Kyle, Nick & the alligators

Jill & Tim on Tim's 25th birthday (12-23-05)

Nick and Pudge

Nick left today - Pudge will miss him a lot. Normally Pudge is not allowed on the furniture, but Nick liked to spoil him. Pudge is Kyle's American Bulldog.

James, Michael and alligators

Holidays 2005

Okay, I finally got some pictures of my kids without having to paste anyone in. One is a nice picture taken in our living room. The other picture was taken at Uncle Paul and Aunt Yulia's house. Uncle Paul and Aunt Yulia went to Florida for Tim and Jill's wedding two years ago and decided that they needed some alligators of their own when they got home. These alligators were tiny two years ago, and I have the feeling that if they keep growing, Aunt Yulia will be cooking them! It's now Jan. 2nd and most of our company has gone home. Tim and Jill went back to Dearborn HEIGHTS (that's for you, Trish - Jill doesn't want people to think she's from Dearborn!) on Saturday to spend the last couple of days with Jill's parents. They flew out of Detroit this morning, flew to Phoenix, AZ to pick up their dogs who were being puppy-sat there, and are now back at 29 Palms, CA. Nick left this morning around 11:30 a.m. and is currently in WV. He's gone 450 miles so far. It will take him albout 11-12 hours to get back to Camp Lejeune, NC. Michael is here till the 14th. He'll be here to watch a couple of Kyle's wrestling meets and a couple of James' basketball games before he heads back to Wind Gap, PA and the DeBoer's.