Pictures of the kids

So I've been playing with the camera and actually learning how to use it, you know, actually take it off of Auto Mode.  So of course, I used my best models to practice with.  Here are a few of my favorites.  Bryce is not the easiest to shoot because he never stops moving and I frequently get the top of his head, but I got a few good ones of him.  I'm getting better, I think.  Now to master Photoshop and to get a good 50mm lens for better portraits.

Yes, this will be saved for blackmail

I love that her tongue is sticking out

And one of Ken for good measure

A cute picture even if he was being a punk and throwing mulch

Snow...sort of

We've had a few snow storms this year.  Nothing major.  In fact, some of my family would laugh at the snow we've had this year because they're sitting amongst 2 feet of snow.  A lot of the storms have been powdery fluffy snow like they get out west, not our normal, wet, icy snow.  Instead, the family in Utah has been getting some of that.  Weird.  We had enough a couple times to kind of play in the snow before it melted off in the afternoon.  I know many teachers are still hoping for a big snowstorm to cancel school for a couple days.  I'm not thinking that its gonna happen this year.  Bryce has decided that he loves sledding.  Here are a few pics from one of the sledding days.

Christmas with the Gallahans

Now that its almost Valentine's Day, I figured maybe I should finally post some pictures from Christmas with the Gallahans.  There were lots of presents and good fun.  We greatly enjoyed our time with Ken's family.

Christmas Projects

So many of you have seen posts on Facebook about the projects I was working on for Christmas.  I finished the last one about 4:30pm yesterday, Christmas Eve.  Obviously since they were Christmas presents, I couldn't post pictures until after the recipients opened them.  So here are the pictures.  I included pictures of the back because that's where you can really see the quilting on it.

Tiffany's quilt - the first one I did.  This is the one I broke my sewing machine on, which my parents then bought me a new machine as a Christmas present.

Marcey's quilt

Margie's quilt

Teresa's quilt

Mom Gallahan's quilt

Christmas!

This is such a wonderful time of year.  We celebrate the birth of our Savior and we come together as family and friends to enjoy each others company.

Sunday night, we all went to celebrate with Grandma and Grandpa Dixon and Aunt Pam.  The kids had fun getting presents and playing.  I think Bryce finally started to understand that he would be getting presents. I got my present from my parents early (a new sewing machine).  Ken got a quilt my Mom made that was all snakes, which he has thoroughly been enjoying. 

Then on Christmas Eve, we talked about the Nativity Story with the kids and then they got to open one present, which were of course, new pajamas.

 

Christmas morning was pretty fun.  The kids didn't wake up until after 8:00!!  Then my hours of work were destroyed in about 20 minutes.  Go figure.  The kids have had lots of fun playing with their toys.  Later today we are off to spend Christmas with Ken's family.