Grandparents

 Grandma and Grandpa Butler came for a visit last week.

 It was good to see them.

No you're not seeing double, that really is two Robert Butlers

February Happenings

Grandma Peggy and Grandpa Dave took a photo with us before they left town.  

We were so glad to have them come welcome Baby Robert to the world.

James loves to snuggle Robert.  He especially likes that baby has a blanket to match his Christmas dinosaur pajamas!

James and John enjoy having snacks and conversations on the stairs.

Two weeks old.

Averi came for a play date one afternoon while the girls were away.  We enjoyed decorating and eating cupcakes together.

Our house is a bit cold some mornings.  James and Anne are doing phonics lessons at the computer while eating lollipops.  No wonder the girls like home school.

We had a treasure hunt this week for home school.  Each clue had review questions for the kids to answer.  We enjoyed dad's creative clues and a bit of puzzle solving.

Ah, life.  I love to cuddle, 

 Entering school reports is so much better when I can snuggle at the same time.

Robert Allan Butler

 Robert Allan Butler was born this morning just after 2:00 am.

 He was 7 pounds 7 ounces and 19 inches long

 Everybody already loves new little brother

 Even if we thought he was going to be a girl

 Next time I better tip the radiologist better so he'll do a good job.

 We're glad to have him in our family

 Jen and Robert are doing well

Christmas Day And A Happy New Year

John loves silky things.  Grace made the pillow Johnny spends his days relaxing on.  

Anne made him a silky green pillowcase that he sleeps with every night.  

Our day was spent playing marble runs, reading books, eating treats.....

Lego creations....

Watching the new movies, and checking out all the features of the new hiking backpack.

Santa brought us some awesome water bottles.

Did I say we spent the day playing Legos?

James is a Beyblade champion.  This is the toy to beat all toys this year.

Grandma Jammies arrived and we had 2nd Christmas eve on the 27th.

Aunt Susan made the kids aprons and Grace has been wearing hers while using all the kitchen utensils she was given from Anne.  Our kitchen is full of treats and our home is full of happy kids.

We hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas and enjoyed celebrating the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

The girls went ice fishing with Edwin on New Year's Day.  They had lots of fun.  They brought home fish to fry.  They had the camera....and we will all have to imagine what the pictures look like.  No photos were brought home!  Oh, well.  Here's to a New Year! 

The Day Before Christmas

John helped himself to the fresh tomatoes and apples on the counter.  He ate them both while waiting for dinner to finish cooking!

The weather turned cold and snowy so the local crews started a big job at our house.  It took them two weeks to finish the project.

We planned our annual gingerbread house party.  Our invited guests cancelled last minute due to illness so we had the neighbors come over to decorate and eat food!

James decorated sugar cookies at the Christmas Eve party we attended.

Anne enjoyed decorating cookies too.

Here are our gingerbread houses before the kids started eating them.

John was a sheep for the Nativity program we had at our Christmas Eve party.

Here are the girls in their Angel dresses.

James is the shy shepherd.

We had a wonderful day full of friends and the spirit of Christmas.  We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too.