January in Review

We spent New Years' Weekend with family and good friends. Brian's sister, Susan, and her husband, Aaron, came to visit from Alexandria, VA. Our friends, Jim and Marie, were in town for most of the week visiting their family. Brian had the opportunity to play golf with Jim twice and both he and Marie came to the house on Saturday for a sports extravaganza - football and ice hockey.

We went to the newly renovated Dallas Aquarium with Susie and Aaron. It is small, but has some really amazing fish and sea creatures.

Clare touched a Bamboo Shark!

Ian had a great time looking at all the fish.

And it would not be a trip to the Aquarium without seeing a TUR-TUL...the picture does not do justice to how big this turtle really is. He is HUGE!

Ian is 10 months old and into everything he can manage to open. One of his favorite places is the linen drawer in the kitchen. We childproofed almost all the cabinets from Clare when we moved in, but it looks like we may need to add a few locks.


We got our first snow of the year. It did not last long, but it was enough for Clare and Brian to build a "Robot" snow man.


Ian's first snow.