Suri in the snow

Suri LOVES the snow. We cannot keep her out of it. She barrels down the hills and then rolls around in it trying to do whatever. The benefit for her is she always has her coat on! Come chase me, it's fun!

Down the hill she goes

First snow of 2008

a view of the neighborhood

hot game of snow football which was then followed up with snowball fights

Claire and Abby all bundled up

Trey and Matthew using the snow blocks to make a fort

Scooping up the snow

Making a snow fort

A Sundae on Monday

At Max and Erma's restaurant we enjoyed the Sundae bar, yum!

We guitar hero everywhere we go

We took the Wii to Kentucky and played at Grandma and Grandpa's. We even played in guitar in the car (yes we have a plug in the vehicle). Grandpa gave it a try as well. Matthew told him that he should tell his work friends (i.e. his pilot, president of the company, senior staff) that he played guitar hero. Grandpa wasn't so sure they'd be impressed, you never know!

Hot game of UNO

grandpa couldn't get a break with this game of uno. Look at these hands of cards!

Feeling Hungry and Creative

We were so hungry after our tubing that everyone got into the kitchen. Grandma make chocolate shaving for cake, I made margaritas in the new blender and Matthew made rice krispy treats with M&M frosting. It was all good until they got dumped out of the refrigerator. We ate them anyway!

Tubing at Perfect North Resort

Here we are tubing at Perfect North Resort in Indiana. We had a lot of fun! Michael and Grandpa

Time is up at 1:50pm. 2hrs of tubing is a really long time.

View of the tubing runs

Matthew and Grandma

Going down the hill, wee!

Daniel in his cold weather gear

Going up again

Melissa and Michael

Michael coming off the end of his ride

Going down again!

Grandpa is in the front row!

Our family portrait

Cincinnati Zoo

Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! Enjoy some snaps of the animals at the Cinicinnati Zoo. This rhino came out to visit with us. He was within inches of us.

The family in front of the penguin encounter

Penguins

The roaring lion. I has never head a real lion roar until that day. It was amazing!

Silver backs. They couldn't be bothered.

The boys in front of the primate encounter

White tigers
Rattlesnakes-Matthew was the photographer in this section

Matthew rides a rhino

Grandpa knows how to handle a rhino
These little gibbons were amazing. The male came and peeed on us, how rude!

More snake...

The boys tackle an alligator

A cat with hair on its ear. Very neato

Boys with more snakes

The peacocks were out and roaming the park freely. It was cool to be so close to them.