dear valued postal customer...

So - I'm thinking I will NOT tell the people who sent us this card today about their torn-in-half Christmas card - eek!! THANK GOODNESS it was NOT a picture-card; however, it WAS handmade and is a beautiful (what is left of it) card...bummer!! :(

It says: "I want to extend my sincered apology as your Postmaster for the enclosed document that was inadvertently damaged in handling by your Postal Service......The U.S. Postal Service handles over 202 billion pieces of mail each year...an occasional mishap does happen..."

BUMMER!! Thank goodness it didn't have money in it! :)

Preschool Christmas Pageant

There were coloring tables set up for the kids and their siblings...that was neat...

***Now - this picture could be taken the WRONG way - please don't take it the wrong way!! We just made a quick trip to the girls room before the show and I still had my camera with me over my shoulder...I just couldn't resist - too funny!!***

We REALLY enjoyed Ms. P's preschool Christmas Pageant/program - actually - it was hilarious and yet so sweet! Just watching 3 year olds - of course - there is bound to be something unexpected happen - and there were. All the kids looked so cute in their manger scene costumes.....loved it!!

CLYDE...

...HOOF...

...HUMP...
...HEAD...

IT'S CLYDE - THE CAMEL!


We went to a "live nativity" this weekend. We had no idea there would be a camel there until we saw him - "Clyde" - walking down the street with his handler (is that what you would call him?). Have you ever been to a parade with a camel walking down the middle of the street? Pretty neat...and the kids were fascinated...(is that the word???)...

MS. P WAS A LITTLE "UNSURE" (TO SAY THE LEAST!)

AND - SO WAS SWEET HUBBY!

G-MAN LIKED THIS GOAT...

EITHER G-MAN OR MS. K TOOK THIS PICTURE OF SWEET HUBBY & I. I LOVE HOW THE PICTURE-TAKER GOT OUR FEET AND LEGS *MORE* THAN THE BEAUTIFUL TREE BEHIND US...OH WELL... :)

Autumns Gone By...(sniff sniff)

A friend of mine posted an "old" Halloween picture of her boys. I LOVED the picture - so cute - so I thought I would do the same.

What fun to look back at "old" pictures!

Ms. P - 7 months old

Ms. K - 3 years old

Ms. K - 4 years old

G-man - 5 years old

Ms. K - 10 months old

bike parade!

Our neighborhood had a 4th of July bike parade that the kids were so excited to participate in. Toes were the first order of business ... Ms. P requested silver & pink stars-

Charlie really needed his toes done...but all he got was a dunk in the kiddie pool--

Uncle Sam---

What a fun way to start a GREAT DAY!

WE LOVE AMERICA!!!

Happy Easter

The Easter Bunny came to visit the kids (of all ages!) and pass out goodies!!

This is one TALL Easter Bunny!

G-man was the first to find his GOLD EGG!

We were blessed with a beautiful weekend!

Easter Bunny fun

Sweet Hubby is part of a funny/silly Easter thing for the kids this weekend at church...(don't worry - in all seriousness they WILL be telling the REAL story of Easter, too)...but there will be funny Easter Bunny stuff at the beginning. Just had to share our funny pictures today from the store. I was laughing so hard - my rib was hurting so bad!! (I have a broken rib) But - we had to get the pictures done...wish I could have laughed more...I had to beg Sweet Hubby to stop doing more funny poses my rib was hurting too bad and I couldn't laugh anymore. Too fun!!

happy valentine's day to my Sweet Hubby!

The blue arrow is pointing at my Sweet Hubby, I'm the birthday girl!

THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT *EVEN* SCRATCH THE SURFACE WITH ALL I COULD SAY ABOUT MY SWEET, LOVING HUSBAND! IT DOESN'T EVEN COME CLOSE. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME THIS MORNING - BUT I WANTED TO GET SOMETHING UP FOR HIM TODAY. I'M SORRY IT IS SO SHORT AND ONLY COMPLIMENTS YOU ON A FEW THINGS. :( THERE IS SOOOOOOO MUCH YOU DO THAT I WOULD LOVE TO BRAG ABOUT!! AT ANY RATE, HERE GOES...

I am so blessed with a wonderful husband!
He is such an inspiration!

He is the hardest worker I know. He works his tail off and yet still spends so much time with the kids & I - sometimes I don't know how he does it!

He makes it a priority to do the dishes and clean the kitchen for me almost every night before bed, so that I can start my day to a clean kitchen - no matter what the rest of the house looks like. Thank You!

When kids are sick - he steps up to the plate. He will stay up with them in the middle of the night and let me sleep. During the time when Ms. K was living in the hospital - he went in at 5am every day and stayed until the last possible moment before he had to leave for work. He rushed her to the hospital a couple times after having foot surgery and hobbled through the hospital on crutches, but still managed to care for her and be with her!


He is an optimist (I'm not). He helps me to balance my perspective on things and gives me hope when something seems hopeless. The glass is definitely half full to him - ALWAYS!


He does an incredible job keeping our family on track. I don't know how he balances all that is on his plate at times. What an amazing guy...I could go on and on...

I'M SO BLESSED! I LOVE YOU, S.H.!

jingle bells - HEY!

I was just thinking about the fun we had this past 2007 holiday season and can't believe it's already January, 2008. Time goes by faster and faster each year...it's just amazing! One of my favorite videos we took this past holiday season was of Ms. P singing Jingle Bells for everyone on Thanksgiving Day. You will notice Mr. G in the background in a skeleton costume trying to steal the show...Ms. P waivers for a moment, but then gets back on track and finishes up her song with an enthusiastic "HEY"! But the best part about this song, when you hear her singing it in person, is that the line that goes "Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh..." well - Ms. P says "Oh what fun it is to ride in a one MOUSE open sleigh" - it's hilarious!!

a nice break

at Great Grandpa's Birthday party

(Ms. P's says "Party Animal")

If you ever want to watch ANY episode of Man vs. Wild, call my husband, you'll be his best friend and he'll pop up some popcorn and make sure you stay a while!

This is our first week back at school after Christmas Break. In addition to playdates with friends, we had a great break including attending a wonderful Celtic Christmas Concert - everyone enjoyed the incredible music - even the 3 kids! We will definitely make this a yearly tradition. All I can say is WOW!! It was incredible!

We started another new tradition this year of doing a a Birthday Party for Jesus with some friends. They came over to our house, we had yummy homemade potato soup and cornbread for dinner, followed by a gift exchange between the kids, followed by birthday cake and letting all the kids dip (and eat!) pretzels in white and dark chocolate with crushed up candycanes. YUM!!

I took my daughter and a friend to see the movie Enchanted - I LOVED it! I normally don't like to recommend things to people (especiall movies since everyone's tastes are SO different), but I thought this movie was really cute.

We had a fun break from school, but I must say that I am glad to be back into the routine of school again and feeling as though I have a purpose to my day and getting re-motivated to be project and goal oriented. I felt myself getting sleepier and sleepier as the break went on...not because I was staying up later (and certainly not because I was waking up earlier!) - but I think just that lack of schedule to my day caused me to get lazy. What a wake-up call I had this Monday - with a ton of snow on the ground and school back in full-force. But - I am so glad we're back in the swing of things once again...ask me next week how I feel...ha ha!