Snow Days

The last two days have brought more snow to Lexington than we have seen at any one time since Josh was born. A whopping 4 inches!! The roads are a mess so we are staying close to home. Since Ma and Pops live five minutes away and they have an awesome sledding hill in their front yard we have been there except to sleep. Ma's parents, Mimi and Bob, have been visiting since before the snow and we have had a wonderful time with them. Cousins Adam and Rachael arrived in town from Louisville this afternoon and are ready for fun in the snow as well. The newest Baker boy, Eliot, should be here late tonight so the kids will get to meet him for the first time tomorrow.

Pics to come!!!

Baker Monkeys plus cousins Adam and Rachael

Caleb Josh Adam

Maggie Rachael

Maggie Josh Ma Caleb Adam

Josh cutting our lego cookies

lego cookies

lego house

Back to Life, Back to Reality

I opened email this morning and to my surprise, there was a practice schedule for Josh's baseball team. Um, 10 degrees just screams Play Ball! don't you think? Well, such is the life of a baseball family. I do find it funny that I have had contact with the baseball coach when the season officially starts in March, and the basketball coaches for the league that starts this week have made no contact at all.

Both boys will be playing basketball at the YMCA this winter. Monk is on the Bucks and Josh is on the Lakers. Maggie continues to kick serious gymnastic butt. She has a meet coming up in the Cincinnati area this weekend. I should be able to have that video posted here by next Wednesday.

Well that was the least interesting post ever. I'll put some Christmas pics up later to make up for it.

New Year

So I am as bad as Tom at posting. I used to have a blog that I updated daily for years, but no more. This year I will do my best to update more regularly. I won't promise much, as life at times gets in the way.

Since summer we have lost two of our beloved family members. Kevin, Tom's uncle, passed away after a long and hard fought battle with cancer. Michael, Tom's cousin, was suddenly taken from us in a car wreck just a few days ago.

It is hard to focus on the positive of a year when so much was lost. My heartbreaks for my children. They have had to face the pain of loss too early in their lives. I hope that we are guiding them well through the grieving process. It is so hard to know.

We are closing the door on 2009 and looking forward. We will live this as the year of no regrets. We will leave no positive word unsaid and be sure that what others receive from us is kindness and respect.

The Baker Family wishes you peace and love in this new year.