Hello per la famiglia !

greetings to the extended family who generally reads this blog. i'm posting photos from day one of the EU trip...those of you with at least a basic grasp of west eurpoean history will easily know where we are today.

to the Mom, Twinkle, Chip, Mickey and Minnie... my heart is always with you





Maximus, Maximus!!!

fishy faces of......

MINNIE!!!

hello!!!!! i know that i have not posted in a LONG time, so i am soooo sorry:( but the bright side of it is that... i am posting NOW!!

i dicided to do pictures of ME doing fishy faces:)

here we go!!!

:)

this is the "glow" efect.... and i like this one:)

well i like all of them:)

this one is normal... black and white....

OHHH.... i really like this one.... this one is called " comic"

i really like it... i think this is my favorite one:)

this one..... hmm.... the colors are really weird.. and i think its based in your heat!!!! amazing, right?

so... how did you like it?

minnie:)

BFADS are BFFL or BFFN?

well... as of the writing of this blog post, the phoenamenal gang is sitting in a trailer bay on the backside of a BestBuy, hoping oh hoping that a 2am wake-up is going to yield doorbuster savings...

namely:
1) new laptop for Twinkle
2) fun memories
3) ok.. maybe not fun, how bout just memories..

in progress....

...looking like aliens in a foreign land...
postscript:

mixed results - the really great deals were gone by our turn (we were well into the 100th place).

upgraded the Dad's laptop (slowly dying)... gave Twinkle an opportunity for delayed gratification on a potential new macbook in the intermediate future...

met with a bunch of friends who exercised restraint and finished the morning with breakfast and shopping (Apple Store, Old Navy, Target and Sears)...

great deals - maybe
great memories - would you settle for memories that will be funnier as time goes by?

Hello? *tap, tap*...

anyone out there? Is this thing on?.....

whew, we are still here...

just a bit more stretched these days with bball practices (chip made a local team for jr high aged kids), golf practice (chip and mickey go up to the range just about every day), training for our 5K race next week (honest!), care group meetings, twinkle's volunteer requirements, twinkle's drama class, birthday parties.....throw in the spontaneous camping trip and our weeks have been really full.....

oh yeah.

and educating the kiddos.

that takes up a bit of time too.

Judging by my email inbox and very quiet phone, i am guessing all you dear readers are feeling the same st---ret---ch--ing of your schdule as well.

Hello? *Tap, tap* this thing on???


anyway.

just want you to know we are here and hope to post a bunch of pics in the next few days ----or so.

enjoy your weekend!


~The Mom

11W

Are you confused what the title means?

Until just recently, 11 W meant nothing to us too. Now it signifies many things:

1) Chip is taller than Twinkle, and Mom too. Gaining on Dad quickly.
2) Chip was measured on the golf machines and possesses a faster swing speed than Dad. (i know, this is only important to the golfers out there).
3) Chip challenged the Dad for physical pre-eminence for the first time in his life (not the last time) with an arm-wrestling challenge. Sorry, Charlie.
4) and finally... 11 W indicates the measure of Chip's feet.

by way of show and tell, here are pics of the Dad's and Chip's feet against one another..