Slumber Party!!

Girls, Girls, Girls.......Last weekend I had my nieces spend the night to give my sister a night off to celebrate her Anniversary. We made homemade pizza and had "super duper" tall ice cream cones. The girls played school were Rosie and Bailey were the school teachers ( like they didn't get enough of it that day). It was really cute to listen to they giving homework and teaching them to spell. They even had a recess were they went out and played wall ball and two square. I couldn't help but take a this picture of them at 11:30pm, finally sound asleep. They were super fun and super cute to have over. I just love little girls!!!

Christmas & January

I thought that my kids ( being older) would have slept in a little bit on Christmas morning but I was sure wrong. All were wide awake at 6:00 .

Joe was really excited about getting the new " Super Mario" game.

I didn't get a picture of "B" opening up his favorite gift " Bvlgari" cologne. He smell so good now for all the pretty girls!!!

Jacob is officially shaving!!! Well, only twice a month.

Rosie loved all her " name brand" clothes that she wanted. Oh, how I remember getting " name brand" clothes for Christmas and feeling soooo cool.

There is a ride at Disney World called " Toy Story Mania", it is Aaron's favorite ride.
The perfect Christmas gift for my hubby who still plays like a kid.

I wish the small snow storm would have lasted a good week.

"B" loves to do puzzles. He got a really cool one from his Aunt Laura for Christmas.
It kept him busy for several days during Christmas break.

Happy 37th Birthday Aaron!!!

Dreams really do come true.....again and again!

We had again a most Wonderful, Awesome, Perfect Disney World vacation!!!! We went at the beginning of December so it was really festive and beautiful to see it at Christmas time. The weather was so nice and warm (85 degrees) and we only had about 20 minutes of rain for the entire time we were there. This year my cousin and his family joined us. They were so great to travel with and brought such fun to the vacation. Disney World still remains our most favorite place to be...

Our Christmas Tree

Getting our Christmas tree is one of my most favorite days of the year. I love listening and singing Christmas music on the way to the tree farm, hunting for just the perfect tree, bringing in the house and decorating it, and of course the wonderful smell of the tree. This year we went to a new farm on the way home from Mt. Hood. They had so many "perfect" trees to pick from,
that it was really hard to choose. Best of all the price for a noble was only $10.00. What a deal!!

Our Thanksgiving weekend

This year as part of our "Thanksgiving camping" tradition we went to Mt. Hood. It was really relaxing and not having any alarm clocks going off at 5:30 was wonderful. We went swimming. watched movies, watched football football football games one after another, ate lots of yummy turkey and played the dice game. I always look so forward to spending real simple quality time with just my family.

Indian Potlatch

It's a tradition for the 4th graders to have an Indian Potlatch at our school. If you are wondering what an Indian Potlatch is... it's a celebration about Native Americans. They wear hats that they have colored and designed themselves, they sing songs, read stories and do some Indian dances. We also had to build an Indian village. Joe's part in the program was to thank all of those who helped put it all together. He memorized his part and did a great job.

Trick-or-Treat

Rosie is the "Spa-Girl" with wet fingernails and Joe is a Karate fighter who was in alot of pain with his big black eye.