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.

Momma's latest project

Spent part of the weekend crocheting a "Swing Set Cardigan" for Leah. I found the pattern free online and the yarn on clearance for $2 a skein. I only used about 1.5 skeins. Pretty cute for $3 and a few hours work!

It was hard to get her to stand still long enough for a picture. The sweater has 3/4 length sleeves and a little collar.

Just getting into a little mischief when she didn't think I was looking. The pictures I decided not to post were of her crawling in, turning around, and flipping the carseat over causing her to bump her head on the dresser.

(Sorry about the red eye. iPhoto wasn't fixing it tonight for some reason...)

Albuquerque

Aunt Karen is a great host! She was all ready for us to come. She had borrowed a pack-n-play for Leah so we didn't have to travel with one. She had been to the bookstore and farmer's market to buy books and toys for Rhett & Leah.

She even had 2 chairs just the right size!
Just down the road from Karen's place, the neighbors had decorated their wall with 2 of Rhett's favorite people. For those of you who haven't seen "Cars" 8000 times, Radiator Springs is located on Historic Route 66 which also runs through Albuquerque.
The kids were good on the train and made friends with many of the other travelers. Both enjoyed watching the scenery from our seats and also from the observation car.
Thanks Aunt Karen for a fabulous vacation!!