SNOW STORM...NOT QUITE

For a moment today, I was a little embarrassed to be a southerner. We barely had any accumulation down here and our news interrupted regularly scheduled programming to show full snow footage. The local hardware store completely sold out of sleds yesterday. First of all, what are the planning to sled on...the grass? Secondly, why on earth would our hardware store carry sleds? Brett and I just watched the news and said, "bless their hearts." It was some good comedy though. (picture date 1/19/08)

DANCING QUEEN

Are you tired of dancing videos yet? I hope not, 'cause I love them! Here she is wearing mommy's shoes, dancing to the highly appropriate, Welcome to the Jungle by Guns-N-Roses. (video date 1/11/08)

Footloose is a classic and is suitable for children of all ages. It appears to take her a moment to realize that she can dance using her arms and legs simultaneously.

ALEXIS, SHANE, SAGE, AND ??? VISIT

Yep...she's pregnant! There's no name picked out yet but it's another boy. I'm really excited because I wanted Sage to have a brother.

They got to come home at Christmas for a nice, long visit. We were able to spend a good bit of time together and really had a ball ringing in the new year. (picture date 12/27/07)

Maggie is passing on her musical expertise to Sage on her little piano. After all, she's got 16 months of study under her belt.

(picture date 1/1/08)

Lovely ladies.

Handsome fellas.

CHRISTMAS 2007

This Christmas season was wonderful but exhausting. We had numerous plays, concerts, banquets, dinners, and parties. Brett and I would try to schedule one night a week to just stay at home. It is the most wonderful time of the year but I think we're still recuperating.

Things were a little strange though. This is the first year ever that Danny and his family weren't able to be here. We have really been fortunate though. He has been in the service for eighteen years and this is his first year to miss. It just didn't seem quite the same. However, there was a slight package mix up on Christmas day so we probably talked to them almost as much as if they would have been here. I won't go into details as not to embarrass Danny...I mean...anyone.

Unfortunately, I got sick and was at MedCenter for over two hours on Christmas Eve and on the couch all day Christmas because the medicine that they gave me was too strong and threw me for a loop. I still had a ball watching miss Mag discover all of the magic that Christmas offers. By magic, I pretty much mean dancing and shaking her booty. She'll understand more next year but this stage that she's in is just so much fun.

Brett and I found that doing Christmas the "Ramsey" way wasn't as bad as we had expected. We had less to work with but were able to give more. That's more important than all the decorations and presents in the world... helping others in need. Hopefully, by next year, we'll be in a position to do much more.

I hope you all also had a wonderful Christ-centered Christmas season.

CHRISTMAS EVE

Maggie is "gettin' jiggi wit it."

CHRISTMAS DAY

She looked so tiny peeping in the living room to see what all Santa had left for her. (Christmas 2007)

Excellent toe point Maggie B!

I think we're in trouble. Her favorite song to dance to on her little MP3 player is Carmen.

She's just like her daddy. She has to pace when she's on the phone.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM LAS VEGAS