More Winter Fun

Andrew and Molly thoroughly enjoying the first major snow fall. Too fun!

Winter Beauty and Fun

I love how beautiful our house is in the winter. The trees are covered in snow . . .

The view off of our deck is amazing!

And the sound of giggling fills the air!

Mmmm. . . yummy snow! (sorry Dr. Peter- you may want to ignore this picture- at least it's fresh and white)

Shark Attack

Shark Dissection

cutting open
Emmy loved it!
Shelly and Libby and their table of girls did an awesome job of finding all the parts
Justin's turn to count teeth- he was having a blast
Finding the stomach- and opening it up we found a large surprise- a huge chunk of fish!

Mrs. Goedhart giving a kiss to the shark mouth- eeww!

Dear and Glorious Physician Play

Leah- beautiful, young lady- friend of the girl who liked Luke

Leah discussing boys and sewing

Elizabeth provided a bit of comic relief- she was so funny
and did I already say- um BEAUTIFUL!!!
The doctor she thinks is handsome
Bravo Elizabeth- you are so good on stage!! Definitely Daddy's girl!

Halloween Cuties

Here's our Halloween Crew:

Justin, Lars (Justin's buddy), Ashley, Andrew, Emily and Elizabeth

Dr. Justin Howard Homme
Dr. Elizabeth Suzanne Homme
Surgical Nurse Emily Rebecca Homme

All ready for Trick or Treating

The wonderful thing about Tigger is Tigger's a wonderful thing. . . he's bouncy, bouncy, fun, fun, fun!

Our cute scarecrow Ashley!

OUR FIRST 5k!

Before the race. . . Me and my girl Liz- my running buddy.

I never dreamed I would be able to run in a race. I challenged the girls to run with me during the summer and work up to a 5k. Elizabeth and I stuck with it and have been running several times a week all summer. Once Jay signed us up for the Harvest Classic 5k we started getting nervous! Well- we did it! And it was fun!-What a beautiful, crisp, Rochester morning and a great sense of accomplishment!

Jim ran the Harvest Classic too. He was very sweet and kept us company before the race- and made sure we were all ready to go before Jay could arrive. Jackie Tilburt started with us too- so fun. Halfway through the race Shelly and Libby Gabe were there to cheer us on. What great friends we have!

Poor Jay- we made him run with us- I don't think he even broke a sweat- but I think he was in heaven running with his girls- a dream come true. We were so happy to have him there- encouraging us to keep on running. He had to round early at the hospital and rush back to work after the race. Thanks honey!

We did it!! Elizabeth left me in the dust at the finish line. She decided to kick it up a notch for the finish. Way to go girl!!! According to my watch- our times were 37:00 for Liz, and 37:10 for me- we wanted to average a 12 minute mile for our first race and we nailed it! Hooray!!!!

Next time. . .

Showing off our numbers-these are going on my special closet bulletin board

Elizabeth is showing off the goods- yummy muffins and granola bars.

Super Andrew!

This is what I saw as I came downstairs- yep - 2 shelves full of folded towels- thrown down the steps to make a nice cushy pile- Sigh!

Andrew decided to jump from the 4th step onto his handiwork- a nice soft landing. He had so much fun he did it over and over again! And couldn't stop giggling when he realized he was freaking me out. What a monkey!

Oh my! That kid can fly! He is by far the most athletic and daring of the bunch. I'm afraid of what he'll think of next.