Good Times at Handless Manor

So, here's the four-one-one: Sarah had surgery on her right wrist again (she'd already had surgery on that hand last July). The doctor went in and cleared away some torn and loose ligament tissue that had been so painful for Sarah. This will hopefully do away with future problems regarding her hand. Of course, she refuses my idea of removing her pesky human hand and replacing it with an interchangeable hook hand. She could use a hook for cleaning, typing, changing Scout, etc.; change it out for sewing scissors, then exchange it for a remote control for watching TV, and then maybe a pipe for evening time. You get the idea. Anyway, since Sarah is one-handed for about a month, we called in some reinforcements in the form of Grandma Anderson (code name- "Mommy Bones") and our good family friend Lindsay (code name- "Lindsay Danger"). So for two weeks, Sarah has enjoyed help around the house with Scout etc., and our family has enjoyed some very nice visiting time with a couple of wild ladies. Thanks guys! Below are some pictures of the goings down-


Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures with grandma, but here's Scout wearing one of the super-cute aprons that grandma made for Scout whilst she eats and helps Sarah with the cooking. Thanks Mommy Bones!





I think Scout and Lindsay were born to be BFF's!

Family Pictures

We had the whole family together this last Christmas, which means all six kids, all their spouses and all the grand-kids. I think there were 26 people, give or take. A young lady that works at my dad's law office came by and took some great family pictures. She was also nice enough to do individual family portraits. Below, I have posted a few of the ones I liked-



Here's a nice one of the whole family. Little Calvin looks like Nosferatu.



For this one, Britta had the idea that we should do the Cosby Show ending, where we all wiggle our fingers in front of our parents' faces and then do the dramatic pull-away at the end... remember that?



Scouty-Lou-Who



I call this one- Happy Family with Fuzzy Borders



I call this one- Mom and Dad Kissing Scout with Fuzzy Borders



Here's one of Scout receiving lightning bolts of inspiration from her piggy tails.