Great Friends!

This is an amazing group of women. Seriously. These are teachers who have all taught at Ascension at some point. Most of them are no longer there, but we still stay in touch. We meet once a month and in December we have a Christmas brunch and gift exchange. This year was intense. Many gifts were stolen. One thing is for sure: I am blessed to call of these gals my friends!!

I love this time of year!

I have wonderful Christmas memories. This time of year is my favorite--not the gift giving, but the preparing. It was perfect weather for putting up a tree yesterday. It was rainy outside and very snuggly inside!

Daddy was such a trooper to help haul the tree up from the basement, and then put it up for us---even with his sore foot!! While the boys took a nap, I decorated the tree. I kept their "kid friendly" ornaments for them to put on the tree themselves. They loved it and wanted more!


I was really excited to put on the newest ornaments I received from my grandma last year. These crocheted snowflakes are the best part, and they make the tree look so great. There are a variety of shapes and sizes, and I just love they Gramie made them! Max and Myles really like them too. They call them spiderwebs!
It's nearly impossible to get these guys to stand still to take pictures. You can see Max was trying to corral Myles for me!

It's my wish that both Max and Myles will treasure Christmas memories like I do. I'm not worried about them remembering gifts--I want them to remember the cherished time we spent together!

Johnny's Birthday Party

Johnny is turning 40 on December 8, so we celebrated with him tonight. It was lots of fun to go to his house and meet his mom and dad. Johnny is always with us celebrating birthdays for the kids, so this time the party was for him. He loves carrot cake, so my mom made it. It was really yummy!!



Johnny's mom made eggrolls and crab rangoon. They were awesome!!

Thanksgiving: Part 2

We ate our "second" Thanksgiving dinner on Friday with Papa Tim, Grandma Judy, Aunt Monique, and Eddie. We ate tacos and spent some time with Grandma Judy who lives in Dodge City. Unfortunately our time was short together, but we are sure glad she made the long trip!

Thanksgiving: Part 1

I never thought we would ever have a blow up figure like this one...One day the boys went to the "blue" hardware store with Daddy, and they came home with this. Apparently they went crazy when they saw it. It is really cute.

However, putting it up was not such a good experience for Daddy. He was the only one home when he was putting it up. As he was getting down off the roof and onto the ladder for the umpteenth time, the ladder slipped, and Daddy fell. He has scrapes and bruises, but worse, he has a very swollen foot. He went to the doctor on Friday, they took x-rays, and told him he has a very bad sprain. He's been icing it, and trying to take it easy. I've kept him kind of busy...





As Daddy was fixing mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes, the boys helped in their own way. I just love that they were reading! Notice they dumped the rest of the box of Fruit Loops in the pan. They stirred them up and poured them into dump trucks. They had tons of fun, and ended up eating them all!
Both Max and Myles have loved playing without clothes on in the mornings over this long weekend.
Max was the only one who would pose as a pilgrim for me. The boys made these hats and Native American headbands. They were darling. The kids at school had a Thanksgiving parade a feast.

We spent Thanksgiving day with the Brambles. It was fun, and too much food was eaten by all!!

Adorable!

It happened.

When I picked Max and Myles up from school today, Max had a "bad hair day". He's had quite a few, but today was the day I decided it was time. The whole haircut idea was hardest on me.

Our first trip to our Jack's Barber Shop, our friends own it, was not successful. It was busy, and we waited for about 2 hours. The boys were hungry and exhausted when it was finally our turn. Both threw a fit and were terrified, so we left.

Tonight I told Sean we needed a different atmosphere and he suggested Sports Clips. Both boys were very interested in the scenery and were unaware of what was to take place.

Myles started in the chair with Daddy, but screamed bloody murder for Mommy. (Gotta love it!) So I sat in the chair with him and literally held him down. He was so afraid of the cape and every thing. The young gal cut his quickly while he screamed and cried the entire time. It was much harder on me though. I saw the darling bleach-blonde curls fall and my stomach sank. Luckily we saved some. Myles looks darling, and unfortunately no pictures were taken since I was holding him down.


Max was a true gentleman. He sat on Daddy's lap and did just what he was told to do. I do think the young gal cutting his took off WAY too much, so he does not really have much left to curl. He needed the haircut the worst, and he certainly got one. He looks like a little man. My dad said his hair looks like a "college kid's".

I've decided it will all grow back, but it's darling. They are adorable any way you put it!

Halloween Part 2: The Costumes

Can you say darling? I just love this picture. When I put Myles' costume on him, he informed me he did not want to fasten the mask under his chin.
Our superheroes!
Check out Myles' eyes in this picture. Too funny!
I love this picture of my 3 favorite boys.
Lala went trick-or-treating with us. Although we did not last real long, we had lots of fun! We are glad she was with us!!
Here is Pocahontas (Libby) and Hannah Montana (Molly). When the Schwabauers rang the doorbell at GJ and Papa's, Max and Myles had no idea who was standing at the door. See the pictures below...

Dog and Beth...Dog the Bounty Hunter and his wife Beth. They are on A&E channel if you are not familiar. Beth has gigantic boobs, so Kelly used balloons. They looked great, and headed to their neighborhood adult party.