We had some heavy snow the last couple of days. The snow has been nice but I learned that I do not enjoy shoveling driveways.......

I wanted to show everyone what we do with our ginger bread house after Christmas. I first tried to blow it up with some fireworks but, that did not work so we tried somthing more effective. Sorry about the camera shot on the second one I had no control over that one.

It has been a very exciting time for Alida and I. Alida has been experiencing some of the more unwanted effects of pregnancy, she has been throwing up allot lately. Poor girl, I wish there was something I could do to make it stop but we are hopeful that it will subside very soon. We had out firs check up on Friday and got this picture of the baby. It is to soon to tell whether it is a boy or a girl yet but, when it is 20 weeks along we can take another ultrasound that will give us a much better view of the baby and what sex it will be. They said that we could even get it on video. For most of you that are already parents this is probably old hat to you but, for Alida and I it is a very exciting time. When we had the ultrasound it really hit me that this is really happening, there is a little person in there and I am actually going to be a dad, wow. The official due date is August 3. We will keep you all posted on what is happening.... Sorry to have taken so long to get this up and running Marthea......