So...should we kill the birds?

We're getting ready to redecorate the sunroom into a playroom. We're going to put carpenting over the parkay (sp?) flooring and paint the walls and trim. The big question is...do we paint over the mural on the ceiling? Swallows, clouds, and even some glow in the dark stars. If we are going to paint it, we should do it before we have the carpenting installed.

So help me out....what do you think? Should the swallows stay or go?
PS Take note of the brown foil ceiling in our dining room. The previous lady of the house didn't leave *anything* undecorated.

Jim's Update: I think the consensus is that we keep them!

Shoes

I know I'm a sap, and I've done this before, but here's another shoe-shot I couldn't resist.



So tiny!

Some Christmas Memories

Wow! Is it February already?!?!?! No wonder this blog feels neglected...

Matt and Judy get some well-deserved (and much-too-short) rest...


Jonathan and Andrew yuck it up for the camera...


Johnny having a ball with Lindsey.


Luke's ornament on our town's Christmas tree.


Here's the slide show.

Snow-Shovelling Meditation

"Cursed is the ground ...
   through painful toil you will shovel it
   all the days of your life.
It will produce snow and slush for you,
   and you will shovel the snow of the driveway.

Genesis 3:17-18, The Bible (my paraphrase)

Last night's snow was a heavy one!

Ok, keeping perspective: even without a snow blower, we have it very easy.