All I can say about this is that we have really loved watching the new Hair Spray movie. Kaitlin and her friends sing all the songs and Isabelle has taken their lead. We took Paul to Bass Pro, he is a huge fishing fan, and Isabelle loves the boats. So as we were leaving Isabelle had to sing the opening song in Hair Spray doing what she loves to do play in the boats at Bass Pro.

In the middle of January Paul "Paully" Menetry came for a visit. He is a dear friend of our from CA and our home church C.O.D.


Isabelle had fun with our visit to the giant herd statue downtown Dallas.

January began with a bang and with the Science Fair.

Kaitlin did a great job and we are always amazed

at how much fun she ends up having as she works out her experiment!

This year it was about stain removal....

She got one of the First place ribbons at her school,

headed to Districts and got an honorable mention,

and then on to Regionals for actual interviews by the judges....

We are so proud of her and so happy science fair is a choice in high school...

BIG 10 VS BIG 12 in the Alamo Bowl.

We planned to go to San Antonio in October before they announced who was playing. Jon and Kathy bought two tickets for Jon and I to see the bowl game. Jon was thrilled when Penn State was choosen to represent the Big 10.

After all the presents were opened we cleaned up and the next day we headed for a weekend in San Antonio!

How many Michele's & Isabelle's can you find?

We stopped off to see the Alamo!

Then we headed right for the Riverwalk!

We enjoyed a River walk Boat Ride and tour.

Then we had a great lunch in this restaurant that was full of stuffed animals.

Christmas morning 2007 was a big hit!

Kaitlin enjoyed a Pirates of the Caribbean theme!

While Izzy got a horse of course!

Isabelle loves to visit the Bass Pro Shop near our house and play on the boats. She managed to take a break from the boats for just a minute to sit on Santa's knee.

Right before Christmas Mimi and Papa came to celebrate Christmas with us. The first stop was a Christmas party at the Shepherd School where Isabelle attends preschool. Kathy (Mimi), Ms. Elizabeth (Director of the school), Michele and Kaitlin.







Isabelle with Mimi and her teacher Ms. Nicole.

This artistic moment is brought to you by our Dancing sponsor Aunt Katy!!!

Here is a quick peek at Isabelle at dance class.

December of 2007 marked yet another COD East campus event for us as we were visited by a very dear friend of ours from CA. Laura Woodruff came to spend a few days with us.
She has helped us move everytime we have moved. She has been our dedicated house sitter when we have taken vacations while living in CA, and served as Baghera's surrogate mommy while we were away. The bond between them is still strong.



Needless to say we had many laughs with Laura.



She is just as silly as the girls!!!

We took Laura to our favorite Texas home cookin restaurant "BABES!!!" When you come and visit we will take you there too!