Friday, December 08, 2006

O, Christmas "Tree"

After not having a tree last year and the year before that, I swore I would have a tree this year. I was determined to get one at the very beginning of the month, but as the time for optimal tree-viewing enjoyment grew shorter (we'll be gone for Christmas), and the realization struck that we really had no place to put a tree, I decided to just make do with what we had. What do you do when life hands you lemons? Exactly!
This is what I came up with. Is it a tree? I would say that it's all a matter of perception. I mean, what is a "tree" anyway?

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Gingerbread houses are fun!

Here is Hannah's first gingerbread house.


















Here is Hannah hard at work.


















Here is Hannah eating her work.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

SOLD


I have completed and sold my first box of photo cards for Miriam Lovell Photography. This is really fun!

The city is lit!


We went into the city for our young women's activity. Here we are at Rockefeller Center. Every place we went was so festive and beautiful for the holidays. This is one of the joys of the city. You just can't live here without being a part of it.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Uh oh!

Minna called me at work on Thursday and started by saying "I did a bad thing..." She continued by saying that she was backing up the car, and then I thought that there was probably something that we'll have to fix. I just imagined the back bumper dented and falling off and the lights broken out.

The story goes that while she was backing she had opened up the door to see how close to the curb she was and backed up just a little more, and the door hit a tree, a big solid tree. The door lodged against the tree rather than bent backwards. Because of the pressure on the door going directly against the frame of the car, the door became skewed a bit and the inside of the jam on the door was dented from the tree.

She tried to shut the door and it just hits the door jam, there is no latching, no forcing it to close, just a single "klonk", and the door pulls open again. The place on the door that will latch with the car is dented in and does not match up with the car.

Here in the bad photo, you can see how there is damage. Also look and see how the metal has become curved just below the latch. What you can't see is that under the vinyl good-looks of the interior, the metal is also caved in.



There will be more to come on this. We found a dude who does auto body repair out of his garage and he will fix it pretty quick and pretty cheap and comes well recommended. I'll recommend him when I get it back and see that the work is good.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Snow

We had a good snowfall while we were in Seattle. Hannah was pretty excited about it at first.


Then she realized she had to walk through it to get to the car.

Monday, November 27, 2006

my brother

Shane is now engaged. Good for him. He's got a neat picture of the moment but I still want to see the video.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

A great picture of us


We spend so much time behind the camera that we decided that we need a picture of us in front of the camera. This picture was a "lure" for Morgan (age 6) to let Minna take pictures of him, at the request of his parents. We put the strap around his neck and showed him where to hold the camera. He pointed and took the picture and this is what we got. A great picture of us. Perhaps Morgan has a future in photography.

Poker

Jane needs to work on her poker face.

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving

There is so much to be grateful for. I love my family. We are healthy. We are happy. That pretty much sums it up.

The food was fabulous.

I think my favorite was Andrew's cheesecake. SO GOOD.

Dyer Family

Friday, December 08, 2006

O, Christmas "Tree"

After not having a tree last year and the year before that, I swore I would have a tree this year. I was determined to get one at the very beginning of the month, but as the time for optimal tree-viewing enjoyment grew shorter (we'll be gone for Christmas), and the realization struck that we really had no place to put a tree, I decided to just make do with what we had. What do you do when life hands you lemons? Exactly!
This is what I came up with. Is it a tree? I would say that it's all a matter of perception. I mean, what is a "tree" anyway?

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Gingerbread houses are fun!

Here is Hannah's first gingerbread house.


















Here is Hannah hard at work.


















Here is Hannah eating her work.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

SOLD


I have completed and sold my first box of photo cards for Miriam Lovell Photography. This is really fun!

The city is lit!


We went into the city for our young women's activity. Here we are at Rockefeller Center. Every place we went was so festive and beautiful for the holidays. This is one of the joys of the city. You just can't live here without being a part of it.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Uh oh!

Minna called me at work on Thursday and started by saying "I did a bad thing..." She continued by saying that she was backing up the car, and then I thought that there was probably something that we'll have to fix. I just imagined the back bumper dented and falling off and the lights broken out.

The story goes that while she was backing she had opened up the door to see how close to the curb she was and backed up just a little more, and the door hit a tree, a big solid tree. The door lodged against the tree rather than bent backwards. Because of the pressure on the door going directly against the frame of the car, the door became skewed a bit and the inside of the jam on the door was dented from the tree.

She tried to shut the door and it just hits the door jam, there is no latching, no forcing it to close, just a single "klonk", and the door pulls open again. The place on the door that will latch with the car is dented in and does not match up with the car.

Here in the bad photo, you can see how there is damage. Also look and see how the metal has become curved just below the latch. What you can't see is that under the vinyl good-looks of the interior, the metal is also caved in.



There will be more to come on this. We found a dude who does auto body repair out of his garage and he will fix it pretty quick and pretty cheap and comes well recommended. I'll recommend him when I get it back and see that the work is good.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Snow

We had a good snowfall while we were in Seattle. Hannah was pretty excited about it at first.


Then she realized she had to walk through it to get to the car.

Monday, November 27, 2006

my brother

Shane is now engaged. Good for him. He's got a neat picture of the moment but I still want to see the video.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

A great picture of us


We spend so much time behind the camera that we decided that we need a picture of us in front of the camera. This picture was a "lure" for Morgan (age 6) to let Minna take pictures of him, at the request of his parents. We put the strap around his neck and showed him where to hold the camera. He pointed and took the picture and this is what we got. A great picture of us. Perhaps Morgan has a future in photography.

Poker

Jane needs to work on her poker face.

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving

There is so much to be grateful for. I love my family. We are healthy. We are happy. That pretty much sums it up.

The food was fabulous.

I think my favorite was Andrew's cheesecake. SO GOOD.