Happy New Year

I'm back from vacation - in more ways than one. My 8-week paternity leave is now over, which means I have to get back to a real life routine. Which includes updating this blog. A recap of the holidays:


This year we celebrated Christmas Eve at our own house, with a thinly cast Nativity.


Jeffrey and Laird in Laird's gift from Santa - a new firetruck.


Jeffrey opening up some new Legos


Lucy celebrated her first Christmas


A post-Christmas trip to the zoo with the grandparents and Christina and Charlotte.


Laird giving Lucy some love.

While we look forward to 2008, here are the top 10 2007 happenings in the Broadbent home (consider this our Christmas letter for lack of my desire to write more engaging prose):

10. Bartok joined our home (out back) as the tortoise in residence.

9. We spent a very cold Easter up in Dallas visiting our friends the Smiths.

8. We got our first niece (or cousin for the kids). Pete also enjoyed a couple trips to NYC to visit Charlotte (though that was not the main purpose of the trip).

7. We enjoyed seeing many of our friends and family start blogs. If you are reading this blog, but do not have your own, jump on the bandwagon already.

6. Laird was potty trained (Sheralie gets a Memmy for this event).

5. Pete built a bunk bed and Laird moved into Jeffrey's room.

4. Jeffrey started Kindergarten in August and loves it.

3. We enjoyed a mammoth Thanksgiving at my parents' house with Sheralie's family (and my parents and a few siblings).

2. Sheralie and Pete took a great vacation to Utah for Education Week and had a marvelous time.

1. Lucy joined us on November 1.