My post for Thursday, 12-03-09

Megan's dance class fashions.

This is what Megan wore to ballet. I remember wearing legwarmers when I was in 8th or 9th grade, but I was not a ballet dancer. I was wearing them with jeans and sneakers to a San Francisco 49er's game with my best friend Lisa. She was wearing them too. I'm sure we looked like the biggest dorks, but we thought we were so cool. I hope that when Megan looks back at this picture she will see how darn cute she looks in her zebra print legwarmers that she bought with a gift card that she got for her birthday. I just hope she never says "Mom how did you let me go out of the house like that!?". I'll say "it was the style back then and you looked adorable!".

This is what she changed into for jazz. She could wear the same outfit from ballet to jazz but she hates tights.

My post for Wednesday, 12-02-09

Wordless Wednesday....

My post for Tuesday, 12-01-09

Our new 9 foot tall Christmas tree from a box.
I think it looks pretty good. Should we tinsel or not...we are still trying to decide. Paige say's "it doesn't smell like Christmas". I am going to take her up to Anderson's this weekend so we can get some fresh pine boughs to put in our big brown vase so it will smell more like Christmas in our house. Some people have told me to get candles but to me those pine scented candles always smell like soap so we are going for the real smell of pine.

My post for Monday, 11-30-09

If you have read my main blog then you know that "The Elves" are back in town. Oliver and Jasper must be big Taylor Swift fans because they brought the girls her new Christmas c.d. on Sunday morning.

My post for Sunday, 11-29-09



Grandma and Grandpa stopped by they were heading back to Georgia on Monday. We were putting up our brand new out of the box 9foot Christmas tree. This was the best shot I could get before they all got a case of the sillies.

My Post for Saturday, 11/28/09

I had to work from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Black Friday and from 8:30 to 4 on Saturday so needless to say I have not taken any pictures since Thanksgiving....so here are some leftovers. Go to my main blog for the rest of the Turkey day photos.

Jei on guitar and Uncle Dave on drums rocking out to "On the Road Again".

My post for Friday, 11-27-09


Nothing says Thanksgiving like orange roses and fuchsia Peonies. This is what I came up with for our Thanksgiving centerpiece. The flowers are from Trader Joe's of course.

My post for Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Turkey is done!

My post for Wednesday, 11-25-09

Mike ran up and got his red vest on so he could be twins with his mom, ahhh they are so cute!
Girls rock...young girls and girls that are young at heart!

My post for Tuesday 11-24-09

It's pup in a blanket...Rebel stealing the covers from Paige.

My post for Monday, November 23,2009

Six dollar roses from Trader Joes....worth every penny, they remind me of the ones I carried on my wedding day...and they smelled like roses too.

My post for Sunday, November 22, 2009

Another Sunny Sunday filled with typing up Paige's book report, doing housework, baking, and watching Nascar.

My post for Saturday 11-21-09

Santa Paws and Paige

It's bad enough that the stores start putting Christmas stuff up before Halloween and then start playing Christmas songs before Thanksgiving, but do we have to dress up the dog before December?

My post for Friday 11-20-09

Smile Your on Candid Camera :)

Paige was snapping pictures of the dogs just before Megan walked in the door from getting off the school bus.

Paige's self portrait

Last night before I went to bed I took some pictures of Rebel on Paige's bed then I sat the camera on her desk. I grabbed it this morning along with a book that I need to take back to the library and sat it on the bathroom counter while I was combing her hair. Paige picked up the camera and said "I am going to take a self portrait of myself in the mirror just like Aunt Shann does". I had to remind her to turn the flash off and to hold the camera down so she could see her pretty face.

Tonight was Paige's last riding class for 2009. Now she will be counting down the weeks until the Spring classes start. She got to ride bare back so she was a happy camper. She rode bare back for the first time last year on her last day of class, so now it's "her tradition".

We are so proud of you Paige....for getting a 3.67 G.P.A. in your first quarter of middle school. That is pretty darn good since she missed 6 days of school when she had the H1N1 flu. She had 3 test to make up in Pre Algebra.

I drove Paige to school this morning (not because she missed the bus) so I could watch her receive her Honor Roll certificate. They had a little ceremony in the commons to hand out the certificates. The teachers told us "make sure you take their pictures because they love having their pictures taken"

My post for Monday, 11-16-09

Paige taking a little hide and seek break to play with Evan. Paige was saying "this is how old (7 months) Jake was when they moved here". Jake will be 3 on Dec. 7th....time sure does fly by.

I was next door watching the boys until 6 last night. Mike was home but the girls wanted to come over and say hi after school. When Jake saw them come in he says "lets play hide and seek". So that is what they did.

My post for Sunday 11-15-09

Megan and Addison her "Best Friends Club" doll that Cameron got her for her b.day in July. If you are thinking that Addison's skirt looks a little short it's because Megan was borrowing clothes from her "Webkinz" and from her "Friends 2 B Made Dolls". Hey whatever works!

Last week Megan came home from school and said "the only thing I can think of that I really want for Christmas is an "American Girls" doll". This was kind of a surprise to me and Paige since the only time Megan really plays with her dolls is when Cameron comes over. I asked her why she wanted an "A G" doll and she said "all the girls at school have them and bring them to school and play with them on recess". Well she knows that I do not allow toys to go to school, not stuffed animals and especially not dolls that cost about a hundred bucks. She was a little upset until I told her about these dolls they have at Target, "Next Generation dolls" they look very similar to the "American Girl dolls" with a more reasonable price. We went on line and looked at them and she thinks they look cool. Plus you can get one doll with two outfits and accessories for under forty bucks. We all know it's about the outfits and accessories! So I think she will be putting this "Next Generation Doll" at the top of her Santa letter.

My post for Saturday, 11-14-09

Evan is 7 months old today.

I watched him yesterday while Jamie took Jake to the zoo and out to lunch with a friend. Evan started clicking his tongue yesterday. He was so proud of himself and the new noise he could make.