Christmas Dinner @ the Arlington Rosenbowers

Nice bow.


Swingin' in the backyard


Aaaaaaahhhhhhh! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!


Uncle Peter got a bounce house!


Who me?


Where to start?


The world's most genuine smile.


Cool, what is it?


Uncle David and Riley


Holly with a screaming Riley.


Nite, nite.

Christmas Morning

Let the frenzy begin!


Oh, Oh! Look what.. Oh hey! Aaaah! Toy overload!!!














What could it be??


Cool! Transformers!


Happy Mom


Happy Trace


OK, Now What?


The new favorite toy

T'was the night before christmas...

FireHouse 31 vs. Den 6

Den 6 trip to Fire House 31 on Garland Rd. The 2nd oldest Fire House in Dallas.


Arm goes up. Arm goes down.


Trace checks out the hose


Cool man!



Hey kids check out my fire pants.



A big heavy jacket


Seriously, don't we have a fire to put out somewhere?


Oh, Oh, excuse me, excuse me! Mr. Fireman?

FireHouse 31

The Christmas Story?

Yes I'd like 1 room. Right, just me and the wife. We're here for the census.








The traditional christmas feliz navidad chicken dance






my serious, thoughtful, introspective look

Riley, Uncle Peter and Aunt Robyn come to visit

A trip to visit Santa

It wouldn't be Christmas without the annual pilgrimage to North Park where, by the time you get to talk to the big guy, hours have passed, tears have been shed and we always swear we'll never do this again.







At least there's cool stuff to climb on.








"I swear I was good this year!"

The White Rock Marathon

The more "accomplished" runners.


You can see it on her face. WTH!?


There she is! Almost there!


Go Mom Go!


After the race at the Tipperary. Jace and Ben relax at the bar.