Here is Maggie looking cute. She wanted to grow her bangs out. I really liked it in a barette. But alas she didn't...so I cut her bangs again. She looks so much like Aunt Bobbie!

Here is the basement...We are working on tidying up a bit. We got some cheap carpets from a local store and this is the play house cousin Shannon built out of cardboard. The kids like going down there now to play and scream. We want to hang some "curtains" over the shelves...probably shower plastic curtains so they won't get ruined if they do get wet. That will make it look alot less cluttered. Next weekend Steve is going to hang the punching bag that we got the kids for Christmas. Then the older boys will have something to do!

Here is Douglas on derby night at church. His car came in third. He was happy about that!

Hi everyone. I am getting frustrated because I can't figure out where my pictures of Douglas and his derby went in my computer. Hopefully...I will "find" them. They are in there somewhere!

Here are some pictures of the tree that fell on the house. It hit the porch pretty hard! It shook the whole house and woke the house up...except Jacob and Maggie who sleep very soundly.

Here is the kitchen windows painted and the chandelier in the dining room put up! Now the kitchen just needs curtains.

Christmas morning pictures. We had a great Christmas and missed everyone very much. The kids had fun opening their gifts. Steve and I didn't have many surprises under the tree. We both got a kitchen for Christmas. The kids did get us some gifts from the "store" they had set up at the school. So that was fun seeing what they bought us!

Here is our Gingerbread house. All the children helped. It was quite an undertaking! As you can see if you look closely...before I could even take a picture of the house....one gum drop is missing on the front! Gee wonder who ate it?
You can see from picture #2! As the week went on more and more candy just disappeared! Amazing that no one ate any though. :)

Here are the kids making snowmen. This all happened before Christmas but just getting around to getting things posted. We ended up making a whole family of snowmen all over the yard. Sadly with the warm weather they all melted and went away. We had a green Christmas and now we only have a dusting of snow.

Merry Christmas. Here are some updates to the house. Door covering washer and dryer in the bathroom. Handle on the cabinet doors. Running water in the sink! Yippee! Hopefully tomorrow we will get a DISHWASHER!

Images of Christmas at the Rohal's. We miss you all so much especially this time of year when it is so much fun to spend time with family and friends who mean so much to us. We love you and miss you all. We wish we were there eating too much and laughing too loud with you all! Have a Merry Christmas.

Love, Julie

Christmas Cookie anyone?

Here is Curtis opening his presents. Video by Jacob!

Here are the updates of the kitchen. Counter tops are finished and hopefully tomorrow or the next day I will have a sink and dishwasher.

Here is a picture of the sink (not quite done) and the counter tops.

Here is video of Curtis' 4th Birthday! Enjoy!

Here is Maggie in her new glasses. They are purple although it is hard to see in the picture. The eye doctor said her eyes have improved since last year and that some day she might not need glasses. He said probably around age 12. She also only needs to wear them at school or when she is doing up close work.

Here is Jacob in his new glasses! He can see much better now. He was only seeing 20/40 with his old glasses on...He says he can see things much better now!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Here is our Christmas tree. Jacob took the picture. You can't really see the lights and it looks a bit bare...still haven't found all the Christmas decorations.