Fun with my Camera

I've been playing with my camera, taking pictures of my most willing subject.

Reindeer Footprints

The day after Christmas we went outside to play in the snow, when all of the sudden I heard a shout of "reindeer footprints!" Apparently Rudolph landed in the yard instead of on the roof.

Play Time

The last of our Christmas snow looks like it is going to melt away today. Just in time for another round tonight. As a result of all this cold we've been staying inside quite a bit playing with all of our Christmas gifts.

Isabel has been cooking up a storm. She loves her new kitchen and all of the accessories that everyone sent. I've been playing with my new camera. I'm really enjoying the fact that it takes pictures so quickly, it has been much easier to take pictures of Isabel on the go! Robert's been enjoying his time off of work and has just been relaxing.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family. We hope you all had a wonderful day, and may your Christmas season be happy and joyful.

We had a wonderful time today opening presents, spending time with friends, and playing in our miracle snow.

It was fun to watch Isabel this morning as she came out to see what Santa brought.


Isabel's stocking was filled with M&M's...just what she asked for.


Breakfast of champions, Rice Krispies and M&M's.


Isabel had a hard time trying to decide what to open first. It took quite a while for her to quit looking at the packages and start opening them.

It's a Christmas Eve Miracle!

Isabel got her wish for Christmas snow. Big beautiful, wet snow flakes. They are not sticking because it was 70° yesterday, but she had a great time getting dressed up in all her warm clothes and trying to catch the snowflakes. When she was done she decided to lay on the bed in the guest room and watch the snow come down (much to mommy's delight).


It is now several hours and many degrees colder and the snow is starting to stick. It is a Christmas Eve miracle!

Sweet Isabel

A few weeks ago we put out our Nativity Set. We were telling Isabel the story of Jesus' birth and how he was born in a barn with the animals. She said "Jesus cold?" , I said he had his mommy to wrap him up and keep him warm. She then ran to her room and got her blanket and her sleep sack and put them on top of baby Jesus so he could be warm and cozy. Such a sweet girl.

Wheat Free Bagels

I don't know that anyone who reads this is dealing with a wheat or gluten allergy, but if you are or if you know someone who is we highly recommend the recipe for the Bagels at wheat-free.org. They are definitely the best wheat free recipe or product that we've made. They are a bit of work, but I am able to make and freeze about twelve small bagels at a time, so they last us for a while. Isabel loves these and they are great plain or as sandwich bread.

Snow

Before we went to Cleveland we told Isabel that we might see snow while we were there. Every morning when she woke up there she would go look out the windows to see if there was any snow. By some crazy freak of nature it was actually pretty warm while we were there, so every day she was sadly disappointed. Then on our last day we woke up to a nice covering of snow. Isabel was so excited! She didn't get to play in it too long because we had to go catch our airplane, but she sure enjoyed the fifteen minutes that she did get. She loved making footprints in the fresh snowfall.