Jace Earns His Yellow Belt

Jace earned his Yellow Belt at Karate tonight. He is loving karate! He wants to be just like Easton!
Way to go buddy!

Black Friday 2009

Our "Black Friday Posse" seems to get smaller every year. This year Tanya and I went it alone. We had our plan all mapped out. We'd hit Toys R Us in Murray first, then head across the street to the mall, after that we'd go back to AF to Walmart. Good plan? We sure thought so.

10:30 pm-Toys R Us parking lot
11:00 pm-Door open...almost get trampled between solid mass of maniac crazy people and a police car trying to "keep the peace"
1:00 am-leaving Toys R Us with some of the things we wanted
1:45 am-decide to head straight to Walmart for fear we would have the same "mob like" issues as Toys R Us
2:00 am-11th in line for a much needed item.
5:00 am-Yay! Got our item...thanks to Tanya for her amazing crowd control skills! She's a GREAT shopping partner!
6:30 am-Finally out of Walmart. Ihop here we come!!
8:00 am-Mall...not really in the mood for crowds at this point.
10:30 am-Home

Talk about an EXCITING 12 hrs! All of you who missed out may not have been on the news (that's right I made a guest appearance while at Toys R Us), or risked your life...but you also missed out on some good times and some AMAZING deals!!

Same Time...Same Place....Next Year!

Thanksgiving 2009

I didn't do very good with Thanksgiving Day photos because I was too busy documenting them on my phone to text to Uncle Jeff (who is still off at Boot Camp in South Carolina). We had a great time at Uncle Corey and Aunt Jacci's new house! Camry got to sit by Sophie and entertain her...or was it the other way around?

I'm so thankful this holiday season for a wonderful family!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Two Is Better Than One

One baby is perfect but how much more perfect are two!? I don't think I could possibly be more excited to meet these babies! I've had so much fun helping Laura get ready. Only a few more weeks to go! Thanks Laura for putting up with my excitement and letting me be a part of the madness! :) Auntie Laura at 31 weeks Carseat blankies from Aunt Tanya (fabric), Grandma Linda (hemstitching), and Auntie Autumn (crocheting)

I had so much fun with these carseat covers. I LOVE how they turned out!

Baby girl crib blanket-love the pink and brown together!

Baby boy crib blanket-I had a hard time finding green and brown fabric and then there it was...I LOVE it!

The countdown is on!

Instead...

I should be grateful for the clothes on our backs but instead...I'm overwhelmed by the huge mound of laundry that never goes away.

I should be grateful for the groceries in the cupboard but instead...I'm mad at myself for spending twice as much as everyone else who clips coupons.

I should be grateful for steady jobs but instead...I'm tired of having to work more often than not.

I should be grateful for motherhood but instead...I'm hating always being the bad guy.

I should be grateful for sleep but instead...I feel guilty for doing too much of it.

'tis the season to be grateful but instead...I'm not.

I think it's time for an attitude adjustment...thanks for listening...I feel better already :)

Brotherly Love

I found this paper at the computer desk this morning

LoVe the phonetic speller!!

Halloween 2009

The kids are growing up and it shows in their choice of Halloween costumes. So Sad. The Buzz Lightyear and Princess costumes have been replaced by Ninjas and Scary Zombies!

Our Groovy GirlNinja in action!Easton the ZombieOur cute little Maddie was a "Pretty Witch"We did our traditional trick-or-treating with the cousins. Jeff and Bonnie were in South Carolina for Jeff's graduation from Boot Camp. We missed them!!

Happy Halloween!!

This Little Piggie....

I thought long and hard over what our office staff could be for Halloween. Finally...THE THREE LITTLE PIGS...! How perfect! Thanks to everyone for being such great sports! We had a great time and the kids LOVED it!

Autumn, DeAnne, and Melissa

The 3 lil' pigs and the Big Bad Wolf (aka Mr. Stone)In order to include everyone in our insanity we kind of mixed some fairy tales together. Here we are with the 3 Lil' Pigs, the Big Bad Wolf, the Woodsman (aka James), Granny (aka Ms. Ralphs), and Little Red Riding Hood (aka Mrs. Davison...our original Little Red (Mrs. Stone) was home sick with the Swine Flu so luckily Lindsay had the same cute costume!)I had to include this picture of Mr. Stone. He was a great sport! The kids LOVED it that he dressed up!

Happy Halloween!!