Mommys lil sock monkey

Tis the season

for a Christmas sicky, Monroe didn't make it through present opening and would yell down from her bedroom, "What did he get?", poor thing.

Men at work

My drummer boys

Christmas with Says Nashville

got to have a little date night with Aimee and Randy that included a little Harry's bruschetta, while the grandparents took on the grandkids minus King, fabulous Christmas gift:)!

Its a Wrap

still looking for that very last present that is my cleaning lady, she has to be in there somewhere….

Pile on the blessings this Christmas

never fails there are always about 50 dog piles made in Grandpa and Grandma Says living room, usually a few tears shed by the end of the night.


matching elf jammies from Grandma and Grandpa Say

Santa Brunch

Not sure what has gotten into GQ Xander these days, he is loving to pose with no teeth of course, he cracks me up. He has such a great sense of humor and spirit, hope it keeps, Grandma Susie is 60 and the same way. Not much work and a whole lot giggling going on most of the time.

5 minutes of fame

Kendal and Xander before the performance, pretty cute pianists! Kendal was so adorable, don't have it videotaped, but brought tears to my eyes!

Favorite things with friends!

We had a little favorite things gift exchange with friends, super fun!
If you are still shopping there were some great popular gift ideas for ya! Totes, vera bradley make up bags, cooler and aprons, eye creams, lotions, k-state scarves, whirly pop, panini maker, vikki secret sleep shirts, panties, wine and wine gadgets, gift cards, williams sonoma treats, fun hats, running shorts, pioneer woman cookbook, head massager, there ya go. Happy Shopping!

8 weeks

Our little monster is 8 weeks, we love you King King!

Playdaters

We love playdates, thanks Laura (aka Rachel per Jude)!

The most wonderful time of the year...

opening Christmas cards, love it!

We Meet Again..

More medals for these cute level 4's, headed to Lawrence this last weekend for a much better run meet! Monroe's best events were floor with a 9.3 and beam 8.7. Bars 8.4 and vault not so hot with an 8.3. She had to compete against 7 year olds and placed 2nd out of 9 all around, last meet of 2010!

All Spruced Up

My cute guy at 7 weeks got to attend a cocktail party with us Friday night, think he was best dressed, (thanks Dedra!), until he pooped out his outfit.

Gone Curly

Pajama Points Party w/ Pizza!

While Xander's teacher is on maternity leave, the 3rd graders are partying it up in their PJ's with Maribeth!

hand me down

We lovem!

Bathing Beauty

Think this guy got used to taking baths in utero, because he LOVES it, scrubbed his head for you today too Linds:)

Truffle time

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, (I used peppermint oreos!)
1 (8 ounce) package PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 (8 ounce) packages BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, melted
Directions
Crush cookies to fine crumbs; place in medium bowl. Add cream cheese; mix until well blended. Roll cookie mixture into 42 balls, about 1-inch in diameter.
Store in refrigerator for 1 hour
Dip balls in chocolate; place on wax paper-covered baking sheet.)
Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Store leftover truffles, covered, in refrigerator.
* Drizzle with melted white chocolate chips for extra tastiness!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

with a tree from home depot this year, so far has been drinking and hasn't tipped yet, woo hoo!!

Judges Cup

Monroe had her first meet this weekend and did amazing. Despite standing out in the cold for 45 minutes before the meet started, poor seating, viewing and organization of the meet she did fabulously! I didn't take any pictures at the meet with a little peanut on my lap, thankfully her dad videotaped.

Smiles and sighs...

not quite 6 weeks and this guy has got some of the cutest smiles and sighs, to go along with still a bit of an acne problem.

Short but so sweet

My parents left early Sunday morning, it is always such a great time with them, but way too short. Got to do some shopping with my mom, running with my dad, lots of eating and game playing as a family, the 2 days went way too fast. After a few tears, ok a lot of tears, we decided we are flying this Say crew for a week to Salt Lake to be with the whole fam after Christmas. Otherwise, not sure when we would be together again, waiting til Lund vacation summer 2011, seems way too far off!

cut

Poor Strudel didn't make the cut for the x-mas/thanksgiving card/ baby announcement this year, it was either him or only the hubby's butt in the family pic.

Thought this one was pretty sweet too, again think we may have some booty in the background.

Toast to the King

My parents journeyed to Manhattan to meet Kingston for the first time but broke down halfway. Not much open for rental cars or anyone who wants to fix your car on Thanksgiving so Eddie (bro n law) hopped in the car and drove 250 miles to pick them up. Meanwhile Angie slaved over the turkey and we made some sides that were old family, or mostly google recipes. Would have taken more pics but we were too busy laughing over our concoctions. Meanwhile Trav and kiddos stayed busy with the wii karaoke and wii dance. Thanks Kenz for documenting the few pictures we do have! I was laughing at Kingstons first picture with his grandparents, they told us they drank wine to stay warm while they were waiting outside in the freezing cold until Eddie rescued them, haven't stopped drinking wine since:)