Blast from the Past I - Late 2004

Alyssa has a new computer. One of its many features is a screen saver that randomly shows pictures from a given folder. We've been mezmerized over the last few days and thought we'd share some of what we've been watching.

Ernie, Shirley, and Forrest, Christmas 2004

One of the first chess games Forrest ever played, November 2004

Brian and Forrest reading Spider-man comics, September 2004

Emily holding Samantha (?), October or November 2004

Grandparents Visit

Forrest's grandparents made a quick trip from Lincoln during the last weekend of March. We took them around town and showed them our new home, including one of Forrest's favorite places, the Discovery Center.

Forrest has developed a major fascination with the camera. He took the above portrait of his grandparents (note the extreme upward angle) and the picture of Alyssa raking leaves in the previous post. He also took about 50 other pictures, which makes us very glad that we have a digital camera and don't have to pay for developing film.

As you can tell from the second photo, Forrest continues to be fascinated with costumes of just about any type. Usually he assembles his costumes from a variety of sources, which makes them quite eclectic and definitely creative.

Spring is Here!

Grandma Jeanne sent Forrest some spring cookie cutters and icing, so we spent a day over spring break making and icing sugar cookies.

Then we had to knuckle down and clean up the yard. We raked and bagged 5 bags-worth of leftover fall leaves. Luckily, leaf pickup is included in the garbage fee here. Yes, this is our backyard. It's absolutely gigantic. The previous owners left a small built-in sandbox and planted several tulip and daffodil bulbs (glad we didn't spend our Thanksgiving on that, Megan!).