pretzel making

brett baked pretzels today

the pretzels turned out amazing

they tasted just like the ones that you get at the mall
...only better

niamh in her christmas shirt

candy houses

every year the kids build candy houses

the inevitable...collapse
(brett was cracking up at me for being severely stressed)


it is likely that finn had more candy in his stomach than on his house

brett was diggin' ni's "mid-century international style" house

finished houses with snow

the craftsmen

other winter events

last weekend there was a dance at ni's school
after the dance two friends crashed at our house

here is a picture of the girls at breakfast the next morning

we got a nice little snow last weekend also

here's my sweetie getting ready to play

here are a few photos from the christmas party

at the Old Academy
(which is now the beautiful home of the Rolfe family)

visit from grandma and grandpa

brett's parents came to visit at the end of november

i didn't take many pictures

mainly because finn came down with the flu the day they got here

this picture was taken up inside the arch (downtown st louis)
brett said that the arch was swaying really bad because of the high winds

and it was making everyone nervous

(notice the nervous faces)

the christmas parade in ste gen

this was the only picture that i took

it is of the french singers

(finn was in the stroller...sick)

the newest cavanaugh

this is Richard
he is a stray that has not been claimed

because he is such an awesome dog
we decided to keep him

he is a blue heeler mixed with a jack russel ...we think
anyway, it looks like he's been using crest whitening strips