Halleluja we have SURVIVED the dreaded holiday photo!! hee-hee. I subject my poor family to this pain in the hopes that one day, we will all look back on it and be glad we have a little snapshot in time to enjoy. Since I am pretty much THE WORST at taking pictures...it's nice to have an old standby I can count on! So, after 2HOURS - I kid you not - we came out with a few that I can live with. Funny...the older they get, the harder it is to get a photo where everyone is a)smiling, and b)looking at the camera. Why is that?!?!? Hmmmmmmmmm. Well, here a few of my favorites.

New creature in da house!

So, got a new little critter for Gabe. He is the cutest little guinea pig in the ENTIRE FREE WORLD. I'm not usually one for guinea pigs. I can take 'em or leave 'em. This little dude, however, is the exception. He's a baby - about 8 weeks old, has really pretty grey/brown/silverish fur and loves to cuddle on my shoulder all nestled in my hair. Gabe has named him Bob Marley, which is perfect. He's one chill little critter.