Dane's new Durango!

Dane is so happy! He loves his new ride. We looked and looked for what seemed like forever until he found exactly what he wanted (and what would fit his budget). It is a 1999 Dodge Durango.

Dennis took this pic on the first trip out four-wheeling. Dane and his friend, Richard, followed Dennis and I. It was great fun. (See the snow on the ground?)

Just brought the Durango home.

Heading off to work on the first day in his new SUV.

Another Picture? MOM!!!

Snow in Arizona

Yes, it snowed the day after Christmas. This is our backyard...you can sorta see the snowflakes if you look closely. It didn't stay on the ground at our house but we got enough snow to ski on up at Mt. Lemmon.

ICE! Yeah, I know, it's pretty lame. But we rarely see stuff like this in Arizona.

More ICE! (This is a small retention pond near the post office about 5 minutes from our house.)

Christmas 2008

Christmas morning. Dane coming down the hall to see if Santa found us. Sleepy guy!

My boys in their matching jammies. This year it was blue snowmen bottoms and navy t-shirts.

Mom got a new robe! My jammies are pale blue. Dane got me a really fluffly blue robe covered with clouds! I love it!

Yeah, I cheated this year. This is the first year (and last!) we used a kit to make our g-bread house. I think we were all disappointed.

Our mis-matched Christmas tree. Not one ornament matches because we add one new one each year for each of us. Some are handmade but most are snowmen or Santas. It is a tree covered in memories. We love it.

Up close view of our Christmas Village. This is the villagers around a flickering fire by the docks.

This is the piece we added this year. It is 2 boys and 2 girls having a tug of war in front of a big snowman.

Our Christmas Village...getting pretty crowded! Next year might have to get a bigger table?! :)