Dylan Frankovis Rocks!

Over the weekend we took a trip to Milwaukee attend the baptism of Dylan Frankovis, Jason's new godson and the son of our friends Matt and Meg Frankovis. Dylan is an absolute sweetie and the baptism and party were wonderful. We also had the opportunity to spend time with 30 friends on Saturday afternoon at Organ Piper Pizza. It was a great weekend, and the King holiday on Monday allowed us a chance to catch up and relax.

EckSpot as Wordle

I have found a favorite website of the day -- http://www.wordle.net/. This site allows you to create text art (also known as word bubbles) out of a document or website. Very cool. I put EckSpot into the Wordle applet and created the following images. Enjoy!

Christmas Wrap

The holidays are winding down and things are returning to normal. We had a wonderful Christmas time (to quote the horrible Paul McCartney tune). We celebrated Christmas (and also Cassie's birthday) at home in Ohio on December 25. We then had a great time with Cari's family in Springfield (a quick less than two day trip) and Jason's family in St. Louis.

During our trip to Springfield the Burns family played a game of Uno for the coveted "Family Trophy." I'm pleased to report that Tommy won the game and trophy (see below), becoming the youngest ever winner of the trophy. His reaction was both overjoyed and priceless. The trophy has since passed to Tom Burns, then Todd Burns, then Matthew Burns (all for bowling), and now to Cassie Eckert (yes our own Cassie) for Uno Attack. (I don't know if everyone knows about Cassie's win since it came on New Year's Day -- the trophy may be won when a competition is held involving at least four family members from at least two families within the larger family. Since the Klinners visited us over New Year's -- that counts!)

Cassie Turns Six!

Happy Birthday to Cassie, who turned six on Christmas Day. She actually celebrated three times (once at home and once with each set of grandparents/extended families) and plans to celebrate with friends at Chuck E Cheese later this month.