Family Picture...Gone Terribly Wrong

We've been busy this week driving around Texas visiting family and friends. Several of us got our hands on a new app for the iPhone...titled "Action Movie." It's a free app that let's you add special effects to your movies. It's hilarious!

An Early Christmas

Tonight we went over to my Aunt and Uncle's house and had an "early Christmas" before we leave town. It was mainly a chance to give the kids their larger presents so they can be packed away and sent to Zurich (too big to take on the plane.) Their main presents were toys they begged us for at Dineyworld...a "Cinderella Castle" and an "Epcot Spaceship Earth." After we returned home from Disney Jenny ordered them for their Christmas presents. The kids were very surprised and thrilled. It was nice exchanging gifts around a Christmas tree...since we don't have a tree this year.

The Heat - Ben's Last Game

Ben played his last basketball game of the season last Saturday. The team has a few more games to play but with our coming move Saturday was Ben's last game. He ended up playing his best game of the season. He played good defense, and he hustled a lot. He even worked up the confidence to dribble a bit and attempt a shot. All in all Ben had fun playing basketball with his friends. He really improved over the course of the season and at all the practices. We were very proud of him for trying something new to him and different.

Life At Random

Here are some random scenes from around the Frame household. I just realized all of these are "pre-kitchen disaster" (except for the last one of Glacier.) Ben, Megan, and I had several German tutoring sessions with Miss Ruth, we've had basketball games every Saturday morning, Megan took a few tennis lessons at the tennis center, and Ben was the top "Popcorn Seller" in his Cub Scout pack.

Nothing Says The Holidays Like...A Kitchen Remodel?

Well, we finally got the number of the settlement that we'll be receiving from State Farm. All in all it was a generous total, so we shouldn't have any issue rebuilding our kitchen and basement. So last Friday Jenny and I went to a local designer here in town and picked out our cabinets, countertops, etc. The designer also showed us her plans for how the new cabinets will be arranged and how the kitchen should look when it's completed. So we made our choices and picked everything out. Now Serv-Pro and our designer will take it from here and get everything put back better than it was before. This ordeal has been a nightmare, and it has really put a cramp on our "holiday spirit," but we're trying to stay positive about everything. When everything is all complete we should have a nicer kitchen and a bigger basement. So all this stress will be worth it in the long run.

"Feliz Navidad everyone!"

Santa House

I think I've mentioned a few times about the "Santa House" downtown. It's a building where kids get to visit Santa and look at tons of Christmas decorations. We took the kids there last night and they got to talk to Santa. Ben made sure to tell Santa that we would be spending Christmas down in Texas at his Nana's house. Santa said he would remember.

Christmas Pageant

This kids performed in the Christmas Pageant at our church last night. Ben was a shepherd and Megan was a star. They had to attend a few rehearsals this week but overall they had a good time performing. Here are some highlights.