Picnic the Rain

After several straight days of torrential downpour, I sent the kids out for a picnic in the rain. They dragged a few chairs and some blankets up to the treehouse and came back to get their food. Becca, Ryan, and his buddy Blair spent the afternoon snacking and enjoying the rain. The roof of the treehouse kept them dry enough, but the floor was pretty wet after so many days of being pelted. At least the grass is green and I don't have to water it!Out the back windows of the treehouse you can see the 30 foot deep canal that is behind our house. When we have heavy rains the kids love to watch the class 5 rapids roll by.

Christmas Pictures Again, Already?!

This is it! Everyone is sort of smiling and generally looking happy to be together.

When my brother and his wife were here for Thanksgiving, we decided to have them take our Christmas picture. I wanted to do it in the treehouse, but the sun wasn't cooperating and all of the pictures looked so dark (thank goodness for digital cameras, so I could see the pictures first) so we went to the other side and Brian took about 45 pictures in total (again, I am grateful for digital cameras!).

This is how I felt after we were finally done! He did a great job, if anyone needs pictures taken, and Leeandra was great at keeping the kids attention!