some early January stuff

So in my efforts to catch up, here's a little photo blast from the first half or so of January (there will have to be a separate post for Asher, cause I took so may pictures of him :) ) One fun little thing, a co-worker of paul's gave him a gift for the kids, it was a gingerbread train kit... it made for a lovely morning's work

the inside of the train worked great for carrying extra candies too... so Malachi knew exactly where to look for them!

the finished product had all 3 big kids names on it... you can see Rayna's there.
I almost wonder if they didn't bother putting so many candies on the outside just so they could snitch them more easily from the car :)

and a few other random pictures:

Afton enjoying a little light reading by the fire.
(it's the complete works of HC Andersen; I think she only read 1-2 stories before it got too big)

borrowing mommy's big earrings

wheelbarrow races in the playroom... he was actually doing great til I got the camera out, then he sorta collapsed

one of the warmer days when we had a day off school, we met some friends at the park.

I know, it's a weird picture of me, but I was there too, so I thought I'd better document it for posterity's sake

this particular playground has dozens of play structures, it's a definite favorite among the kids, zip-line, roller-slides, tons of climbing things, monkey bars, etc... and where do the kids want to play? the skate-park of course!

fortunately, there weren't any skaters there that day, so they could run and slide and climb all they wanted to.

I did manage to get one posed picture... they were supposed to pretend they were on skateboards.
(Afton, Revekahlei, Rayna, Khallilia, and Sunshine)

more soon...