The Scott Family: 2007

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Such a rough life...

...hanging around in our bathrobes all day.

It's all about the Sound of Music

Caroline continues to love singing songs from The Sound of Music.
Here are her latest renditions of De-Re-Mi and So Long, Farewell.

Christmas pictures from my mom's house...

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Christmas festivities

We had a wonderful Christmas with lots of love, fun, and family togetherness. Here are some snapshots...

Party at BB"s house with extended family on the 23rd...

Christmas Eve, we stayed home, but Caroline still got dressed up in red bows.

Christmas morning at our house...
Caroline got a "baby doll bjorn"

and some dress-up clothes

Clayton was able to partially open a few of his presents...

Then we headed off to Grandma Phyllis and Grandpa Ray's house...

Then we went to Grandma BB and Papa's house.

We had so much fun all day, but by the time it hit bedtime, both kids were ready to head home.

Happy again and playing dress up with her new dress up clothes.

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Clayton is baptized

On Saturday, Clayton Matthew was baptized at Kenilworth Union Church.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Growing with Mr. Bear

Growing with Mr. Bear - 41/2 months

Growing with Mr. Bear - 22 months

Growing with Mr. Bear - together!

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Quick update - the garage door is being replaced tomorrow, so we'll be able to finally get out (just in time for Clayton's Christening on Saturday!) And Kevin, my superman, fixed the furnace! Things are definitely looking up.

Monday, December 17, 2007

When it rains, it pours.

So last week, the spring on our garage door broke and the door is now permanently stuck down.
Luckily, Kevin was at work so his car was not in the garage. Not-so-luckily, my car WAS in the garage. Our door is solid wood and is extra heavy, so we can't open it manually - even with multiple people. I am currently trapped and am unable to go anywhere. Ugh! It's not like it's Christmastime or anything when you have lots of errands that you need to do. It's also a little bit scary because if something happened to me or to one of the kids, I can't take them anywhere. Plus, since Kevin's car is a stick-shift, I can't even take his car out when he gets home. Luckily, the grocery store is only a few blocks away. Not-so-luckily, it is freezing out and we have 5+ inches of snow on the ground - so that rules out taking 2 babies in the stroller (or in the cold for that long for that matter). We ended up ordering a new garage door (we needed to anyway), but they can't install it until Friday. I am PRAYING that nothing goes wrong and they are able to install it on Friday.
To make things even better, tonight, our furnace stopped working. Luckily, it stopped working in the early evening so we only had to hang out a few hours before Kevin got home (with a car that can actually transport us all out of here if need be.) The temperature is starting to drop, but it hasn't gotten too low yet. Not-so-luckily, the heating company that services our furnace is closed for the night, so we're out of luck unless we call (and pay for) their emergency service.
UGH! The outdoor temperature right now is 20 degrees, with a windchill that makes it feel like 7 degrees. This could get ugly.

Christmas activities...

The Christmas card photo shoot...

Getting our face painted with a Christmas tree...

Decorating the Christmas tree...

Dressing up in Santa hats...

And a cookie-decorating party we hosted for 11 children & babies.

Unfortunately, we don't have any pictures of the event. I had my hands full supervising 11 children with frosting and sprinkles!

Friday, December 07, 2007

Snow and snowmen

The first big December snow! It snowed several inches, so Caroline got to play in the snow for the first time this winter. She actually really liked it!