I don't post at all for over half a year, and then I do multiple ones to try to get us caught up!

As of Nov. 1st, we have been in Zanesville for one year.  Just before that one year mark, I finally got our family picture on the wall.  The only problem was that it was lacking two of our children.  Yes, the picture was four years old, which is a big deal when you have two babies in those four years.  While mom and dad here, they were kind enough to let me use their nice camera to take our family pictures myself.  The older four kids really got into the individual picture taking part.  They loved posing and smiling.  Some enjoyed to so much it was scary!  The group and family picture sessions did not go as well.  People were not as enthusiastic about looking happy together.  I was pretty grumpy myself a few seconds into it myself.  So... our family picture is... the best that can be expected.  The individual ones of the kids are great (yes, I took them, but it was all the camera).  They were so good that when I had them printed, the lady told me she believed they were not professional, but her attitude told me she didn't really believe it.  I had to sign all this paperwork about the pictures not being copywrited before I could get my hands on them!   So... here you go distant Grandparents....

All the kids think this is the best picture ever.  They spend tons of time talking about it and looking at it on the slide show.  Pierce is pretty dang cute.  There is something about him (and the fact that he is a baby) that makes all the kids love him.  I don't know if he will ever crawl, he is waited on hand and foot, having his every need met before he even knows he has it.