well, gena really turned up the heat this last few weeks. she took the kitchen by storm making cookies for neighbors like a cooking bandit... bandit? hmm, whatever...

samuel is a bit more of the french persuasion that ian... 

well, it was 11 degrees so we thought it had warmed up enough to go out for a walk. time to bundle up everyone. 

we had a bit of wood floor put in by our back door. samuel, like his big bro, wanted to help at any opportunity. 

we found another use for the quad. tie ians sled to it and pull him around the yard and neighborhood. 

well, i think it is a mandatory activity at Christmas time. gena and ian nailed a good one. here they are hard at it.

 

we were able to get back to hawaii this winter. WITHOUT THE BOYS. THANK YOU mom and dad caston. that was incredible...

 

well, samuel is the polar opposite of his big bro. samuel is mr. take arisk. get hurt. crash into stuff. yell. here is an example. (he stood and fell off right after i took the picture)

well, it was 7pm and there were about 4 other people in Home Depot. maybe that is because it was ZERO outside. 

anyways, we were in a hurry so we had to get a Nascar cart. boy did that help!!!

ian and gena decorated. 

samuel broke stuff. 

mike took pictures. 

 

 

 

 

is much different than California. here you buy a $5 permit and drive into the woods and cut one down. here we are on our maiden trip: 

 

 

 

 

 

so, i put up SOME Christmas lights in a blizzard a week ago. wasn't that a ball. 

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wow, been snowing for about a week straight and i think we are forecast to snow all they way through Christmas...

for those of you ready for a big long speech about voting and patriotism and what not– sorry to disappoint. 

just sharing a couple pics from today. animals and precipitation. that's all i got. 

Proverbs 28:1 "The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion."

Proverbs 28:13 "He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy."

Romans 12: 9- 13 "Let love be without hypocrisy. Hate what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer, distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality."