Caught... again.

Ana seems to have this thing where she falls asleep on our animals. First Woody, now Collar Dude. Grandpa and Grandma were over and Ethan came into the living room to tell us that Ana fell asleep with Collie. We went in there and saw them. C.D. was actually asleep!!! It was adorable!

Collie wakes up. What's going on??

A close-up picture

Three Legs

One day I tied together Ana and Ethan's legs so they could have a three leg race. They liked it a lot, but kept toppling over. Ethan, the serious one, would come up with a plan so they could walk and run together, but Ana would get this grin on her face, twinkle in her eye, and fall over "accidentally" so Ethan would fall with her.

Look how Ana hooks her arm over Ethan to support her weight. He's basically her servant.

Umm, I think they're gonna fall. This isn't looking good.

Funny pictures

Lucas, Ethan, and Ana...

Ana's Hair

These pictures were taken in February of 2009.

Yes, this is how Ana's hair looks when it isn't in those braids or pony tails!

There's a lot of it..

How long it is.. (See why she hates getting her hair done??) Do you really blame her?

We had a professional hair stylist braid Ana's hair one time. After a LOT of screaming and crying that she needed to take a nap, Ana's hair looked like this.

All those teeny, tiny braids!

This is how Ana's hair looks now. Every few weeks, Mom has to wash, shampoo, and comb out every curl, then braid it. (This usually takes two days as it is quite the process). This hair style works out really well! We're pretty happy with it. Occasionally Ana asks me to pull her hair up like mine, so I pull all the braids into one big pony tail. Then she has a new hair style! :)

Last Winter

Our family- Last Christmas. Ana is adorable, but it's amazing how much we've changed!

Ana and Ethan and their snowman we all worked hard on.

You see, this snowman is a gardener. He is planting old beans(seeds) and has a shovel in hand. And, actually, we are missing that shovel. I wonder if we lost it after we used it for this handsome snowman.

Ana and Ethan with the gingerbread house last year. Those things are a PAIN!

But wasn't it pretty??!!

But take a look at this one! Uh huh! This is Luke and mine. Butterscotch chips surround a pond. We have evergreen trees, a path, and lots of candy. We had SO much trouble with this! The frosting was a pain.

HI! I'm back!

This is Collar Dude, our cat. He wanted to say "Hi!"

Holidays

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Hope you all are looking ahead to a fun day tomorrow!

Every Thanksgiving we take turns spending the holiday at either the Vander Hart or Siefker get together. Usually my Grandpa and Grandma Vander Hart have the gathering at their church or another building. But this year, my Dad's cousin and his family are hosting the big "reunion" at their house. They live in Ohio, so we will be having a long trip down!!!!

So that's up with us. Mom is making fruit cabobs and I'm making apple pie. Mmmm... I'm looking forward to turkey, and stuffing especially!!!!!

Have a wonderful holiday!