If only I had longer arms!!! This is the best I could do since there was nobody around to take our photo. It was snowing the entire 2-1/2 hours were played outside at home and at the park. What a great day!!! 

So we decided to see what it would be like to slide down the slide in the snow. Let's just say the slide was SUPER FAST!!! It was good we had the snow as a bit of a cushion when we landed. 

Martin having a blast. 

Luke wanted me to bury his legs in the snow. 

I love this photo....what a handsome boy. 

Making snow angels in the snow. 

Do you remember doing this as a kid? Notice Martin has lost both of his front teeth...finally. 

Luke is so VERY proud of the ball he rolled all by himself....this kid is stong! If he stands behind the ball you can only see his head. 

These are Matin's snow creations. He built the snowman all by himself! He lifted all the pieces to the snowman and rolled the ball he is standing on. What a stong boy! 

Our boys being very silly. 

Martin finally lost one of his front teeth. He was hoping it would fall out by Christmas, but it took until December 31, 2006. As you can see he is VERY happy. 

THE BURN UPDATE

Here is how Darin's arm looked 2 weeks after the initial incident. We are still amazed at how quickly the burns healed. He only had a small scar in the crease of the elbow area. 

So Martin basically had his other front tooth in before the baby tooth fell out. I had never seen this before. 

This is the torso area. The skin changes color with heat and cold....it can be bright red, bright pink, purple or a combination of all the colors. 

FIRST ON THE JOB INJURY!!

My gut instinct tells me that I will not be "exceeding standards" in safety on my next evaluation(like I did on last years eval.). This was an experiement on how human skin reacts to 190 degree water.

April has the privilege of changing my wound dressing on a daily basis. The look on her face when she does it suggests she will not be going into the medical field anytime soon. 

I truly believe God has intervened with pain management. Other than pain meds in the ER shortly after this happened I haven't needed anything since. I wish I could say I am just being a man about it, but the reality is that the pain just isn't there. *Note the raw skin under the yellow medicated gauze. Doctors advise letting the new skin push off the gauze.

Martin 8 years old. Our brown-eyed boy. 

Luke 6 1/2 years old. Our other brown-eyed boy.

Martin turns 8 years old!!!!

Martin's 8th birthday party with his friends. They had a great time. Unlimited games for 1hr 15 minutes, then cake, ice cream and pop, and then tokens to the video arcade!!!

Martin wanted a bowling party this year for his 8th birthday! I think he was wondering if it was his turn in this photo. Unfortunately, we don't have very many photos that turned out due to the wonderful delay on our digital camera. Most of it was captured on video :) 

The boys are hard at work raking leaves to raise money for church. The class is going to purchase items for families that are in need during the holidays. With all the kids combined work they have raised $200!!!

The boys are getting a bit tired. There sure are TONS of leaves in our yard. 

They had to make room for the rest of the leaves. 

One of the favorites....could it be because of the guns!!?!