Christmas at the Dunphy's

Catching up on some additional Christmas pictures.

As has been tradition for as long as I have known Jamie, Christmas morning is shared with Dan and Kelley. We generally arrive at their home to the smell of freshly baked cinnamon rolls and hot coffee. As our families continue to grow, timelines and gifts change, but we still share the morning together.

Adam, Shaylan, and Sylvia really enjoyed reading the nursery rhyme book.

Another picture to be filed under the "Awww" category was when Shaylan filled up her toy kitchen set with water from the refrigerator (the real one) and shared a glass of water with Sylvia. Suprisingly enough, very little water was spilled on the floor.

As noon was approaching, it was time to pack up all the bags and move the party to Jane and Ron's house for Xmas #2. While the camera was in the bag for most of the day, we did manage to snap a picture of Grandpa and the Great Grandchildren.

Question!

Question - "Why am I the cutest kid in the world?"

Homemade Ice Cream for Christmas!

Ever since I can remember, Christmas time at the farm also included making homemade ice cream. Since the farm was sold and the Brodd family Christmas has moved to my parents house, the tradition of making homemade ice cream has continued. It is tradition that everyone cranks away on the maker for a while. It seems that the ice cream tastes better the harder you work at it.


Brent is taking his turn while 'supervisors' watch over his every crank.

For those who don't know how a homemade ice cream maker works, basically you mix a bunch of eggs, sugar, cream, and vanilla into a metal mixing bowl. Inside that bowl is a paddle type mixer that attaches to the crank. The outside of the mixing bowl is surrounded with ice and rock salt. After about 15 minutes of cranking you have a yummy treat. The winner ends up cleaning the ice cream off the paddle. This year it was Sylvia and I who got the goods.

Diggin' in...

After spilling all over Daddy, we decided to eat in a more civilized manner.


Our apologies for the lack of posts. How about a new year's resolution to post more often?

Naughty Grandma

After Sylvia spent a night with Grandma Charlie and Aunt Marilyn she enjoys playing in the kennel. I am not sure what other naughty things they taught her??

She is also getting a little to smart with the cell phone so you may be getting a call from her soon.

Mr. Big Spoon

For some reason, Sylvia enjoys using adult sized spoons more than her baby sized spoons.




Here she is enjoying a nice bowl of applesauce and yogurt.

"I said NO cameras!"

Blake's B-day

To celebrate Blake's birthday we had pizza and cupcakes.


The kids painted a bird house for grandma's birthday.
Lead did a good job of keeping the paint on the bird house.

I think Sylvia would have preferred adding art work to Leah's walls.

I tried to get a picture of the cousins, but getting them to all look and smile at the same time is pretty hard.

Happy Halloween!