A couple of you passed my test. Yes, I uploaded some random pictures and 2 of you noticed. Justin and Alli--give yourselves 3 stars each.

I have been lagging on the blog, not because of lack of will, but because of lack of battery. Our Olympus Stylus 850 SW is very cool but it came with a terrible battery. It wore out about 4 months after we had it. It also has a charger that connects with 2 pieces that come apart easily. If you loose one you can't charge the battery. I have heard that someone might be getting a new battery for Christmas so we will have better images up soon.

For now we are getting by with the iPhone. The iPhone is very similar to me as an athlete. I was mediocre at everything. I could play all sports in a competitive way but I didn't excell at any either. The iPhone does the same. It can do hundreds of things but only some of them well. Pictures are viewable but not awesome--for example.


Amelia takes a cuddle with her friend Michael (in the picture). She spent about an hour with this Christmas card picture.

Amelia wearing her sunglasses.

Amelia loves shoes of any kind. These are my mountaineering boots. They weigh about a pound and a 1/2 each so they slowed her down quite a bit.

Amelia never got close enough to Santa for a picture. These are our friends Boyd and Christie and their kids.

Amelia decides what she wants to wear in the house. We are terrified that she does this kind of thing at pre-school. In this one she is our little plumber.

In the next couple days we will have a lot of fun. We saw Grandmother Perkins today, Becky returns from Utah and Grammie finally gets off of school. (While we had a full 2 weeks Bow went 3 extra days.)

Until then....