Merry Christmas

We had an awesome christmas. The kids all had a great christmas, I believe the kids still believe in Santa, so we did our job. We did tell the kids about Jesus's birthday too, so they hopefully understand this too. Alyssah was so fun opening up gifts. She wouldn't tear into them like the other kids did, she slowly ripped the package apart v-e-r-y - s-l-o-w-l-y. But she would be excited for every package she opened. I got a very special gift from Mark, a beautiful necklace, I believe it is called a journey necklace. I love it sooooo much! He has made this Christmas soooooooo special!
The boys loved getting the wii and have been playing games as much as possible! I love my family and feel so greatly blessed to have another really good Christmas!

Watch out for SpiderWoman!!

She is SpiderWoman!! She will save us all!!!
Especially while in her pull up!! ;)

The Tooth Fairy Visits!

Jake lost his tooth at church on Sunday December 21st. He was so excited!! He wrote a note to the Tooth Fairy, and asked if it was a boy or a girl. And what he/she does with the teeth. Jake's Tooth Fairy is a girl, and she is 8 inches big. She takes the teeth to God and he then cleans them and gives them back to new little babies. He is so excited! Plus he got $5!! That first tooth lost is so important!

Kids in there christmas outfits!!

They looks so adorable!!!
Alyssah in her beautiful dress that Auntie Steph bought.

My super handsome boys! I love them!

Pretty Polish

I painted Alyssah's little fingernails and toenails. She loved it!! She was so happy to be getting polish on her nails. She was pretty careful to about it. She would stay still until I was done blowing on her nails. I love having a little girl!!

She was happy to show me the nail polish. She loves it!
She was so happy!!

The finished product. Not sure what is up with her smile, she is into the fake look!! She is so proud!!

Merry Christmas to me!!

I have the sweetest husband in the whole wide world!!!!!! He bought me a new Dell Inspiron Laptop! I got it in red. I love it so much! Thanks sweetie!!!

100th post

I am having a blast having a blog! I encourage all of you who don't have one to start. It is fun sharing my kids with others.

Outfits

I have been going crazy on Gymboree.com buying clothes for Alyssah! They had a deal for 25% off of everything and free shipping. It is great!! I think I bought one of each outfit! Ok not that bad, I plan on wrapping some of it up for her. She loves her clothes, so she will be excited. I have so much fun dressing her. I have to do this now, while she is small, when she is bigger she won't want to wear the stuff I buy her. She is soooooo much fun!!

Winter weather

We have had some winter weather this weekend. All things were cancelled everywhere in the state. They are saying we got about 12 inches of snow or so. And it is MAJORLY COLD too! Right now we are -18 below. And the windchills have got to be around 35-40 below. That is VERY COLD!!!

Trimming the tree!

We put up our tree on Sunday Nov. 30th. The kids were very excited to do it, I wasn't so much. But we did and I got some cute pictures too.

Jake was so excited for us to start. When I said we were going to start he started getting all the branches out and together in the right spots.
Alyssah believed that the ornament box is her new toybox. To this day she will take them off and play with them. She loves it!


Alyssah and Jake finding the best ornaments to get ready for the tree.

Lights are up, (I hate that part) and Josh is ready to put on the first ornament.

Here is Jakes onrament that he put on. He was so happy this day!

Alyssah made them into a group on her one and only branch. She wouldn't put them anywhere else.

The finished tree!

The kids in front of the tree. They were happy to help us!

Santa

The kids were excited to sit on Santa's lap this year. Josh is still wondering if he is real, so we are really playing it up. I just am not ready to let him know that Santa isn't real. He sort of believes now, so I am happy with that. He did ask Santa for a wii! I am happy that we got one, hopefully helping him out this year. I have a feeling that this is his last year of believing. At least one good thing about that is, we can concentrate on what christmas is really about. I am so glad that we have 2 other kids that still believe and hopefully for a few more years will.

I get sad thinking about the time he was 4 and it was about 7am christmas morning when he climbed into bed with us. He was excited, but nobody else was up yet, so we waited for a while. About 15 minutes later, my mom got up, we could hear her upstairs getting ready and walking around. Josh's little head popped up and he said so excitedly, "Maybe that is Santa!" My heart melted, it was so innocent and sweet. I said, "Maybe, but I think it might be grandma." He said, "Yeah, Santa comes when you are sleeping." I remember that christmas so clearly. He was so little. And he really was into christmas too. Every gift he got was so amazing to him. I am so sad that he has grown up so much. Where on earth does the time go.

Alyssah sat on his lap, but at first she was really worried that we were going to leave. We stayed there, and then she was ok. I love this picture. They all look so good.

Thanksgiving

We were excited to go to my mom's for Thanksgiving. The kids were very happy to go. I love going and seeing my family, my grandparents were happy to see all of us.

My grandparents on Thankgiving. They were happy and excited to see us. We are all waiting to eat my mom's awesome meal!

Alyssah and her new pose. She loves to pose for us now. She is showing us her lips. She is so adorable here!

Me waiting to eat too. I love Thanksgiving. I love the food, but mostly I love to hang out with my family.

Mark and Josh also waiting to eat. Josh wasn't happy about the food. He doesn't like anything that is good or good for you. ;)

Jake was excited to eat, he is a better eater than his brother. Grandpa Dave got him a big pop and he was excited to get the green kind. He feels so big!

Josh and Jake breaking the wish bone. My sister and I used to break the wishbone every year. I hope to start this tradition with the boys.

Having made there wish, they are ready to go!

And we have never seen this before, the wish bone broke right in the middle! They were very happy about it!!

Pictures

Tonight I am going to put some really good pictures up! I have a lot from the weekend and one with Santa!

Things to be thankful for...

I got this in an email and it is so true.

FOR THE HUSBAND WHO IS ON THE SOFA
BEING A COUCH POTATO,
BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME
AND NOT OUT AT THE BARS.

FOR THE TEENAGER WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOING DISHES
BECAUSE IT MEANS SHE IS AT HOME,
NOT ON THE STREETS.

FOR THE TAXES I PAY
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM EMPLOYED .

FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS.

FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.

FOR MY SHADOW THAT WATCHES ME WORK
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM OUT IN THE SUNSHINE

FOR A LAWN THAT NEEDS MOWING,
WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING,
AND GUTTERS THAT NEED FIXING
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE A HOME

FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT
BECAUSE IT MEANS WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

FOR THE PARKING SPOT I FIND AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING LOT
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM CAPABLE OF WALKING AND
I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TRANSPORTATION.

FOR MY HUGE HEATING BILL
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM WARM.

FOR THE LADY BEHIND ME IN CHURCH WHO SINGS OFF KEY
BECAUSE IT MEANS I CAN HEAR.

FOR THE PILE OF LAUNDRY AND IRONING
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE CLOTHES TO WEAR.

FOR WEARINESS AND ACHING MUSCLES AT THE END OF THE DAY
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF WORKING HARD.

FOR THE ALARM THAT GOES OFF IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM ALIVE.


I am also thankful for:
1. My kids and their health
2. Mark and his health
3. My whole family and there health
4. My friends
5. My home
6. My daycare kids
7. For my health
8. And of course for my dog Ally

I am sure there are many more things too, I feel so lucky and so many people aren't. I pray that the whole world can find peace one day.

Holiday season

I love this time of year. Last year was harder and I didn't look forward to christmas like I am this year. It is stressful to host any sort of holiday dinner!

I have been listening to christmas music for about 3 weeks now, I love christmas music. I have started my chrismas shopping. The only downfall is that Josh is starting to not believe in Santa anymore. He WILL NOT tell us what he is asking Santa for christmas, he doesn't want us to know, he is saying that it is a test, if Santa doesn't bring it, he isn't real. I am sad, because this Santa thing is ending for him. But my hope is that Mark and I are getting a Wii for the kids and it will be from Santa. We haven't ever mentioned of getting one, so I hope Josh will be super excited about it. And who knows? Maybe that is what he is asking Santa! I can only hope!

We are headed to my parents house for Thanksgiving. It will be good to see my parents and Grandparents. The kids are super excited to go, they love seeing Grandma and Grandpa! I am happy to see my grandparents, I haven't seen them since Easter earlier this year.

Notes

Josh has been writing notes to me lately. I love the notes each and every time, even if they say the same things. Last night he wrote a note and it said,

"I love you soooooo much!"

I am so proud of him!!

Very Frustrated

I am so frustrated right now.

Alyssah's addiction

My crazy little girl. She loves chapstick. I think she is addicted. I bought her a pack of Lip Smackers chapstick. I usually give it to her in church so she is quiet for the hour or so. She now knows that it is fun to have it when she isn't in church too. The only thing is, she doesn't keep it only on her lips. It ends up all over!!! This picture is a mild one, usually it is all over, on her eyebrows and nose. I plan on buying her more, she loves them!

LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!

Well I am loving my new face lift on my blog! I am glad I had it done.

We had our carpets cleaned today. It was fun being downstairs all day with the kids. They really liked it. I plan on doing that more often.

Josh has cub scouts tonight. He was excited to go. He had to give a little report about some american folklore, I am hoping it went ok.

Jake had fun today with his daycare buddy. He likes being downstairs too.

Alyssah is just the princess as usual. She has been really good today, considering she woke up at 6 in the moring.

That is all for now, I will put new pictures on soon.

What do you think??

I love it!!!

She loves dress up!

My little princess!! She loves to dress up lately, as a princess mostly. She and I had fun getting her all dressed up while Mark and the boys were hunting. I love how excited she gets to show me. She will come to me and say "Surprise! I am a princess!" It is so cute, and I hope she doesn't grow out of it.