Oh yeah, C got new glasses!!

I am going on Kerri's blog probation...

I just know it! This is been a poor blogging month for me...huh?

Well, let's see...what can I blog about? What can I blog about?

Ummmm...One day the kids got introduced to bubble wrap and had a good time popping all those plastic bubbles!

Here is just a picture of B and AC!!
This is a picture of Newie...I didn't even put that pillow there...She just ended up under it:)
Oh! And C has started trying to ride his bike without training wheels! He is sooooo close!

After Christmas and New Years

I just like this picture, but we didn't catch any fish:(




We left Gramma and Papa's the Monday after Christmas so that we could attend the wedding of one of our previous babysitters. Their family is so special to us. Here are the two younger sisters and former babysitters:)

And the BRIDE! As you can see it was a rainy day, but EVERYONE had a great time. The 1-hour rain delay allowed the guests to mingle and have a drink, so by the time the nuptials were said, no one was complaining.


The newlyweds...



Me and the Bride!! What a great time!!





New Years Eve found us having a full-family sleepover at friends. We kicked of the evening with some fireworks...aka sparklers and those pop firecracker that you throw on the ground.




The kids rung in the New Year with our family tradition..."Purple Cows"

We also started off the year with a tragedy at the house behind the ditch from our backyard. New Pup woke me up to go out at 3:30am. As I went to the door, I gasped and yelled at B that the house behind us was on fire. B being the complete level headed administrator, jumped out of bed and began to get dressed while simultaneously calling 911. He jumped in his car and went over there to bang on the door of the house and its neighbors.

Unfortunately, we later found out that there had been someone inside. I was so proud of my husband and it definitely made us talk to the kids about fire safety and formulate a plan in the event of something like this!

Yes, It snowed!!

Christmas Day...well, Christmas night it snowed and snowed. It had stopped by morning, but there was a little left on the ground. We thought we could find more if we went to Wahalla, but it was the same. There were some good sleding hills! Unfortunately, we didn't have a sled:)

Gramma did help us build a GREAT snowman!! AM was really working the ear warmer:)

Here is C's most successful sleding...

Christmas Day

The most important thing...the standing rib roast. Just Kidding...We don't forget the reason for the season, but the food is pretty good too:)

C has developed into quite a gamer. Whether it be video games, card games, or board games. We gave him TROUBLE and he can't get enough of it. We played a few rousing games...things got pretty heated, but not as bad as the infamous UNO game back in PK FL 08.

I just thought this was cute. AC using a talking book pen as a remote. She loves getting into things.
I like this too because she thinks he is distracted reading a book and she is messing with the remote... Papa KNOWS, AC!
Here is the DS that Santa brought for C. The jury is still out on whether this was a good or bad decision...

Christmas morning...

The cousins opening their awesome Pillow Pals:)

Leading up to Christmas...

This year I feel like the cousins all played so well together!! They played "monster" which involves a lot of running and screaming. We all spend the night at Gramma and Papa's one night.

Here's a jammie picture.

We decorated Christmas cookies for Santa. Aunt Kerri is so organized. She had m&ms, chocolate chips, gum drops, and crushed candy canes on individual plates for the kids to use. They came out awesome and Santa LOVED them!!

These boys are growing up and learning to love electronics. They sat there quietly for a good 15 minutes.

We attended Christmas Eve service and then had dinner at Mark and Kerri's. Here is everybody and fancied up.

Gramma got every one Christmas jammies that they HAD to put on immediately!! They also all got these sweet sling shot animals. Things got crazy on the stairs...

Group picture!!

Then we went on a hike:)

Look at me...baby wearing AC!! She is soooo cute!! I love her sooo much!!

I took a couple pictures, but I loved this picture of Gramma and Andy...so cute!!

Here is the waterfall!!! IT WAS GREAT!!!

This is the group picture!! Everyone is accounted for!!