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It has been a while since I hace posted some pics of Elizabeth and Since I am not a person of many words, I think pictures are just as good.

Are you ready Ski King?

Here's a little footage of our ski trip over the Holiday break. It was the best snow that I've skied in the past three years! It was great. I have a zillion clips so here are just a few. Thank you BIG JUDE!!!!!!

2008 Polar Plunge- Ogao Memorial

Freezing! Once again, I succumbed to peer pressure and at noon on new year's day I dived into frigid Lake Michigan. Catherine was a little smarter and stayed home while Elizabeth finished her nap. With a high of 23 degree Fahrenheit, a wind chill of 6 degrees, lake water a toasty 33 degrees, I came to the conclusion that it was absolutely ridiculous what we were doing.... but that stroke of common sense still didn't stop us from going in. Todd Lyman and Ken Olson led the charge with Tim Rauch and I following. Todd and Ken kept going out to the deeper water. As soon as the water was about 18" deep, I layed down, rolled over and sprinted back to shore. I think that I was back on the shore before Todd or Ken had turned back. It was cold. My toes felt like they were going to snap off. Today made last year's polar plunge of 43 degrees look like a trip to Florida. The best part is that our good friend Roger Petersen organized all of this and then he was no were to be found. He claims that he was there but none of us quite believe that he made it in the water. I think that Roger pulled off the best practical joke of the year getting his 6 friends to jump into a freezing lake! Here are some pictures that I hope you enjoy!

How much do you know about Christmas?

I am pround to say that after a few years of not taking tests I have PASSED the Christmas test!For those who chose to take the test as well...good luck!

You Know a Lot About Christmas

You got 8/10 correct You know tons about the history and traditions surrounding Christmas. When you celebrate the holidays, you never forget their true meaning - or all the little fun details. Random Christmas fact: "Jingle Bells" was originally written as a Thanksgiving song.

How Much Do You Know About Christmas?

Tis the season... over a month ago

Okay, I know that it's over a month late but our friends finally sent us a picture of our family at the MCW Halloween party. Elizabeth was so cute as a "Sweet Pea". Anyways, hope that you are all loving life while we freezing our butts off in the 5 degree weather of Wisconsin!

Advent, Advent ein Licht lein brennt, erst eins.....

Tonight, we celebrated Advent. Catherine's family has long celebrated this german holiday, which represents the coming of the Christ child. For the three Sunday's preceding Christmas and Christmas Eve, family and friends gather to light a candle, read a Christmas book, and have a good time. We felt so lucky to have Josh & Jill Hunter, Marc & Trisha Crosby, and all of their kids join us. They are great friends and we are grateful to know them.

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a great Weekend with our friends in Milwaukee. We Started the day off with our traditional Turkey Day flag football game while one of the Young Women was nice enough to watch Elizabeth and let us go play in the cold (thanks Cindy!). Later we spent the afternoon at a friends house and had an amazing Thanksgiving feast! Life is pretty good!!!

Elizabeth also had her 6 month check up and the short genes are kicking in, she is down from 90th to 60th percentile in height. Weight is about 20%. Everything is looking good.

She has been so much fun! she loves to grab at anything she can get her hands on, including Jackson's pumpkin pie that quickly went to the floor. She also loves people and smiles all the time accept for pictures. We have learned that if we want to capture her smile we have to be sneaky.