Reindeer Games

My bloggin has been interrupted by the presence of my 3 sisters (Millers,Schmitts, & Ponds), kids and parents in town. I will hopefully catch up. BTW, if you haven't seen 4 X-mases yet, my sister peed her pants laughing so hard, and then tutored me on a little digi scrapbooking. Pic above of last nights appearance of Rudolph at our Christmas shabang, as you can see the little red heads weren't too keen. Also, penny update turned out to be a dime.

There once was a girl who swallowed a penny....

and here it is.
I don't know why she swallowed the penny, seriously what 4yr old does that?

Just a swingin

We had a little swing dance lesson this afternoon, I think by junior prom they should be pretty good. BTW, turn down the volume if you watch the video, dang my voice is loud.

Hey Santa,

Xander would like some legos, Roe wasn't sure & judging from the above pic, Jude may need a haircut.

Twins

You know its Christmas break when...

your still in your jammies at 1:30 in the afternoon, Jess you so wouldn't approve.

Drama King

Xander wanted me to capture how he felt about his broken gingerbread house that we attempted to hot glue.

Snowbunnies

Who wears tights and tutus to sled down the street, they didn't seem to mind.

My latest addiction

watching old home videos.

Mall madness

Monroe and friends attended a dance clinic to help raise money for the older girls and then performed the masterpiece at the mall on Saturday to Frosty the Snowman. It was pure craziness! I didn't have to get nervous for her to mess up b/c I couldn't even see her. No bribes to get something from the Hannah Montana store AKA Claires this year, she actually wanted to participate. It was great experience for these little ones to get in front of a large crowd.

Accessorize

This is the girls fourteenth wardrobe change of the day, if only I could have got the swimsuit over the gymnastics leo, now that was trendy. After several fashion shows and makeovers, the girls decided they wanted to be gymnasts. I got a quick lesson in and I think we accomplished a few skills, maybe one. Roe said, yes we want to be gymnasts, so we need to do lots of "extrasizing".

Food for thought

The sauce from chili and veggies make great hair gel.

Depressed?

We treated Bailey to a spa treatment today, groom and manicure, and welcomed her home with a new bed Monroe made for her which included my body pillow, a quilt and baby changing cushion. She curled up and went to sleep, of course Im thinking depression, maybe she is exhausted after her spa day. She had postpartum depression really bad after she had her puppies, but soon bounced back, Im hoping she will do the same.

Zeus

11-16-99 - 12-6-08
Zeus, AKA Big Boy, Zeusa Rusa had to be euthanized yesterday after suffering from several seizures. I was 22 when we got him, a mate for our other boxer who is going to need antidepressants. We chose boxers b/c they are great with children even though we didn't have kids yet. The pictures show his toleration and love for kids.

One of my favorite pictures of Zeus and Roe.

This is the most recent picture I took last week with Zeus and BFF Jude.

Its a love story

Me: So anything good happen at school today?
Xander: I can't remember
Me: So anything bad happen at school today?
Xander: Well, you know that girl that likes me, she chased me today at recess.
Me: Well how do you know she likes you?
Xander: She told me under the bridge that she likes me, but if I told the teacher she would punch me in the face.

Well isn't that sweet.

how lovely are your branches?

here is our tree pick for the year, too bad you can't see it, cause Im standing right smack in front of it.

A little preview of my tree topper, I am in love with, JJ put it together for me. It is more like a birthday celebration, than X-mas, but it is a birthday celebration right?

Shatterproof

ornaments? We will find out, my 21 month old has turned out to be a little destructive. Check out my hubby's bottom half hanging up X-mas lights, the flurries didn't stop him.

I turn my back for 3 seconds to find him helping himself to Roe's hot chocolate.

Give thanks

to Pamelabean for hosting 18 adults and 15 kids at her house this weekend for Thanksgiving x2. Isn't Charlie pure cuteness?


Becker grandkids with Say grandkids


Massey boys and Say boys get together for the first time in years.


Lots of kids, lots of loudness, lots of cuteness. Jailen offers Jude a hug.

The stockings were hung...

with one slight problem, who is kelly?
So I splurged and ordered PB monogrammed stockings, which is ironic b/c if you read my sisters blog Mrs.Pond, she ordered the same stockings the same day, we hadn't even conversed about this. Only difference was, she asked my mom to pay for hers, why didn't I think of that? And her stockings were spelled correctly.
So, if you or someone in your family is Kelly and you read my blog and would like a cute free PB reindeer stocking, comment and I'll get it to ya.

Count your blessings

Bookworm

this guy loves books, if only my 6 yr old did.

little turkey

we made turkey thumbprint placecards for t-giving, I thought roe's turned out pretty cute.

Amen

I just finished this fab 10 wk bible study with some really great peeps. Sad that it is over, but God has showed me some areas in my life that I need to work out, bring on the transformation, and I'll take the freedom that goes with it.

So you wanna be a rockstar

The kids enjoyed a rockin birthday party today for Ms.Kendal, it was so rockin Xander knocked his tooth out, of course I missed it.

Dear Grampy,

Please move here, I love when you kiss me with your whiskers.
Love,
Jude

Sweet Thing

Did anyone else see Keith Urban perform last night? WOWSER!

Gone Fishin

Look what Xander caught with a spiderman fishing pole in Grandpa's pond.

Missing something?

Xander came home from school with a proud top toothless grin, the other is barely hanging on.

Monroe's family collage

Roe came home with this family collage from preschool. It made me laugh, I think Im biracial (I would dream to have skin like that), Xander is hispanic, Jude is pretty good, Travis is hot, and I thought there were two Roe's. Nope, the princess is her doll Mia. Zeus turned into a lab and Bailey is drawn in on top.

Sick Puppy

Keep my nephew Mason, AKA Wolverine, in your prayers. He is one sick puppy on the dl with mono.

Jude's turn

ready

set

jump

"Again", Jude says over and over and over

Falling

knee deep in leaves

We could so win the contest for the most leaves in our yard, makes for great exercise for the kids leaf jumping.