I thought a picture of the "old people" might be nice as well. More photos to come. I swear.

Maren has more coordination in her little finger than I do in my whole body. She has never taken dance, but does excel at playing princess with her little sisters and dancing in front of the Christmas tree as if the world was on hold.

Most of our new pictures are on mom's new camera which needs to be downloaded. They just hold soooo many now I never remember to put them on. I also need to remember to take more pictures. Christmas was fun with American Girl dolls and train tables and Webkins. We are entering a whole new world with older girls. The Dude also ads his own mystique. He found my old ski goggles from high school and college and they are now his "mask" or "helmut. I wish I new what language he comes from, because it sure isn't English.

Christmas is always an experience in our home.

We had to convince a few unwilling partcipants into getting a family photo done.

These are the good results. To see the bad ones, you must make a personal request.

Carston Thomas Busacker, Age 2

Sydney Eva Busacker, Age 3
Lydia Claire Busacker, Age 6

Maren Elisabeth Busacker, Age 7

Then all of us caught a passer-by to take this once in a lifetime shot.

Pumpking Carving is a gross ,but favorite tradition in the Busacker home. And, how cute can a scarecrow actually be?
Maren is Dorothy and her best friend Sidney Moore is Tin Man. What a pair.

Halloween 2007

Halloween in Cincinnati is always a TREAT! The leaves turn brilliant colors and you can feel the chill in the air for fall. The kids picked a theme this year -- The Wizard of Oz! Maren was Dorothy, Lydia was Glenda the Good Witch, Sydney was the Lion, and Carston was the unwilling Scarecrow. They had fun trick-or-treating at the ward Halloween Party. They had so much candy, but they still wanted more. We spent Halloween with our friends the Moore's having pizza together and then sending the dad's off with the kids. It was a blast.

We had our first snow last week and found that boys and girls really are different. Carston spent almost 3 hours outside playing the snow, while Sydney spent about 30 minutes and then came in for hot chocolate. Next time I promise to take pictures of the dudedestroying daddy's perfectly sculpted mulch beds in the back yard. I think Maren and Lydia came home from school and each spent about 10 minutes total out in the snow. They came in looking for hot cocoa as well. But, at least they all slept well that night. Maren has also exploded onto the spelling scene with 3 perfect spelling tests in the last three weeks. I think the milkshake bribe is working.

Thanksgiving 2007

Okay, we had a big HUGE party at our house, and hopefully everyone had a good time. Too bad I forgot to take pictures. (See Jessica's work for that). Svend and Jessica came down from Guerney (sp?) and then we had three other families come over too eat, watch movies, and let the kids have fun. I still hope everyone had a good time and feel welcome to come again.

Cincinnati Home

We've grown quite a bit and added another bedroom to accomodate our family. Cincinnati has been good to us, and we are learning quite a bit about life here on this Earth.