Back in business.

So, it has been a while since our last post. Let's go for an update of the past few months.

My mom came out so we took her to a Renaissance Fair(e).

We sure met some colorful characters there.

Huzzah for Grandma!

Then we sent Megan and Topher out to Utah:

The TSA detained him for being dangerously cute.

Thanks for returning him, girls!

And I went to Minneapolis:

Land of creepy styrofoam men on top of buildings

The conference I was at went well and I was obviously very proud of the poster I presented.

I'm pretty sure we did stuff for Thanksgiving and Halloween, but the pictures are not on my iPod, so here is a substitute:

Sorry folks, it's the best I could do.

But the big excitement now is, of course, the semester being over! Christmas!

So that's where baby trees come from.

Topher, as always, was a big help with decorations:

He was especially a big help in convincing us to take all the balls off the tree and just use bows because they are not nearly as tempting to throw.

So now it is just a matter of waiting for Christmas while we go caroling:

Pay no mind to the cookie crumbs.

Play in the snow:

"In the snow" being use quite liberally here, obviously.

And pretending to be Jorde La Forge:

What?!

Merry Christmas everybody!