She's A Sure Shot

Now that Nadja is 11, I figured it was time to officially dub her in to young womanhood--Packer style. My mom and I took her to the shooting range yesterday. She was amazing! After one short lesson on gun safety and proper technique in the lobby, she was ready. I told her to aim for his chest, but she thought it would be better to aim for the "bullseye"-the guy's gun barrel. As you can tell, she was pretty close! For those of you in the know-she used a 9mm Glock.








This was the very first shot she fired.

Chopsticks Karate Show!

Yesterday was Michaela's last night of karate and the Chopsticks put on a show for us. It was great and we are so proud of our little karate kid!

 (I don't know why this photo isn't showing up. I'll have to work on it)

I'm Employed!

Here Ya Go, Jen!

Here I am in my Christmas morning glory, reading the directions to a great new word game I got from my in-laws. (I haven't yet convinced anyone to play with me yet, but I'm working on it) Notice the trusty can of Coke Zero close by. How anyone can make it through a morning without Coke is a mystery to me.

Is it Summer or Winter?

Just a miscellaneous picture I took of the girls last week. But while I was uploading photos from my camera, I found the photo below taken just last week when it was snowing. I tell ya, Houston has the craziest weather! It can be 40 one day and 8o the next.

Christmas and all that fun stuff

Since all of our Christmas stuff is in storage in MI, we had to borrow some stockings I found around Mom's house.










Michaela got a trunk full of dress-up clothes. This is pretty much how she looked all day on Christmas.

Mike loves these MauiBuilt shirts that can ONLY be bought in Maui. This is him showing off the latest and greatest from Dad & Trisha.

OK...You Were All Right...especially YOU, Bella!

I LOVE Twilight!!! (Obsessed, Mike says) I gave in to all the peer pressure and read the entire saga in less than 2 weeks...including the Midnight Sun draft on Stephenie Meyer's website. I literally didn't do anything but read, making my kids fend for themselves when they were hungry. It's disgusting (and embarassing) how in love I am with a fictional 17 year old vampire. I was so sad when I was done reading. Sad to leave my happy little world in Forks and face reality again. Is that normal?! I seriously need a distraction...any other wonderfully recommended books?! I will listen to my friends' suggestions now. ;)