Abby's Latest Milestone

That's right. Abby lost her first tooth Saturday. It was getting pretty wiggly to the point that she couldn't eat an apple. I told her it needed to come out before school Monday. If she didn't get it out I would pull it out with a dental floss lasso. So she pulled it out in the van on the way to church. She's got timing.

December 2008 Pictures

I apologize for getting so far behind on posting. Here are a few pictures from December in backwards order:


Abby and Luke took advantage of the great weather the other day. And yes, they are wearing pajamas.


Abby on the way home after one of several Christmas get-togethers.


Abby and her new sweater, one of many articles of clothing she got for Christmas.


Luke and his latest set of overpriced Legos.


Willow loved her new Christmas pillow. This was the first present she opened. She loved all her presents.


Luke and his Christmas concussion. According to Abby, he was jumping on the couch and then fell and hit his head on the coffee table. Much blood and screaming followed. We wrapped his head up and went about our business.


Willow loves to box. She hits the bag and says, "Boom boom!" Then she switches gloves and startes over again.


Willow loved her new barrettes. She wanted to wear all of them at the same time. I eventually had to hide them.


Willow was actually willing to wear a dress. She liked it even. I'm disappointed.

Merry Christmas

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Luke-isms

"Camden is really puffed up about coming over." (instead of pumped up)

"I'm just neating up my drawer."

"You should have named me Timmy. I like that name."

"It's a good thing I've got long-sleeve socks on."

Happy Birthday Luke

Happy Birthday Luke: The Big 5

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Marriage is like boxing...

Jason and I were sparring with the boxing gloves. Luke asked me if I was winning. I jokingly said, "No. Nobody wins. It's like marriage." Jason quickly added, "Yeah, you just keep going until somebody gets hurt." (Okay, it may be a little sad, but I thought it was funny.)

Predictions for Abby

Abby will swim and play basketball and tennis at Castle High School. She'll graduate with a 3.8 GPA and get a swimming scholarship to the University of Florida where she will major in English literature. She will write her first young adult novel before she even graduates. She creates a wildly popular character in a series of best-selling books that are made into movies. She also writes and illustrates many children's books. She will be about 5'7" tall and, thanks to swimming, she will be skinny and strong. She will marry a veterinarian she met in college and have two boys and girl and lots of pets. They will live in Florida. We'll visit them often and play lots of golf and go to Gators games. She and her husband will go on lots of short term mission trips and she will start an organization that helps with child literacy in third world countries.