but a nice warm blanket too. We've been watching the temperatures inside that bay window with amazement. Last night's low was 22 degrees! That's inside our house! Crazy. And our kitchen temps have been around the high 40s, low 50s. We are very looking forward to getting a new kitchen door with a good seal and new windows in a couple rooms this month as well as more insulation around the foundation and in the roof. Luckily the rest of the house stays around 68-70 degrees. We are very grateful for a nice wonderful furnace that was replaced last year. I was just telling Grandma Foley a couple days ago that that day was in the 20s and it was so warm people weren't wearing their coats outside...me included!
I have to say my favorite gift from Christmas this year is our electric blanket on our bed.
Lest this makes you want to stay away, here's one more invitation from two people who'd love to have you.

Don't worry...we keep each other very warm.

Christmas in Delaware

Hello, Family! We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas holiday here in Delaware. We were especially happy Doug and Emily could join us this year.

Here are a few of the highlights:

Kaylee made the cast list for our Nativity play.

The girls were very excited when they woke up Christmas morning!

Ashlyn loved the monkey Brandon and Angela sent her, and Kaylee got the two Barbies (a boy and a girl) she had been dreaming of.

Saturday night we went on a Holiday Lights train ride.

Monday the girls had their first experience bowling. Russ won. By a lot. But Ashlyn came in 3rd!

We all had a wonderful time together!

Mouse Story

Merry Christmas family! Brandon, Abby, Emily and I hope you liked the book. We also made a website to go along with it. We all love you! Emily and I are having a blast here in Delaware. More updates to come!

Mouse Story Website

Animation project

Hey fam. I am taking a 3D animation class and I just finished this week's project. Just thought I would share. It took 40 hours worth of computer time to render it!

Watch it on YouTube

Guess it was our turn this year

One kid who is going around telling all her friends that Santa isn't real (yet was very quick to tell him what she wanted anyway) and the other who is terrified of him--this will be an interesting Christmas.

A Visit with Santa

Last year Ashlyn's visit with Santa wasn't a smashing success.

She did MUCH better this year - she actually sat on his lap, answered his questions, and smiled for the picture.

Kaylee, however, has yet to approach the big man in red, in spite of repeated claims that THIS will be the year. Her excuse this time around is that Santa always gives out candy canes to the children who sit on his lap, and she doesn't need a candy cane now since she already put "candy cane" down on her Christmas list. :) NEXT year, right?