Happy New Year!

It was hard to pick a picture for this final Project 365 post. Should it be extra-special? Extra-representative of my day, or perhaps my year? In the end I went with the happiest picture of the evening, and I wish you all a very happy new year!

Farkle

The family got the dice game Farkle for Christmas. Aimée and I have played several times, but Sunday afternoon the boys had their first shot. Naturally, I creamed them.

Sunlight Through Trees

Isn't that a clever title? (Two more days! But who's counting?)

Magnetic Poetry

The weather the past week or so has been pretty blah, so I am wishing for some cold and snow! I wrote this little gem earlier in the month when we had some good winter weather.

Sharing a Funny

Sick Boy

He came down with a stomach bug last night. At least it was after Christmas!

Christmas Morning

Merry Christmas to all my faithful readers! Hope your day was as good as ours.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

Christopher reprising his annual role as Santa Claus in the kids' production acting out the Clement Moore poem, a tradition from my own childhood.

Putting Their Heads Together

...to solve a sudoku puzzle in the Sunday paper.

Lights

Our lit-up wreath and our tree from the outside.

Model C

Last Self-Portrait

Of 2007. Not sure how many I'll do in 2008!

Mail Delivery

I asked the boys to bring me the mail, so Ben sledded down the driveway with it. Great service!

Cold Beverage of Choice

I took better pictures today, but they had Christmas secrets in them and so cannot be posted in public! This is my favorite cold beverage, but diet Coke is a close second. Aren't you glad you stopped by today?

Shadows on Snow

In the morning sunlight--it caught my eye and called for a slight postponement of Latin so I could get a picture.

Snowed In

We had a very quiet Sunday--no church thanks to a nasty snow-sleet-ice storm. Aimée spent hours in front of the fire reading.

Christmas Program

Big and Little

I got my Christmas present early! This week my new iMac arrived; it was supposed to be a surprise under the tree on Christmas, but the fraud detection folks at the bank called and spoiled the surprise. So I got to open it up as soon as it arrived, and it is now up and running and wonderful. I am still quite fond of my little iBook, though, and hope they continue to get along nicely.

Sledding

We got a real snowstorm today, and the kids had fun sliding down the driveway. I love winter!

Ruth's Tree

It's a lousy picture (taken with my cell phone--that's my excuse, anyway), but a very pretty tree. Only 1300 lights!

Jingle Bells

These are part of a wreath of bells that hangs inside our back door. I like bells.

Weird Light

Trees in the headlights in the library parking lot tonight--kind of eerie!

Junior Photographer

At our church's annual Christmas handbell concert.

Tracks

Out the Back Window

A little snow squall blew through this afternoon--very pretty!

Tara

Tara and I have been meeting on Thursday nights at Barnes & Noble to discuss this excellent book. It has been great to spend time with her, and I love how we can share honestly about our struggles to follow Jesus.

Christmas Tree

Slow shutter speed, camera in motion--isn't this fun? Go try it out.

Cookie Monster

Cookie decorating! Yum.

Icy Morning

Tired of Posing

I was trying to get a fabulous picture for our Christmas cards. This ain't it.

Something Red

Valerie Fowler, a digital designer, is providing picture prompts for every day in December at her blog. I am more than a little weary of this discipline, so any prompts are welcome. Today's was "something red," which sounds very festive, but I didn't want a big red bow on a wreath because that seemed just too predictable. So here you go.

Boy of the Week

So many pictures of this kid this week, perhaps because all the other members of the family are sick of having their pictures taken? (How am I ever to get a Christmas card picture out of these people?!)

Wet Siding

Tonight's Purchase

The (artificial) tree is up, so I had to hurry and purchase the artificial aroma to match.

Conqueror

He conquered the pumpkin in the name of science (to count the seeds). What a hero.

Back to School

Our first day back at the books after a week-long Thanksgiving break.

Tree Trimming

Earlier than usual this year--not sure what got into us!

Stratego

Three what? I wasn't paying attention.

Thankful

Yesterday, on Thanksgiving Day, we all wrote on a banner things for which we're thankful. It's an eclectic hodge-podge, and it reflects well who we are.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We've had such a nice day, just us--lots of laughing and being silly and just enjoying one another (and eating, of course).

Licensed to Drive

It has been a long journey--but she got her license today. I'm so proud of her for persevering in a hard thing.

November Snow

First snow I've seen this season.

November Field

Sunday's Reading

Finished Mayflower and flipped through some digital scrapbooking magazines.

Dave

One of tonight's dinner guests, which included our church's deacons and their families as well as a missionary couple our church supports.

Blustery

Never mind the leaf blower outside the frame of the picture...

Reading

He is reading The Children's Homer for school.

Morning View

I took pictures this morning while it was foggy and then a few after the fog had lifted. It was hard to pick a favorite, but I went with this one because I like the light and the notion that that path leads somewhere interesting, not just to a swamp.

Catalog Season

In today's mail: Land's End, Eddie Bauer, Hanna Andersson, REI, The Teaching Company, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Delia's, and Greathall Productions.

Dave at Work

In our basement.