Karl and Angela Rees

We enjoyed the week in Utah with family.   Most days were spent hanging around the warm house with family, keeping sheltered from the snow and cold all around us.  Karl's never seen so much snow at Christmas!  read more »

We spent the week of Christmas with the Duncans in Utah. Thomas loved playing with his grandma, grandpa, uncles, aunts, and cousins. He didn't quite get the hang of opening presents, but he loved playing with his new toys. But he wasn't so fond of the plentiful snow and cold.

Update (1/25/09): Added video!

No, it’s not your imagination.  December just skipped a week.  Or we did.  Either way, it’s been a crazy month.  The week before last we occupied ourselves with all sorts of festivities.  Monday night (the 8th), we went to see a crèche exhibit in Palo Alto.  There were nativities from all over the world.  It was pretty cool, and we think Thomas enjoyed it as well, except he missed the puppet show due to traffic.   Tuesday night Karl played Frisbee and Wednesday night we had home teachers over.   read more »

Thomas and Paela play together as we have a traditional Rees "Christmas Eve" dinner, followed by some fun by the fireplace.

Thomas hooping it up on his bedroom basketball rim.

Thomas likes books.  Oh yes he does.  And this is how he plays with them when he can't convince Mommy and Daddy to read them to him.

The busy month of December has begun.  We did some shopping this week.  Thomas got a little bored of store shopping and even fell asleep once.    read more »

Here are pictures of us decorating the tree and of a little shepherd boy.

Update (1/25/09): Added video!

The week started on a somewhat down note.  Angela came home from her bookclub Tuesday night to find Karl in bed with stomach problems, the chills, and a high fever.  Luckily, the fever and chills went away in the middle of the night.  The stomach ache lingered off and on for the rest of the week, though.  He mu  read more »

Thomas goes down the slide by himself for the first time.  Karl was just trying to get some video of Thomas enjoying the slide--Thomas had kept saying "again" whenever he hit the bottom.  Little did Karl know that Thomas would suddenly thrust himself down.  Overall Thomas seemed very pleased with himself.