Happy New Year!! Welcome 2009!!

For New Years the cousins (who were in town) welcomed 2009 at Mason Lake.

The Girls

The Boys

Ben, Jill, Katie, Alex & Kristi

Cheers! Prost!

What a cute couple!

Wow we are real party animals!!  Thanks for the party poppers Ben! 

Sisters acting goofy in Indiana... Adventures of Kristi & Katie

This is what happens when you have two sisters with a camera and they decide to take lots of photos.

These are art sculptures made by a lady from Africa out of used tires.

There was a tree lightening ceremony on Friday night and the toy soldiers were part of the decorations.

Another sculpture made out of tires.

And another one.

These were the steps leading up to the WWII Memorial.  We ran up them like Sylvester Stallone did in Rocky.

Not really sure what I am doing here.

Yeah! Katie made it.

Katie is pinching the mini Washington Monument.

Now it is my turn.

This was a monument to the USS Indianapolis.

Here is the Indianapolis canal...check out the ice on the water.

There were ducks swimming by and one of them hopped up on the ice.

These photos were taken at a mall in Bloomington.  The birthday party was held in banquet space on the top floor of the mall.  The mall was decorated to the max for Christmas so there were tons of prime spots for funny photos.

It snowed on Sunday and of course we had to take pictures to prove that it snowed.

Thanksgiving in Indiana

We went to Indiana for Thanksgiving.  There was a surprise 60th birthday party for my Dad's cousin, Johnny Scully.  Here are the four of us.

Mom & Dad standing by a beautiful statue.

Great Uncle Jim & Great Aunt Helen.

Me, Grandpa & Katie.

Grandpa, Great Aunt Helen, Dad, Mom & Great Uncle Jim.

Me, Great Uncle Jim & Katie.

Dad & Great Aunt Peggy.

Great Uncle Larry & Great Aunt Peggy.

Grandpa, Great Uncle Larry & Dad.

Aspen, the Grey Nosed Reindeer

Aspen has a new costume.  As you can tell from this picture she "loves" her the new reindeer antlers.