Demotivators

Sorry for the delayed posting (the Internet wouldn't let me on yesterday), but here's the latest batch of Demotivators.  Enjoy.

 I'm sure that all you parents can agree with the one above.

PS If anyone's interested, at Marinda's suggestion I've started a blog of my own located at musing-rant.blogspot.com.  It's pretty much just a place for me to make random writings, so if you haven't got anything better to do feel free to take a gander.

Two intelligent gentlemen

Oakley: cool; Dave: not cool

Boo hoo bird: nothing beats a story about blows to the head

Cool pics of Mom's flowery chair... and Katie, Jack, Joe, and Hailey

Caroline enjoys a nice cup of Canon lens cap

Thanks for a Fabulous Christmas!!

Once again this will be backwards; I keep thinking I've got this thing figured out when they 'improve' it some more and I'm lost again. If you read the bottom first and work your way up it will be a little more logical--just a LITTLE. When I was about to slay my computer David happened to call and he quickly resolved the uploading problem--I should have known you have to be in HTML mode to add images (Stupid me since I've never had to use HTML till now and have loaded many photos to this thing).

The chosen frozen BEFORE the trek to the sled hill--note Marinda's 'ready for the snow' hat I can only presume is from Poland, where they really know how to do winter. Smiles were somewhat less enthusiastic post sledding, but a good time was had by all, with minimal crashes.

still working on getting photos oriented correctly, but a shot of a very interesting rendition of the Nativity scene

ladies of the lunch room

guess who . . . I don't recall Groucho ever wearing a binky . . .

lots of reading

and more reading . . . er, finding Waldo here

So Hailey enjoyed wearing the Iowa buckeyes hat and yelling--especially the yelling, or more well known as Shaha Christmas cheer.

And Oakley was ready to get down!

Ben found us some moustaches--very sophisticated.

and one more stache . . . Dave seems to be enjoying it more than Oakley.

 . . . and here's what was meant to be the start of the post; if you're stressed about anything just forget the rest of this mess; I'll try to do better next time.
Love, Dad/Pat/Gwampa

I finally got to trying the blog thing again, and have a few photos to add to the ones already posted. Thank you all for making the effort and expense of gathering in Kansas with us . . . it was the best Christmas ever for Gramma and me.

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Well they finally improved this blog so much that I have no idea how to upload photos at all now. What technology! I really need to log off now before I put my fist through the monitor screen.

Hope you are all well, that you have no blood pressure or stress problems (that means you've not had to load stuff on this site lately). Got an email from Ben today that he and Marinda, Emily and Caroline arrived safely to Stutgart (sp?).

Demotivator 2013

Well, all the family members are back at their respective homes (or en route in the case of Ben and company), the decorations have been taken down and stored, so now there's just one thing left to do to officially ring in 2013...DEMOTIVATORS!!!  I hope you all like this latest batch, and thanks again for a great holiday visit.

 I posted this Skeletor one because of all the times I watched "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" with Emily and Caroline.

More Christmas Pics

Two intelligent gentlemen... Take Two

Grandpa pre-back spasm

Grandpa post-back spasm

Downstairs by day

Downstairs by night

The favorite activity...

Christmas pics in no particular order... kind of chronological maybe

Two intelligent gentlemen

Dave and Oakley enjoy a nice vat of sour cream

Jack's "Blue Steel"

Doubles on the bouncy slide.

Caroline getting pumped for sledding

The Albino from Princess Bride casts a spell

Emily and Hailey ringing 'round the rosie... testing out their semicircular canals. I almost said "seminiferous tubules" but wisely corrected myself. (Quick google checks are helpful).

Stay tuned for more. Party on. It was great to see you all.

VERY belated Thanksgiving with Joe, Bethany, Lucy and Hailey

Greetings all you FamiliaShaha fans. As usual I have been flaky in my postings, and your mother has been VERY busy getting prepared for your arrival for Christmas. We are so looking forward to all of you being here.

Though very late, I wanted to post a few photos from our great Thanksgiving with Joe and Bethany and their lively girls (it is possible that getting Hailey and Caroline together may cause some sort of spontaneous reaction akin to adding fire to gasoline). Bethany provided a most delicious feast for us all, and we had a very fun week with their family. Here are some photos I took--admittedly a poor photographer (but then we were installing a sink some of the time).

Hailey puts away the silverware after the dishwasher cycle is completed. She is very efficient.

And we had a most enjoyable birthday party for Hailey while there--her happy 2nd. We also celebrated Joe's birthday, but couldn't get all the candles in one shot so I decided to just go with Hailey's birthday photo.

The girls had a good time harassing Steve as he tried to rest--Lucy just leaped off the chairassured Steve would catch her. It worked every time.

And we did a lot of reading--mostly to Hailey (who chooses her dad over all other readers) . . .

and Lucy--both avid readers.

You all be excellent to each other, and come to us safely. Only reason I have time to do this this morning is we're in the midst of a pretty good snowstorm--the one that blew through Utah the other day. I hear it's hammering Iowa so hope Dave and Wendy and Oakley are hunkered down today and that the roads are safe for their travel here tomorrow.

See you all soon!!

Love, Pat and Nancy/Gampa and Gamma

Merry Christmas to All and to All A Demotivational Night

Since I'm going to be seeing family members starting next Friday, this will be my last post of 2012.  Happy Holidays to all, and I hope you enjoy this last batch of Demotivators for 2012.

This last one is specifically for Dave and Wendy.