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It has been a very long time. I am going to put up some pics today. I hope to do about 3 or 4 different posts today to get caught up. I have been neglecting my poor blog. I promise to do better!!

We are back!

And we had so much fun! I missed the kids terribly, but the kids did just great with Auntie Steph. I will be putting up pics later today, I am still helping the boys get all caught up with there homework, so they will be right with the others this week.

We are going on a trip

We leave on Thursday for Florida! We will stay in Florida for 4 days and then Sunday we go on a 5 day cruise! We are going to Grand Cayman Islands and to Cozumel MX. We are so excited. The kids are going to stay with Auntie Steph and they are very excited for that. I can't believe it is in only 2 days, I will be on my way to warmth!!

We have a lot of snow outside! I can't believe how much snow we have. And how many days the kids have missed school. That has been rare lately. But I would rather have my kids home when it is storming out. It will be nice to get away from the snow and have normal temperatures to deal with!

Digital Scrapbooking

I have been digital scrapbooking lately and I love it!!! It is my way of going green! :) I have been doing Alyssah's baby book and it is so fun looking back at her little days! It is fun to see how much she has grown!

Happy New Year!!

I hope this year is the best year for you!

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!