Tucking in

One of the few moments of joy and peace that we have is tucking in the kids before we go to bed... you know, fixing the blankets etc that hey have managed to entangle themselves in while trying to get to sleep.

We've seen a few really cute scenes during this time... this one I just had to take a picture of. A few months back Scarlett started refusing to sleep in her bed anymore and wanted a big girls bed. We didn't have a bed that would fit into the girls room along with Dotty's bed so we upgraded them to a full size bed we had in the garage. (and a mattress borrowed from grandma).

snuggling in bed

The boys on the other hand....

Video of the boys room

New bunk beds finally setup

We've been remodeling the boy's bedroom with new floors, closet etc. We finally got to a point today where we could setup the new triple bunk beds Grandpa Clines made us. You can see several things still a work in progress in the background but the boy are so glad to finally be on their beds and not sleeping on the floor.

Oh, and Suzi themed their room "Star Wars" - the classic version of course.

Henry on top, Peter in the middle, and Charlie on the bottom

Closeup of Charlie's comforter. 

Closeup of Peter's comforter. 

Closeup of Henry's comforter. 

View from the door to their room - you can see the R2D2 run in this shot

They're pretty happy about it

2011 Family pictures

Ok, I'll make 2012 a better year than 2011. Given that I only had two posts in 2011 it shouldn't be too difficult. I'll start off by sharing some family pictures we took back in December. They turned out pretty good - we went to a park near our house, there wasn't a lot of color left in the scenery so Suzi got creative and added a lot of color to us!