Phew! What a Day!

We have been having BEAUTIFUL weather here. The high has hovered around 50 for quite a while. Today started off cold and has only gotten colder. The low tonight is supposed to be 3 degrees. Today of all days, our furnace broke. I was SUPER stressed. Our thermostat was set at 68 and upon returning home from an outing, our house was 60 degrees. It continued to drop through the rest of the afternoon. I was thinking things like "hypothermia, frostbite, death". The furnace guy FINALLY got to our house at 6:00 pm. It is now up to a balmy 65 in here and I am feeling very blessed.
In the middle of it all, my Grandpa passed away. He was 93 and had struggled with dementia for years. It was such a mix of emotions for me. I was relieved it was finally over, but saddened by the loss. Some get cranky and mean in the end, he went the other way. He became sweet, docile, childlike, and loving.

Willard Milton Fager May 10, 1917 - December 30, 2010

Blood Curdling Scream!

Drake is terrified, and I do mean T.E.R.R.I.F.I.E.D of
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Bubbles

The Boys

Our boys are growing up. Carson likes to dress himself in the mornings.

16 and a half weeks

The doctor's appointment went well. The heartbeat was 138. We find out what we are having on January 12. Any guesses?

Total Lunar Eclipse of My Heart

For those of you who didn't get the chance to see the Lunar Eclipse, you missed out. It was really a neat experience, and it was really late at night/early in the morning. We took some great pictures of the event. We asked NASA if they wanted our pictures for their records, yep that good. CNN and MSN bought the copies from us as well. We hope you enjoy them.

First of all, I found it pertinent to our situation to leave the flash on and take a picture of our tree branches.
Then I took the following AMAZING picture of the Lunar Eclipse. Again, NASA accepted these for their files.
And another one a few minutes later. If you toggle back and forth, you can see slight differences.
I also captured a picture of a rare Melanie bug coming out of her cocoon.
I had the bug take a picture of me holding my hands properly in my lap.
I kinda like this bug.
Needless to say, it is not a bug, but Mel, and she was super excited to see the eclipse.