We always go out and cut our Christmas tree down the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Robin LOVES her hats!

We hunt for the perfect Christmas tree. Yes, it was very warm for that time of year.













Jacob finds the perfect one.



















Cousin Brielle (soon to be MRS. Rucks)
wishes it could be her birthday.




Cameron gives us one of his many funny faces.































Welsey and Cameron celebrated their birthdays during November. Wesley 17 and Cameron 7.

































Robin and Cameron trunk or treat as a fat tourist and something star wars.
This was before Cameron's obsession of transformers.




Ethan Shows us his muscles from all the push-ups in band.









Cameron enjoys his pie with just a little whip cream. Don't bother with the plate or fork.

Christmas Break

NO SCHOOL!!! Yeah right, I've got so much homework it's not even funny. Yep, its still Ethan here at the abode posting. Everyone else is too chicken. Basically, everything is running the same as ever here, two wheels on the ground, two in the air. Jacob's happy because his campout got canceled, Wes and I had an argument because I wouldn't tell him what I'm getting mom. I'm practicing piano and trying not to think about home work, and Cameron can't wait for TRANSFORMERS that he is sure he's getting! Robin, Mom, and Dad all are about the same, eating everything the rest of us won't. Oh yeah, one more thing, I CAN DRIVE IN 1 WEEK!!!!!!!!

Christmas Newsletter 07

Lights, Camera, Action

Ethan spent many many hours marching with the high school marching band this summer. To bad Laurie couldn’t tell which one was Ethan and now we have a bunch of photos of Mckenzie.

You’ve Got Mail & Mail….

Each day the computer tells us how much unread E-mail Clark has. It stopped counting when it hit 1600. Your better off text messaging him.

………98, 99, 100!

Thinking it was a brilliant idea Laurie sent Cameron to school with 100 Q-TIPS for 100 days of school. When it came time to share no one wanted to trade their 100 pieces of candy for a Q-Tip. BUMMER!

Deprived No More

Wesley and Ethan joined the ranks of tech savvy teenagers this year, sort of. The phones can ring, but they can’t text.

What color did you say?

Laurie’s running philosophy this year was “ If you’ve got a cool shirt, I’ll run the race.” She got 4.

Full Circle

Once again we are reminded of “what goes around comes around.” We bought a 1986 Hyundai for Wesley to drive. It just so happens to be the same type of car as the first one we owned.

Public Service

After months of propping up our mail box in a bucket of gravel we got a new one, but only after the mail lady had to pick it up off the ground a few times to put the mail in it.

Turtle…..NOT

Cameron did is best animal impression ever this year. He pulled his arms and legs inside his shirt and then promptly fell off his chair face first. His teacher told him the tooth should be worth at least $5.00.

Now that’s Ironic

Wesley started an early college program this year. Never did we expect to be paying for two educations at once, Wesley and Clark (Student Loans). The loans are now paid off!

Vindicated

Jacob and Ethan each got their own bedrooms this last year. Jacob was finally able to prove the MESSY room was not him.

Scary

Ethan’s proudest moment came when he freaked out his section with his wicked watch tan line. Or maybe when the band won the DAVIS CUP COMPETION! (it was wet)

What does that say

After almost drowning herself by getting drinks so she could read the white board at school we took Robin to get glasses. Now she can see everything.

On your mark, get set, GO!

Robin ran her first and probably last race this year. In the end she got a race shirt and breakfast.

All I want for Christmas

When asked what he wanted for Christmas Jacob said “What I want or what I’m likely to get?”

Hoping you get what you want for Christmas!

Hill Cumorah

We got a message back from the people for the hill cumorah pageant. They accepted us to go next summer. It should be a really cool experience for the family. We'll spend most of July up there, should be a lot of fun.

Let there be piracy...... in theatricality

Pirate King

oh it is it is a glorious thing to be aaaa ... piirrraaaatttte ...... kkkkiiiiinnnnnggggg!!!!!

Thanksgiving

Well our Allred cousins came in safe and sound saturday night. Some of them showed up to church with us today. Tomorrow even more relatives are flying in for the holiday. Everyone but mom is feeling really thankful, and she's just being her usual stressed out self. School is only M&T so we get most of the week off. As for me (yes its the Ethan again) I went to the regional dance saturday night and had a blast, loads of fun. I also have a band closure party thing on Tuesday which will be great fun. I'm finally feeling like I have a social life. Its really weird. Well, in conclusion, just remember that a bee cannot fly up the nose that already has a finger in it.