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Christmas 2011
Yet another successful Christmas!
Last night we went over to the Matt and Becky Joy’s House. We brought finger foods and snacked and hung out. Matt and I ducked outside and looked through his telescope at Jupiter in the freezing cold. After we were finished snacking and such, we decided to exchange and open a few gifts. What a wonderful time. I also was able to catch some of the Cowboys game… as terrible as it was.
This morning Brittney was constantly knocking on our door to wake us up so that the unwrapping could begin. Ashley got out of bed and went to get things organized as I lightly dozed. I got up and heated up some coffee. As it was warming up, Ashley noticed that we did in fact get our white Christmas. Not that it was a lot of snow, but everything was lightly dusted I then turned Pandora on to our Christmas channel and we began opening presents. Not only were the kiddos inquisitive as to what was under the wrapping paper, the animals were also curious.
After all of the presents were done being opened, the games began.
I think the girls were more than happy with the gifts from Santa, family, and friends. This was yet another wonderful Christmas.
The photos:
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Ash and Stosh
These photos were taken by Amy O’Banion.
We have been very pleased with all of the wonderful photos that she has taken. We have had 2 photo sessions with her. If you are close and in need of some great shots, Amy comes highly recommended!
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50 Rules for Dads of Daughters
Ash posted this on my facebook so I decided to repost this to our site because it is so true! This post is by Michael Mitchell (lifetoheryears.com) on Christine‘s blog. It is nice to see that I meet some of these guidelines, but it also shows me areas where I can be better as a father. So, here is the post with all of its original content:
Pig and Rooster Tattoo
Today I got my first dig-it tattoos. They are on my feet and are a pig and rooster. This is the significance of the pig and rooster from wiki.answers.com:
The pig and the rooster are tattooed on either the calves or the top of the feet, to prevent a sailor from drowning,. These animals were originally carried on most ships in wooden crates. When a ship goes down these crates would float and then catch currents and wash ashore with the other debris from the ship, making the pigs and roosters often the only souls to survive a shipwreck.
Here is an interesting story from the 50′s detailing the significance of the pig and rooster: USS Rochester
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