Snip Snip!

Sam's FIRST hair cut. I REALLY didn't want to get his hair cut, but it was pretty out of control, and people were thinking that he was a little girl with that long curly hair. He did GREAT!

Christmaaaaaaas!

Connor was SOOOO excited this year. THIS was a good age for Christmas!

We started our morning with just us, then MiMi and Pappy came over to exchange presents and have some lunch. Here is Sam and his Pappy. They are BFFs for sure!

Next it was over to Matt and Jen's house for more Christmas present exchanging and a VERY yummy dinner. Yes, I know it looks like he might not be able to breath here, but I promise he is just fine. Mommy just wanted to give him a BIG Christmas squeeze.

Not sure where Pop Pop got the Santa hat, but he sure looks cute!

Happy Belated New Year!

Okay... so I have not been keeping up with the blog like I said that I would. Lots happened since I posted last. We had Christmas, the new year is here, Sam got his first hair cut, Connor went to the dentist for the first time, we had little Gracie here for a week and LOTS in between. Oh yea... and SNOW! Things are pretty much back to normal now, so I will try to keep up with my promise of posting on the blog every week. Here are some pictures from the events that took place over the passed couple of months. Enjoy!

A message from the "BIG MAN"

Santa sent Connor a video message!

Click here to watch it:
http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/83dbd43a33d3f52f320a7cb77f17dfc5

Cookie Party 2009

Well, Connor had his first annual Cookie Decorating Party with his neighborhood buddies.
As you can see, everyone had LOTS of fun and LOTS of sugar! Sorry parents.

Alexis and Hayden mean business! They were taking their "sprinkle job" very seriously.

Meanwhile... the boys were busy taste-testing!

Gotta have some milk with those cookies!

Annaka decorated the SAME COOKIE over and over again.
She would decorate, eat the topping and start all over again. It was great!

Little Ashleigh didn't really get a chance to decorate a cookie THIS YEAR,
but she got to sample them!

Sam and his buddy Ryan hung out in the living room while all the big kids got messy.
SMART!

Connor and Olivia stuck around the longest to make sure ALL the cookies were decorated.

NOW we are getting somewhere!
Looks like the baby doll has stepped up to help out.

Is that bucket of frosting larger than Ryan?

More sampling!!!
Hey... someone has to do it.

Thanks to MiMi for showing us how to make these yummy sugar cookies!
The kids sure did LOVE them.

Elf YO self

I could NOT resist this. It's too funny. Merry Christmas to you all. Enjoy!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Jammy Day

Well, as if the kids had not been sick enough off and on for who knows how long...
Sam started with a fever on Friday, VERY cranky Saturday and had a sore on his mouth by Sunday. Thought he had a fever blister from the fever on Friday and thought he was cranky from teething. Connor came home from School Monday with a fever, a sore on his tongue by Tuesday and feeling pretty good by Wednesday. Annaka had a fever on Tuesday, was feeling pretty good by the end of Wednesday and ALL THREE OF THEM had little tiny blisters on their hands and feet by Thursday morning. After talking to the Dr. about this crud, it turns out that they all had "Hand, Foot and Mouth disease! Yes, I know it SOUNDS terrible, and from the pictures on the internet it LOOKS terrible, but these three got it and had a pretty mild case of it. They were all feeling just fine by Friday, but we stayed home yet another day as to not make anyone else sick and they had a "Jammy Day". They had lots of fun, dressing up, dancing, baking and decorating cookies and watching Christmas shows. By Saturday WE were all ready to get out of the house!!! "We" means "ME"!

Here are some pictures of the three of them having a good old time.