Ok, I'm really loving making picture puzzles. Yesterday I mounted a 11x17 picture of Helaman and the Strippling warriors onto some wood and made it into a puzzle. Then today I made a wood box to hold it in. (Well actually I took a pine ammo box and cut it down to size then re-glued it and clamped it, then made a lid for it with a picture of the puzzle on top) 
Last September when the weather finally cooled off enough to be outside, I let the kids take some books and blankets out to read. Alan loves to read to his little sisters and brother. I'm posting this now because for some reason I couldn't get it to upload before, and I thought it was worth posting. Notice Alan's goofy voices? He really get's into character when he's reading.
William has a look that he gives anyone he doesn't know, or when he's just thinking. We call it his "furrowed brow". His face is very expressive. I'll try to get more pictures of his different expressions. 
We didn't do our annual Family Fun Day on New Year's Day this year because Tom was spending time with his brother Chris who came here for a few days. So, this last Saturday we chose to have our family day. We usually spend the entire New Year's Day doing nothing but playing games and eating fun snacks we make. This year, because we have a new wii game system, we had a wii tournament. It was so much fun!
Here's a picture of Kaitlyn and William helping me make some caramel corn. Their favorite part is watching the popcorn pop. 
Here's a video of Kaitlyn and Alan playing boxing.
My arms are sore from boxing, but I'm the champ!! I even beat Tom!!
