Happy New Year!

I'm a big fan of the Goo Goo Dolls, and after everything that has happened in the world in 2008, I can't think of a year where the lyrics to their song "Better Days" are more appropriate. Hope everyone has a safe a prosperous 2009!

Oh the weather outside is frightful.......

So even though the snow is now just a bunch of grey slushy goo, that wasn't the case last week before Christmas. Unfortunately it was a bit too late to add a snowblower to my Christmas list. Take a look at the video below and you'll see what I mean.......


will it ever stop from Jay Crihfield on Vimeo.

Happy Holidays!

So this year's holiday card looks somewhat similar to last year's, but unfortunately I didn't have as much cooperation from my modeling talent as I would've liked (it was supposed to be Santa plus an Elf). Oh, and the outfits I ordered weren't exactly in the sizes that I was expecting either...but I think the end result worked out OK.

Winter Wonderland

Little Jack finally got to try out his snow pants and boots in last night's snowstorm.....



Jack was a bit more excited about the snow than his Dad....little does he know that eventually HE will have to do all the shoveling!

Twitterific!

It seems like most people have at least some kind of MySpace and/or a Facebook page these days, but a new site I've recently stumbled upon (along with all my photographer friends) is Twitter. The cool thing about Twitter is it shares one simple feature with a site like Facebook, and that's the "status update" section. Twitter allows you to keep connected with anyone who's following your feed through the exchange of answers to one question "what are you doing now" You can even set up Facebook and Myspace to access the Twitter feed, so whenver Twitter is updated, the other sites are updated at the same time.

See for yourself and follow my Twitter Feed here

PS. If you use the feature that allows the feed updates to be sent to your phone....make sure you have a messaging plan with unlimited texting or you will end up with quite a surprise on your next bill!

Zach & Connor

Lauren & Ryan

Despite the fact that Lauren & Ryan currently live in Philadelphia, they are both graduates of the University of Chicago, and decided to come back here to get married. Needless to say, the Hyde Park area and Chicago have a special place in their hearts!.......

The real winner last night......

Regardless of how significant last night's election victory by Barack Obama is, the real winners are Obama's two daughters Malia and Natasha. They obviously drove a hard bargain when their Dad said during his acceptance speech that they can now get a puppy!

Apparently the President Elect has allergies which has prevented them from bringing home a dog up until now. The rumors are they are considering a LabraDoodle, however I'd like to ask the President Elect and his daughters to consider real canine change and bring a Border Terrier as their companion to Washington. I have allergies as well, and have never had as much as a sniffle or a sneeze since bringing our Border home from Windward Farms a few years ago.

Nicole & Stevan

Carrie & Brian

"McDroolie" and "Ladder 49"

So since Little Jack has to put up with his Mom watching "Grey's Anatomy" every week, he decided to dress up as a doctor for halloween.....






...and I guess "Ladder 49" is a popular movie at 'Bugga's house because he wanted to be a firemanllll

Jack-O-Lantern

Little Jack wanted to go to the pumpkin patch to pick out his pumpkin...but seemed more interested in the cardboard cutout variety.....




..but he was actually pretty interested in what was inside....



Be sure to check back next week for his Halloween pictures!

Tracey & Trent