our house is awesome

i would just like to say that our house this year is going to be amazing. on tuesday we had a house meeting which involved an hour-long discussion about our family portrait (to hang over the mantel, of course) and our family Christmas letter. i mean really, how you can beat a family portrait with matching pink polos?

and today we got rid of the random dresser and desk we’ve had behind our house for the past two months, and now we can fit all 6 of our cars in our mini parking lot behind our house, without parking anyone in. hurray. and cheri says that when it snows, we’re all going to get up at 6 a.m. and shovel the massive expanse of cement. double hurray.

and Meghan made us an adorable chore chart… so our house will always be clean and tidy. or something like that…

and now…

This is Alphie. I spent many happy hours of my childhood playing with Alphie. Just thought I’d introduce you all.