Pretty bold move...

I did something I've never done before yesterday... I took a shower while both the kids were awake. Yep. Left them unsupervised for about 15 minutes. I did have the monitor on so I could hear them. But really, what would I have done if I heard a crash and one of them start screaming. Run down the stairs wet and naked?! Who knows. Luckily, Rhett was watching Super Why and Leah was busy pulling books off the book shelf.

I guess I shouldn't have been nervous. This guy looks pretty trustworthy, doesn't he?

What's in store...

Conversation with Rhett over breakfast yesterday:

R: Mom, I have a good idea.

M: Oh? What's that?

R: On my birthday, I'm going to be 3 and a half and I'm going to be a dad.

M: Really?

R: Is that a good idea?

Right now we say, "Leah is 1, Rhett is 2, and Daddy is 3 and 4." I'm guessing that's where he get's the idea that he will be a dad when he's 3??? Where he get's that he will be 3 and a half, I have no idea!

Our Cherub

Thank you Aunt Cory and family for Leah's tutu! Doesn't she look sweet?!

Kissing Daddy

Rhett likes to run laps around the house. Almost every night we set the timer and the whole family runs before baths.

(Sorry, I thought I had this rotated before I uploaded...)

Fisher Christmas 2009

Papa read the Christmas story from Leah's new Bible and Nate got to put the baby Jesus in the manger. Next year Rhett will get to, then Will, then Leah, then Luke, then Wes. I'm sure they'll be more grandkids by then!

Leah is always ready to eat!

Great Aunt Karen got Rhett a John Deere tractor for Christmas!

Wertenberger Christmas 2009

Santa found Rhett & Leah in Sabetha despite the blizzard!

We took family pictures while we were all home. Here are Big Papa and Grandma Sauce with their 5 grandkids 4 years and younger...

Our family...

The Blizzard of 2009

I can already hear Ben's stories about this snowstorm grow...

We were supposed to travel from Sabetha to Manhattan on Christmas day, but it started snowing on Christmas Eve and didn't let up until the 26th. Combine that with 40 mph winds and we weren't able to get out of the driveway! Ben, his brothers, and brother-in-law worked all morning on the 26th: digging cars out, scooping the drive, and even scooping the gravel road his parents live on. With the help of a neighbor on a Bobcat, we were finally able to get through about noon that day. The drive to Manhattan wasn't too bad (they only had about 6 inches of snow to our 12-15). There was a few places on Hwy 99 that were down to one lane because the west lane was covered in a 6 ft snow drift.

It's been too long!

Our trusty 7-year-old Fuji digital camera up and died right before Thanksgiving. Thankfully the kids haven't had any exciting "firsts" lately that need to be caught on camera. I have been looking for another Fuji and the one I wanted was on sale this week. Yippee! So here are are the kids caught on the new camera.

Leah getting up from a nap (can't even tell the lights were still off!)

Cowboy Rhett. He has been wanting to wear his cowboy hat a lot lately. This morning it was the first thing he asked for when he woke up.