I thought I'd share

We have been having fun here in Thailand. Here are few ways Grandma Nedra and Papa are having fun. 

 Papa likes to ride up front.

And Daniel and Ashley too.

And Ashley's favorite -

Elephant kisses.  From Charlie. The artist responsible for the painting she bought. Daniel said the cost of the painting was worth watching Ashley get kissed by an elephant.

Economics in Rap form

I thought Ryan might enjoy this if he hasn't seen it already, but it may be interesting for others as well. They interviewed the creators on NPR, which is how I heard about it. Their goal was to start a debate about economic policy with something that might appeal to a larger audience than econ majors. One of the creators is from the TV world and the other is a professor of economics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzmTOc

funny dogs

Hey all of you dog lovers check out this funny post.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/11/dogs-dont-understand-basic-concepts.html

The appropriate dues have been paid

It seems that in Matt's family, there is an unspoken rule. At some point while using a nail gun, you must shoot yourself. Matt got off lucky. While working on the bathroom, he was holding a 2x4 to skab in where the new tub will be. The nail missed the board. There is debate whether it was the nail or something else went through his hand ("something else" is currently winning 2 votes to 1), but something definitely did. There are entrance and an exit holes. Happily it didn't hurt too bad and it only delayed dinner by about 3 minutes. Maybe next time he will be more careful with the nail gun.

Lincoln's 1st Birthday

Lincoln turned one and had a blast. Here are the highlights.

Christmas 2010

Christmas at our house was great! Everybody got a lot of presents and had a ton of fun. Here are some of the highlights from Christmas at our house.





The last 3 pictures above are videos, you can click to see the whole thing. Here is my favorite though:

Catchup from the Lorimers

A lot has happened in Smithfield. We don't do real good updating the blog though. Rather than tell all of the stories, here are some pictures of what has been happening in our lives.