Where's the Tramp?

We came home after being gone for a week and could not find our trampoline.

A giant gust of wind must have blown it over onto the gas meter and air conditioning unit. It took us about an hour to loosen the safety net poles and turn it right side up. Then we discovered that there was a small gas leak so we called maintenance to ensure we would not blow our house up.

Cone's Cottage

Lake Pics

Fireworks

Daisy did not like the fireworks but enjoyed barking at the water and Cyprus roots

Grace only liked the sparklers

Garrett, Troy, Wade and Brock enjoyed anything that buned or made noise.

Yummy

Daisy helps Marshall with his meal

That was tasty!

Marhall's first Xmas

Cousin Grace poses with Marshall

The weather was nice for us after Xmas and we enjoyed the sunrise.

Uncle Mike poses with his Nephew and silly daughter

Misc pics

MB ponders what color to use next

Mike enjoys his new card shuffler in several games of poker at the lake

Daisy enjoyed several naps in the furniture at the lake

Car ride to the lake

Brock looked sweet when he slept most of the way to the lake

Grace poses like she is sweet on our way to the lake

Missy

Nobody puts kitty in the box

I like to hide under here from Grace when she comes to visit.

Vaughn Xmas Pics

Grace shows Grandad V how to use her camera

Brock instructs Unlce Matt V on the fine points of Wii play

Shirley and Ally enjoy a table top book about covers from the New Yorker

Christmas at the Vaughns

Aunt Susan directs the photo session

Grandmother V enjoys the family

Shirley looks for her Bingo money

More Cookies

We made some Christmas cookies for Santa.

Brock and Grace check out their new gifts on Christmas morning.

Christmas Eve

Grace shows off her new red dress she got from the Mikkelsens. She loves it and was very proud to show it off to her family.

Feliz Navidad!

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The Family Cube

Grace made a "Family Cube" with a box about 2 months ago. Each family member has their face on a side and the sixth side says "the Vaughn family Die...How shall it be?"

Here is how it works according to Grace: If there is something that we all don't want to do like let the dog in then she rolls the die and if your face shows up then you have to do the chore. I'm not exactly sure what happens if say nobody wants to make dinner and it ends up on Daisy. Thankfully Mary Beth has veto rights on the family chance cube outcomes. Also, Mike has not kept any statistics on this but most of the time the chance cube "usually" ends up with Brock as the lucky winner.

Mommy is the best.

The #1 Dad is focused on his work...

Brock likes TV, Pizza, Wii, & ESPN!