Ladders are scary.

For some reason climbing around in the tops of giant trees feels much
safer than a wobbly ladder.

But ya gotta get it done.

First new window

...is ready with moldings attached. Cross your fingers for me that
this works.

New windows go here.

Da Christmas Ham

A lot of pig for what was only going to be the five of us. Suckered a
couple friends into helping, but will still be a bit more than we
need...

The new way to peel shrimp...

Army of Gingerbread Girls

Dave has been very busy.

Emma's baby

Emma carries Tug around like a baby--he seems to love the attention!

Village

To be decorated at our girl scout meeting tomorrow night.

Our little Eskimo

Looks like crate training won't be too hard.

Tug apparently is quite at home in the crate.

It is rough I tell ya....

Meet Tug

Mommy Caved.

Someone wants to be an engineer...