The house is decorated....

I put out the Christmas decorations today. The kids can help decorate the tree later today. I'm wondering how long it will take Joshua to pull down the tree. We'll see.


6 little stockings (including the dog's) all in a row. I'm SO glad to be finished with Joshua's stocking and all the stocking repairs that I had to do this year. They take a lot of work!!

After nap Joshua figured out how to make the FP Nativity set "play." I love that set. The kids have so much fun with it!!!

Turkey Day...

We spent Thanksgiving at the ranch. The weather was really nice and we had a great time. Lots of good food. My mom and Shirley were the head cooks. It's hard to go wrong when they are in charge of food!!

Seriously...

This is our neighbor's yard. Don't you think they could take 5 min. to pull some weeds?? Really. I'm getting tired of looking at this. If Joshua wanders into their yard...he might get lost and not be able to find his way home!!

What's more fun than the Kiddie Park???

Mary and I took the kids to the Kiddie Park today. Dad, Julie, Katherine and Sepp met us there. The Kiddie Park is OLD!!!!!!! I mean....really old!!!!!!!!!!!! But, they've recently freshened it up and it looks pretty good. There are 7 rides and some arcade games. Jake had been before, but this was Sophia's first time. All the fun you can have for only $9...what a deal. The kids loved it. All 3 hours we were there!!!

Christmas pics

We were supposed to do family pictures yesterday, but we had to cancel. So, I took the kids out and tried to get some good ones of just them. Joshua was by far the hardest to capture!!!

A custom order...

A friend of mine emailed me and asked if I could make this dress for her daughter. I'm always up for a challenge...so I tried it. I think it turned out really cute. Not a very good picture! Sorry!!

Here's the original idea: http://sewadorabledesigns.com/infants-6-12-months/item-03-1lg.htm

Notice Sophia's new haircut today. I'm kind of sad about it. It's cute...but I'm not a real fan of bangs. My hairdresser did it without my permission...which is irritating. Most of the time I'm fine with what she does. Thankfully there's not a lot bangs. So hopefully they'll be easy to grow out.

But...she loves the new hair...which is good. This afternoon she told me that she didn't want any water or soap on her hair at bath time. She didn't want to wash the prettiness away. So cute!!!

Still here...

I haven't posted in a week or so. Trying to get back in the swing of things after everyone being gone.

I went to Jake's school to have lunch with him today...annual Turkey Dinner day. Yum yum!! Nothing like cafeteria turkey to get your mouth watering!!! I decided I'd save my $3 and just enjoy the company (not the food). Jake was thrilled to have me there. He's such a funny little guy and I love to see him in his "element." Elementary school is a whole other world. And his school is so small that everyone knows everyone. It's very cute!

Hopefully I'll have some pictures to post soon. Life seems to be going at warp speed lately!!