Thanksgiving!

We are very blessed and have lots to give thanks for!  Thanksgiving was a little quieter this year, but still full of excitement, laughter, and of course good food!  We have a tradition of decorating gingerbread houses after dinner.  It can get a little competitive, and I assume as they get older the houses will get prettier.  My kids go for the more candy the better, Hannah's kids make everything symmetrical, Emily's are the cute and creative....well Mason actually ate off all the candy that was put on his LOL!!!  Anyways it was fun watching them work on their creations and they all had fun too.

Hannah and Bill

All the kids gearing up to decorate the houses! 

Colton very proud of his house 

Happy 8th Birthday Dylan!

Dylan is 8!

Pretty Flowers

These were on the kitchen table this morning!  I always like a surprise and pretty flowers.  Thanks, you are always so thoughtful!



Less than an inch!

All it takes is a little dusting of snow to close school, and pretty much the whole town!  It makes me feel like a kid again, I was so excited to hear if school was going to be closed?  It started snowing at 10 pm last night and I was on pins and needles all night, was it going to stick, would it be very much snow, would it be meted by morning?  The snow did stick but it wasn't much, I got a call at 5:25 school would be cancelled!  Yippee!!!  I went back to bed until  6:54 when Dylan woke me up to tell me Brooklyn was in the bathroom vomiting, Seriously?  Yes!  Kids were very excited to see the snow :)  Brooklyn said her tummy really hurt, so I got her all comfy on the couch.  By about 8am she said she felt good and wanted to go outside and play, since we don't get snow much, I got her all bundled up and sent her outside.  The kids had a blast, playing, drinking hot coco outside, and building a snow castle- check out the pictures.



This is kinda sad but the kids got creative and got out the sand toys to made a snow castle!

Brooklyn all bundled up for a movie







Dylan having a snack, watching movies

Baby Shower For Baby Addelyn

Hannah is expecting Baby Addelyn Grace Dec. 20th.  We really expect her earlier than then, but we will have to wait and see.  Hannah looks terrific and is doing great.  She can't wait to hold her baby in her arms but other than that shes is really good.  I had a baby shower for her on Sunday, it was small with  family and close friends.  I think she really is ready now, she got some really cute stuff. 

Thanks everyone for coming and being so generous, Hannah is blessed!

Hannah & Me

THE THREE SISTERS! Me, Hannah, Katelynn and Evelyn

Party Favors, These paper shoes turned out so cute.  I put butter mints inside them and printed "Welcome Baby Addelyn Grace" on the bottom.

These were little baby gowns, made out of napkins.

Amazing Albertsons Deal!

I have not been using coupons like I used to, I am taking a break!  But yesterday this deal it was just way to EASY to pass up.  I know it's a lot of baking stuff, but with the holiday in full swing I am sure I will be able to make some yummy treats to share with all!  Down to the deal, I only used coupons from the Safeway $60 savings booklet they currently have in the store.  My total before store club card $135.53, after card and manufacture coupons $ 20.09.  What did I get 6- 2 litters of sierra mist, 5 Wesson oils, 5 Pam sprays. 10 cookie mixes, 10 boxes of brownies, 5 cake mixes, 5 frosting's, and last but not least eggs (not part of the deal I just needed them : ) so your total could be a couple dollars less).

What Started All This (blogging) Again......

Tuesday after noon I was hanging out with the cutest baby girl on the earth EVELYN and MOM, who is the best mom on earth (besides me, hahaha)!

And the FedEx man showed up with a package.  Chris mentioned he was getting a new laptop, so when it was a dell box I wasn't really surprised.  I decided to hide it from him, so when he got home later in the day I told him we were playing hot and cold, and he was warm.  He found the box after lots of hot and lots of colds LOL!  He was excited to get it open, and brought it right to the kitchen counter as I was working in the kitchen.  It's this:

He tells me "It's YOURS", he surprised me and got me a new laptop :)  I had no clue!  It's super cute and  RED!

I kinda felt bad I made him run around the house looking for it hehehe!  Well not to bad because I am going to make him do it again today because FedEx just showed up with his :)

Halloween

B, Colton, and Dylan ready for the haunted house!

lets go trick or treat!  All the cousins ready to collect some candy.  We weighed our candy
when we got home and we were just a couple oz. short of 8 lbs.  lots and lots of candy bars!

Football Season 2010

GO JAGUARS!

Going in for the Tackle, Dylan takes a leap!

Father and Son......How precious

Another great run with the ball.

The Jaguars BIGGEST fan Brooklyn!

We have another 2 weeks of football left.  The team has had a fun, memorable season 4-2-2 thus far.  Dylan lives for this game, and I must say he is very entertaining to watch.

Disneyland 2010

Dylan, Goofy, and Hilary at  Goofy's Kitchen for dinner.

Brooklyn with her 1st set of mickey ears!

We had some visitors for a couple days  in D.L. Our niece Lauren, Sister Cindi, Mom, and sister Carlye.

At California Adventure waiting for the new World of Color show to start.  It was an amazing water show, make sure you get tickets for this when you go!

Mom and B riding the tea cups!  One of Brooklyn's favorite rides.  She was quite the dare devil she went on space mountain, splash mountain all the wild rides!

Chris and I on his last day.  He had to come home a few days early :(

Brooklyn dancing in the Celebrate parade!

Brooklyn, Pluto, and Dylan

Dylan!

Brooklyn after her bib bo dee bob bo dee boutique experience!  She is our little princess!

This past August Chris and I took the kids to Disneyland.  It was the first visit for Brooklyn, Dylan and Myself.  Chris had been once when he was younger.  It was so much fun, it was a very memorable trip, jam packed with activities.  We all needed a vacation when we got home :)

Way to Long And Way To Much...........

It's been over a year and I thought its about time I update this thing! Kids have grown a bunch, I will start with a back to school post. Dylan is now in 2nd grade and Brooklyn is in 1st.  I cried like a baby again the first day of school.  I have such a had time saying goodbye to the lazy summer days, and not having the kids around.  Dylan was a little sad too, Brooklyn on the other had was totally excited and couldn't say bye fast enough.  The kids each have amazing teachers, whom we love! We had school conferences last week and both kids are doing terrific : )

I think he is going to be a heart breaker, he is so cute :)

Eager to get 1st grade started my adorable Brooklyn! 

Brooklyn has a "Healthy Breakfast" to start her first day of school!

The picture in front of the door, they have both grown a lot since last year!