Belated Christmas Pics

Life is hectic but I'm sure you are tired of hearing that from the Trout's. I am just now getting to post our Christmas pictures. We are definitely on-the-go more than ever. The opening to our new building this past weekend was - to quote Dana Carvey in "The Benchwarmers" (I'm not exactly proud to say we saw that movie but there were a couple of funny lines) - ama-za-zing! I'll post those pictures soon. I took dozens so I'll need to weed through them. God is at work in our church and the atmosphere in worship was incredible. Please come and see us soon because the pictures will not do it justice. Anyway, more of that later. Here are some snapshots of our celebration over the Christmas season. Our annual in front of the tree shot. Dan can now officially join us in family pictures.
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event will follow. Micah was in the Muse Machine production of "Me and My Girl." It was really funny. As always, he did a great job and we are proud of him. He works hard, makes good grades, and sings A LOT! On my birthday, we had to go to Sam's after dinner and these characters tried out the furniture. This is Karley (I think I spelled her name right). This is Chris and Marissa's little girl. I actually got a picture of her being still. You sure can't tell she was a premature baby! Colton is the youngest Clarke. He was tired by the end of our visit. Karley could bounce all over the house on her princess hoppity thing (I can't remember what it's called:) Karley and Colton were engrossed with Barney on TV. I love this picture. At first Colton thought this was funny, but that was short lived. He wanted down. Philip was with Nanna and Pappa when we went to Huntington. He warmed up to us pretty quickly. I think he looks a lot like Kiera in this picture. We went to spend some time with Timothy while he was having part of his treatment in the hospital. Can you tell he hasn't bothered shaving for awhile:) What a cute couple! Kiera, we enjoyed playing with Philip. What a cutie! Here is the Collier clan - at least part of them. My purse is almost as big as Philip. He was so proud of himself when he "played" a song. Philip enjoys everything immensely. Two baby's of the family - can you tell who is who? Greg can make anybody laugh. I had two really cute videos of Greg teaching Philip things that Kiera probably would sigh about! I'm trying to upload them but so far I haven't had any success. Keep watching for them. Greg got batman pj's for Christmas. He may be 46, but he loves his super hero. Jenny, Ben will never outgrow that obsession if he takes after his uncle Greg. Lauren, Dan, and Micah on Christmas morning Kim and Nathaniel on Christmas morning. Nathaniel didn't have to go to work until midnight so they got to spend the day with us. Nathaniel is an expert at Guitar Hero. All toys came out on Christmas! We had several funny things happen this Christmas. We got Dan his shirt, Kim and Nathaniel got Greg his - notice they are the same! We got Kim a Sam's membership, but she already got one and she used it to get Dan's shirt. Life is funny! I think I got the videos to work. In the first one, Philip is blowing out the "hot decorations". At least that's what he was told so he wouldn't touch them. In the second one, Uncle Greg is teaching him the "proper" way to drink.