The Sages

New Pics: Halloween Christmas

Dad must have been at work this day...

Natalie is ready for her close-up.

Ryan and his friends at his birthday party at the Museum Center

We need a caption for this picture... what advice should Grandpa be giving?

Ryan and his buddy Kate... those rock walls are good for something!

All of us with Grandma and Grandpa in Louisiana

Got to watch out for those dinosaurs at the zoo

Our Soccer Star, #5 !

But, we are dealing with a two-sport star...

Halloween Pictures...

Maybe not Halloween, but the snake fits in with the theme. Taken at the Cincinnati Museum Center.

What is Halloween without some serious pumpkin carving?

Since it is one of our favorite places, we had to go to the zoo for Hall-Zoo-Ween.
Ryan is a member of the SWAT Team (where does he get this stuff?) and Natalie is a convict.
Grandma went with us and everybody had fun while Steph looked for the best trick-or-treat bargains.

But then the weather turned cold and we went from Halloween to Christmas...

But not even the cold weather can keep us away from the Museum Center, here's the proof...

But, cold weather means Natalie and Grandpa have their shared birthday

Natalie did a good job on her cake. Grandpa asked that we not show him with his cake. Too messy.

From there we move on to Christmas. Waiting to see Santa, the kids hang out in their matching vests from Grandma.

On Christmas Eve, Natalie showed us she will be a "neat freak", but how could she avoid that?

Am I the only one around here who cares what this place looks like?

Natalie likes the new VW Santa brought her, but Ryan may get tired of the extra work it means for him.

Since we got 12" of snow for Christmas, we made several trips to the snow-sledding hill, as Ryan calls it.

Grandpa and Uncle Zach went downtown with us to check out the Christmas attractions,
including the Gas & Electric Co. train display paid for by our reliance on fossil fuels.