christmas snowman

Emrie and Eli made a Christmas snowman complete with Hershey Kiss eyes and looks like a Tootsie Roll lips.

angel

We had an Angel visit us this evening.

christmas concert

Mason High School Honors Band had their Christmas Concert tonight. The boy on piano was great!

gingerbread men

Barb and Angela spent last Friday baking. They made all kinds of goodies ... I liked the cookies.



The cooking was for our busy Saturday. In the morning we went to "The Outlet" ... a drop-in center for homeless people. We go down there about once a month to hang out with homeless folks. Typically we shoot some pool, play some ping-pong, get involved in a card game or board game, but mostly just hang-out in an attempt to build relationships. Yesterday we had a special "Christmas theme" where we had some holiday snacks, drinks, displayed some of the artwork created by the homeless guys over the past few weeks, etc..

Then in the evening we went to our Solomon center for a Christmas shopping program we had. There kids from the low income housing area we serve came to pick up to two gifts for parents or grand-parents. In addition to letting them pick out the gifts we also helped them wrap them and gave treats, drinks, etc..

muffins

Barb is helping me get more fiber in my diet. She made me these great muffins but didn't think it mattered if she mixed the raisins in or just threw them on top. I think it matters.

lovin'

Wimber got some nice lovin' tonight ...

thanksgiving sleep

Dad really enjoyed Thanksgiving ...

merry christmas

From all of us to you ...

christmas tree

Barb likes her Christmas tree ... but now she sees a couple of spots for even more lights ...

family visit

Barb and my Mom look at coupons while my Dad makes some kind of point.

thanksgiving stuffing

We started out with plenty to eat.





But it didn't take long until it was all gone ...

more preparation

For fear that we might run out, my Mom and Angela make some last minute food preparations.

thanksgiving preparation

Barb got herself some roses for Thanksgiving.



I guess she thought she deserved them for all the cooking she was doing.

happy barb

Barb and I hung around the house today but apparently I made her happy.

lethargic wimber

Wimber continues to be pretty low energy ... here he is in one of his wilder moments.

sleepy rick

Angela thinks I look funny when I'm sleepy and also thinks I take embarrassing pictures of others ... she's getting even with me with this one.

isaiah tv

Isaiah and Wimber took some time out to watch tv last night ... Angela's feet are also there ...

isaiah music

Here's a photo I made fulling around for Isaiah's senior picture.

more of angela in the park

Here's another shot I took the other day of Angela in the park ...

barb is happy

I love to make her smile ...