Ugly pics

Jerry received his new Nikon D5000 graduation present this week (5 months late, or 4 months early, depending on when you like to give a graduation gift). Since it arrived he's taken pictures constantly, capturing some of our most cherished ugly moments.
Time after time when we're out with our girls we have strangers complimenting our beautiful daughters. When Calista was a baby, it was "Oh - she looks just like the Gerber baby!" and now she "looks just like a doll". Her curly hair turns heads all the time too.
So here's to show you that the hair is not always done, and we're not all sugar and spice all the time :). These are the pictures that usually don't make it to the world wide web... but are more interesting than the usual smiley cute posts.

HAPPY New Year from the happy gals

Eden is smiley and happy as ever. Jerry can even make her giggle - very cute.

Calista is flying high on the fun she's had with her cousins and friends lately. We had a fantastic Christmas with Grandma Fails and Jennifer at our home. Then we welcomed the Gockeritzes, Norths, and Karl Fails families for Eden's baby blessing on December 27th. Calista's obsession with Frosty the snowman came to fruition when she and Jerry made her own, real life Frosty in our yard this week. She told us just what was needed to make him complete- "a corn pipe pipe, a button nose, and toys made out of coal". Then Calista said we needed to put a hat on his head, "so he can come to life and sing and dance". Luckily she wasn't too crushed when the hat we supplied wasn't magic enough, nor when Frosty melted a little and his head crashed into the lawn.