THE NUTCRACKER

I have been to this ballet many times and last year thought that the kids would be old enough to watch it.  So I ordered tickets for the family to go, the kids really enjoyed the performance, and this year again got tickets to attend.  Once again it was a very entertaining performance and a fun evening.  We went to a little family favorite Italian restaurant for dinner, it was delicious!  The kids watched the ballet with enthusiasm.....Dylan did make a commit "the guys tights make my eyes hurt", we kept telling him that many professional athletes take ballet for balance and coordination.  LOL!  Brooklyn says she want to take dance classes again.   Maybe we could get them both to take ballet!?!?!

Family pictures

Brooklyn (6 1/2)



Dylan 8

Addelyn Grace has arrived!

Sweet baby Addelyn Grace arrived Monday, Dec. 13th at 12:55pm.  She is adorable, we are so happy she is finally here.  Mommy and Baby are both well.  What an adorable baby girl! Congratulations Hannah and Bill!  Holding her takes me back 6 years and 7 months to when Brooklyn was born.  She reminds me so much of Brooklyn. 

We went up to the hospital last night as a family to meet her for the first time.  Today Chris & I went up alone so we wouldn't have to share her! hehehe

elf yourself

Best Season Yet!

YOU THOUGHT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON!  RIGHT?  NOPE!  I am talking about Basketball season.  I love basketball, it is the only sport my kids play that is inside.  You never have to take a umbrella to basketball games.  You don't have to bring your chair to basketball games.  You don't need an extra blanket to keep warm at basketball games.  I love it!  One more thing, the laundry my children create from basketball season is so much cleaner than from soccer and football season!  I have it the best this year because......Get this, Chris is the coach, AND Dylan and Brooklyn are on the SAME team!  It doesn't get any better than this :)
F.Y.I.  I love the holidays, Football Season, Soccer Season, and Baseball Season....I'm  just super excited to be inside for a season! and I think I will like volleyball!

Visit From The Tooth Fairy

Brooklyn had a special visit from the tooth fairy last night! Finally she lost her two looses teeth yesterday, after many agonizing weeks (for me).  She is the type of child that can not handle pain or blood, not even the thought of them. Last week she was driving me nuts with these teeth, every time she opened her mouth you could see them swinging all over the place.  So yesterday she was at the kitchen bar eating an orange as I was making dinner, and she spits out something on the counter.  I could tell she was confused, and she asks me do these oranges have seeds.  I took a look at it and said "it's your tooth B"  She replied back "oh my goodness it didn't even bleed", all the while her mouth is full of blood, I say "that's awesome"  and she goes on eating her orange :)  Then later in the evening we are giving her a hard time about the other loose tooth and tell her tooth fairy pays extra if you lose two teeth on the same day.  Shes not buying it, but she lets my mom gets a tissue and pull on it, it comes right out, Brooklyn has no clue.  So we tell her the tooth is out.  She is super excited and clam until Dylan looks at her and tells her "there is blood all over your mouth"  of course at that point she can't swallow and all the drama starts.  She was able to hold it all together and let me tell you these teeth were practically jumping out of her mouth so really their was all that much blood, its just kinda gross.  Long story short, she looks officially 1st grade with the top tooth missing and she is $6.00 richer and we are all happy.

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.