Christmas Eve after our 10PM church service the kids got to open one present.......
P.J.'s !!
Hannah Montana and Highschool Musical
Pretty happy kids for it being almost midnight here.
This is a picture of my wonderful dad that I took last Sunday. We recently were told by the doctor that my dad has been preliminarly been diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease. This news was really no shock to us since we have noticed that he has really slowed down the last year or so. Still, we are devistated. My mom is filled with sadness and tears. We are thankful that he has something that will take year to take its toll, but still, we fear the future. Parkinsons in not a curable disease, but medicine will make him feel way better. He will see a neurologist on Jan.3, and he will determine more. I would greatly appriciate your prayers for my family. Thanks
Levi loves the water.....
He also loves this barbie! He carries it around and says, "she pweety mommy!" (pretty)
Here are the pictures of our day today. Yes, we searched and searched. Did we find the perfect tree? Not really, but it will work. Yes, it is already all decked out. I will post the finished product later in the week.
We had a very odd Thanksgiving with out Ross this year. He had the opportunity to go home to Wyoming for a week so he took it! We got a great deal on a plane ticket, but the catch is that he would fly home on Thanksgiving day. I decided that since my parents both had to work that day, I would have my family over . I just had to get new plates for my first Thanksgiving. So, here they are. 
My girls absolutely love to take pictures. They also like to look at all of our family pictures that I store on our computer. As they were looking the other day, they said, "all the pictures are of just us kids. Daddy is in a few, but you are never in them." I tried to explain to them that the reason is because I am always taking the picture. (which is fine with me) The only real way to make them be fine with the idea that I wasnt in any of the pictures was to let them each take their own pictures of me with them. It is in their blood to take pictures, and they love it. Ross' sister, Jamie is an outstanding photographer. I have her work all over my house. I hope one of my kids follows in her footsteps. I will be interested what the Bichel Christmas card will look like since my son won't smile for the camera-EVER!!
You may already know about this, but I just learned about a kids moviecoming out in December starring Nicole Kidman. It's called The GoldenCompass, and while it will be a watered down version, it is based on aseries of children's books about killing God (It is the anti-Narnia). Pleasefollow this link, and then pass it on. From what I understand, the hope isto get a lot of kids to see the movie - which won't seem too bad - and thenget the parents to buy the books for their kids for Christmas. The quotesfrom the author sum it all up. I'm going to tell everyone about this movie.Please go to this link to learn more about why this movie is bad.http://snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp
There he is!!!!
It was a very DULL weekend for us. EVERYONE IS SICK!! We layed around all weeked which is so not typical for us. Ross is the only one that has managed to stay healthy. He worked outside most of the day trying to avoid any germ contact. Dana has been doing so well reading to her brother and sister. Her homework requires 20 minutes of reading per night. So, she likes to take that time and read to them. SO CUTE!!
Dana wanted a chocolate fountain for her "cake". Yummy!!!
Piniata!!!!!!!!!!!!
These are the girls that all slept over!!! Dana has grown up with these girls. We had so much fun.........
