New Year's Eve 2008

We had a great New Year's Eve. Curtis and Wendy came over to share some of our slow cooker goose BBQ sandwiches (thanks Dan for being a good shot!) Wendy brought some yummy potatoes and an even yummier cherry cheesecake dessert. After all that good food we played Scrabble. I know, I know, not exactly a whooping New Years Eve, but given the fact little Phelps is giving me a run for my money it was a perfect way to spend the evening. Here are some cute pics from our night.








Wendy trying out the SNATCHER!











And Curtis trying it too....













And lastly, our game! Thanks Wendy & Curtis. We had a great time. :)

The snatcher

This snatcher has been providing our whole family with endless laughter in the Hubert household. Is that not the sweetest giggle you've ever heard? I could listen to it 24/7!

Merry Christmas

After the Christmas festivities died down, we took advantage of a beautiful Juneau day by skaking on Twin Lakes with Dane in tow. Here's a clip from our adventure.

It's official...

Dane is not a fan of Santa! Here's the proof...


Poor little man. :(

Who needs Disneyland?

Not us... All we need is a belt (from Mommy's robe) and Daddy (for the heavy lifting)

Let the fun begin....

Big Fat Mess!

This is what happens when you turn your back for even a second! The entire bag of popcorn kernels were on the floor.













So, of course, then we had to play with them! This was Dane's favorite part!

Fun Pictures

I was playing around with the camera and I accidentally had it on the slow synchro mode and this was the product. Pretty fun!

Hmmmmm

Look what I pulled out of the washing machine a couple of days ago. I'm just wondering how in the world I didn't hear it thumping around during the spin cycle.





And I have a pretty good idea who was behind this...

Can't you just hear him saying, "GOTCHA!"

Actually, I'm kind of surprised he even parted with it because he was "wearing" it the entire night!

Dane has eyes for Sarah!

With all the recent Sarah hoopla, we couldn't miss the annual open house of the governor's mansion! Even though we didn't vote for her, we were still star struck. She was cordial and particularly good with Dane, which surprised us, since she has 5 children that she apparently does not spend any time with. She even held Dane's binky during a few snapshots. The most excited person from our family - - without a doubt, Dan. He thinks she's a HOTTIE! :)

Snow Day?!?!

Well, not quite, but every school aged child and teacher were sure praying for that to be the call! There is still a winter storm watch until 3pm this afternoon and "they" were predicting from 12 to 20 inches of snow. Here at our house we've gotten about 7 inches and that will probably be about it as it's stop snowing. Here's a video of Dan snow blowing our driveway this morning. Dan complains about having to do it, but I think we all know that he secretly loves doing it!! Just look at the smile on his face. ;)

ARGH!! I've tried uploading the video 4 times and for some reason it just won't work. :( So, you'll have to settle for a cute picture of Dane watching Dan snow blow the driveway.

Brusha, brusha, brusha

Dane is in love with his toothbrush! Who would have thought that he would love that? He gets so excited when I pull it out each morning.
He sits in his swing and brushes away while I brush my teeth. It's too cute.












HAPPY BOY!

Turkey, potatoes and a side of karoke

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Anchorage with Dan's cousin Kim and his family. Here are a few of the highlights (besides the amazing feast and hosts of course) ...



Kim bought Lisa a karoke machine for Christmas last year and I think it was worth every penny! We had such a blast singing song after song. There was a little Frank Sinatra, CCR, Wham and Dan and I even did a duet from Grease.










As you know, Dane absolutely loves kitchens and Kim and Lisa's was no exception! He spent the majority of his time in there causing all kinds of havoc. He came across this bag of potatoes and was in heaven.













Dane LOVES cats and playing with one up close and personal was such a treat for him. Paws wasn't having the best time, but he was a good sport nonetheless.







And, of course, SLEDDING! I think it would be safe to say that the biggest baby was ME! I screamed the entire way down, but I sure had fun. I didn't get the best pictures, but you get the idea! :)






Here are Dan, Dane, Kim and Lisa at the top of the hill.










Here are Dan and Dane on their way down...




















And here they are at the bottom. As you can tell by Dane's stunned look, he wasn't so sure about this whole sledding thing.









And, we're finally home! We had a blast celebrating Thanksgiving with family. Kim and Lisa sure know how to make us feel welcome. I think we may have just started a new tradition. :)

Wonderful News!

I'm thrilled to say that my Auntie Tina opened her eyes on Sunday and has been able to follow simple directions from the doctor and family members. She had another surgery yesterday and that went well. Her next surgery is scheduled for this weekend. We hope she is on the road to recovery. What a true blessing! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.