Khale Sees Santa

Khale sees santa as we wait in line. Have a Happy Christmas Holiday!

A Christmas Laugh

Christmas laugh has been removed for a little while because of circumstances out of our control. We will keep you posted.

Let it snow!

It snowed for a few days but it is all gone now. The kids did enjoy it while they could!

The kids break the wishbone

Head to Head, Kaden and Karson breaking the wishbone. You don't even have to guess who won. Mister lucky, himself. Poor Karson. I don't think it has ever cracked on her side.

Kyle's Tacky Sweater Contest

Kyle's work had a tacky Christmas Sweater Contest. We looked and looked but I couldn't find a tacky sweater so I made something up so he could wear it and not feel left out. Tell you the truth, I never thought he would actually wear it. But he did! Didn't he look so cute?

Our Santa Visit

We went to try and see Santa. Khale has told us she would NOT be sitting on Santa's lap but I was hoping we might be able to convince her. Our adorable town had a Christmas gathering in the town square. They had stilt walkers and dancers and Elves and Santa. WE stood in line for about 30 minutes but you can see for yourselves how that worked out for us. Karson and her friend Katelyn took the opportunity to get close with Santa.

So the next day we decided to try it again. WHY? you ask.....I don't know, we answer :) We went to the mall and stood in line again. This time I had a big game plan. Khale loves to ride the Christmas train. I told her if she sat on Santa's lap and said "cheese" we would let her ride the train. This time she did sit on santas lap and she did say cheese....but she didn't smile and it lasted all of about 30 seconds. I haven't scanned the one and only picture we were able to get into the computer yet but truly, you aren't missing much. The Santa was scary. My two other children couldn't be bothered and Khale wasn't happy about the whole situation. BUT the picture I took after she got off Santa's lap, when she was told she could ride the train, was super cute. It doesn't take much to make a Mom happy.

She loves the train so we are going with Christmas Train pictures this year instead of Santa Pictures. Much love!

Ohhhhhh Christmas Tree!

We built this house with Christmas in mind. Kyle wanted to have a big entryway so that he could buy the kids a really big tree and see it from the outside. Of course we were all on board. So as Christmas was approaching, the kids were buggin about the tree. We went last weekend to cut our tree down and what an experience. We weren't sure how big we wanted to go but we knew it had to be bigger than we have ever had before. Okay, so Kyle summed it up with one word.....OVERKILL. It seemed big when we picked it out but as you can see from the other trees around it....it wasn't the largest. It seemed a little large as Kaden dragged it back to the car. It was getting even bigger as we tried to tie it to the top of the car. BUT when we put it in the tree stand and stood it up in the house, it was gianormous! What were we thinking????? We had to share the massive size of this thing. I will send more pictures as soon as it is decorated.

Decorating the house

We have decorated a few areas of the house.( Thanks Mom for the nice entryway table) I thought we would post before we go making a bunch of changes to decorate for Christmas and have to post those pictures as well. Life changes so quickly around this place, you best not blink!

Also a few pictures of brother and sister taking care of the baby....in their own way.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a very nice Thanksgiving. Even though I came down with a horrible cold, I still had a great time making turkey dinner. It was a BLAST in my kitchen. I made rolls from scratch for the first time. I thought they turned out.....acceptable and edible at least. We had a nice relaxing day. I starved the kids so they gobbled up by the time dinner was done. Kaden ate an entire turkey leg. Well, he is a growing boy. He is taller than I am (not saying much). All and all, I am thankful for my family and friends and all of our good fortune and health. Much love to all,

Tiffany

Look what we did!

Kyle and I installed pendant lights in our new kitchen. We don't have electrician skills so we were extremely proud of ourselves. We had to share our new lights and how the kitchen is coming together.

Also our drapes we hung in our bedroom a few weeks ago. We found these beaded drapes at Penny's and just fell in love with them. They turned out super cute. As soon as I get the room all together, I will send more pics. If you interested. But pretty much you get them even if your not interested. LOL

Hope everyone is getting ready for Turkey Day.

Punxsutawney

Last weekend my Mom came to visit and we went to Punxsutawney, as in Phil, Groundhog Day! I have been wanting to make it up there and almost went on Groundhog day last year until I heard about the crowds. Anyway, we had a really fun visit with my Mom, and Russ and Reggie and his family. Reggie's kids are super cute. I can't believe that was the first time I have ever seen them. Khale still asks to see Calin again. It was a very nice visit. Next time they will have to come out and stay at our house.

Mom and Russ did stay at our house for one day and they seemed to like the house. I loved having visitors soooooo everyone, come and see us.

Halloween 2008

Happy Halloween! This was a very strange Halloween as we were trying to get moved and out of the rental house. We had two days after we signed on the house to be out of the rental and Halloween was one of those days. But we took time off to go to the Halloween parade in Town and we went Trick-or-treating. Kaden was a werewolf, Karson was a goth mummy bride, and Khale of course, was Elmo. They had tons of fun. It didn't take Khale long to get the hang of the whole thing. "I smile and say treat, treat and they give me candy." They threw candy at the parade so she got a taste of the holiday before trick or treating night. Mady.....look at our favorite float. See if it reminds you of something? You needed to be on the float your costume was so good! Sounds like everyone had a good Halloween. Much love to you all. Send pics if you have them. We love to see what is going one with everyone.

Happy Spook Day.