Our new baby!

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Boone arrived 5 weeks early and surprised us all for Christmas! He was born in Red Oak, but was transported via LifeNet helicopter shortly after.  He spent almost 5 five in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Omaha and was able to come home on Christmas Day.  He is doing great now.  It was definitely a Christmas our family will always remember!

Guthrie

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I heard the bull likes pretty blondes.

Quotes

I like a good quote.  Here's a few I ran across today:


"Outside noisy, inside empty”


-Chinese Proverbs



"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”


-Maya Angelou

Disney World: Epcot & Magic Kingdom

Epcot

There's somethin' about Disney...everybody's happy and fun (even your pesky brother or sister).

 ...and EVERYBODY goofs around

...and of course they have some characters of their own there...

This guy is Duffy, the newest Disney character.  He is Mickey Mouse's teddy bear.  I've never heard of him--I think you call it M-A-R-K-E-T   I-N-G! (to be sung to the tune of M-I-C-K-E-Y  M-O-U-S-E)

It's hard to take a serious picture when you're having so much fun!

MAGIC KINGDOM

The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was one of our favorite rides at Magic Kingdom. 

The race track was another fam favorite.  Quentin and I were in the front car and these two crazys were behind us.

WE were driving perfectly.  See...10 and 2....

We had to remind the crazys behind us that this sign says DO NOT BUMP CAR IN FRONT!

What?!  We didn't do it! 

We stopped by Minnie's house...

...and Mickey's place.

We came back that night for the evening festivities.  At night the castle is lit up and they change the color of it every few minutes.

There was an awesome fireworks show.  Sorry, not so awesome pics of it.

Disney World: Animal Kingdom

On our first full day at Disney World we went to Animal Kingdom.  We saw tons of the characters...

Went on a dig for dinosaur bones.... 

Rode a dinosaur.... 

Hey, who's this 'character'?

Oh, and we can't forget the Tree of Life--the main attraction at Animal Kingdom.  There's all kinds of animals carved into the trunk. 

Super Bowl Nachos

Last night we made our favorite party nachos to snack on while we watched the Packers win!  When I was growing up we used to make them on New Year's Eve.  They're really easy--here's the recipe. 

Sorry, this picture isn't the greatest photography or the neatest food preparation.  I was rushed - I didn't want to miss any of those super bowl commercials!

You'll need:

Tortilla Chips
Refried Beans
Velveeta Cheese, sliced
Salsa
Sour Cream
Green Olives, cut in half

Try to pick the flattest chips.  Use a knife to spread refried beans onto each chip.  Then, layer each additional ingredient in the order listed above.  Microwave for 30 seconds (may take a few more seconds, depending on how thick you sliced the cheese).  Also, you can omit the green olives.

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