December 2nd 2011

 Here is what December 2nd looks like at our house.....

Happy B-day

 Happy Birthday Nan!
You are an amazing Mom.  A talented Dentist. A good Friend. And a GREAT listener!
I hope you are enjoying your BIG day in Hawaii..... Lucky lucky girl!
By the way. I couldn't find a picture of us together. Let's fix that at Christmas time!

Many Grrrr.... I d

We tried to take a family picture for my mom's Christmas card. I already had our card done but we had to try again. Grrr.... It's difficult to get one picture, let a lone TWO pictures. Notice the kids are not standing by each other. Grrrr..... I do love my hair though...

December

I love this picture. My father-in-law is Santa. Even better.

still at it

Dayne is still working her magic!

Happy Birthday Nat!

happy birthday nat.
i'm glad that you aren't a rat.
you are instead talented and kind
you love the color blue,  i don't mind.
you are a great cook
you are a big lover of books.
32 will be your year.
happy birthday to you my dear!

Pre School Thanks

 Dayne's school had their Thanksgiving feast last week. She sang and preformed her heart out. 

 We are Thankful for Dayne because she is so funny. She makes me laugh everyday. She is very observant and notices all the details.  And I am so thankful she is in our family.

Halloween or Year of the No Skeleton

Crewe was not a skeleton this year for Halloween. 

Crazy I know.

A pirate for one party and the school function. Then he saw his buddy and had a better idea.......

A Baseball Player

And a witch who loves him.

the beach

A couple of weeks ago we went to the beach. We were there for minutes and my kids begged to put on swimsuits. So we let them...notice the guy coming out in a wetsuit.

Good thing we brought a change of clothes for after their water play. It was nice to have dry clothes. 

 We stayed at the beach until late. We built a big bonfire and made dinner.  I had the BEST broccoli made over the campfire. My childhood best friend, Kayleen and her family just moved to Monteray and we loved getting to play with them and spend time with them.

Alive

We are alive and well. Things have just been.....been.

Do you love my new blog header? Nat made it for me. Yeah. Because I have no skills.

Dancing Dayne

We are so glad that it is "July" still. That way I have time to share about Dayne's Dance camp.  She and her BFF, Bella went to Barbie Dance Camp. 

Braydon had to stay home.

On the last day each girl got to dress up from their favorite Barbie Movie for the performance. Dayne is a a Musketeer. Notice the cape.

Dayne Soccer

We call her "Soccerella".

 Dayne is loving Soccer. Loving it. She loves to hug the coach and dance around on the field. She has even made contact with the ball.

This Year of Books

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My Year of Reading has come to a close. This year was OUT.OF.CONTROL. I read

115 Books 

As I looked through my book journal, I felt proud of a lot of the book topics, new genres and lots of good books that I read.  I read totally for personal enjoyment. I am a very fast reader. I always have a book in my bag. I read at the pool, on vacations (especially the kid free ones) and at night. I love to read after everyone is in bed with headphones on blaring music. I belong to a fantastic book group.  Also a traveling book group and I am thinking of joining a Church book group.  While I am always willing to read a good recommendation, lots of these books came from me researching. 

 Here a few I loved this year:

"Delirium"

Sci-Fi. 

"Spirit Bound"

This was book 5 in a 6 books series. I also finished the series and LOVED book 6. Vampire Academy. I think one of the books is always on my favorites list. Too bad the cover art is TERRIBLE. Truly. 

"City of Bones Series"

This is book 3. They all were fantastic. They are big books. Fantasy books. Vampires, Shadowhunters, Fairies, werewolves. I realize I have crossed into totally book nerd territory. And I am totally okay with that. 

"Where She Went"

I think this may have been my favorite book this year. It is a follow up book to "If she Stays". Well written. Thoughtful. And amazing. No vampires in this book. :)

John Green is a new author to me. I have liked his books that I have read. Kind of dark. Super Sarcastic. Not all appropriate for my mother to read. 

Here are a few that I HATED (well not truly hated, I usually quit reading those but these earned D's):

Awful. It has won all types of awards. But not my me. Depressing. The guy is totally unlikable.

A ghost story. But not good. Not at all. 

I have read all the Stephenie Plum books. This was bad. Silly. Silly. Silly.

Here is last years post:

2010

Party Continues the Deets....

The Cakes

Rich made lightsabers.  I made the cake and the frostings. They were almost 4 feet long.

The Van

The Game Van came to our house for 1 1/2 hours of pure heaven.

Inside the Van

More TV's.  X-boxes on the inside. Wii on the outside. Each had it's own speakers. They had every game you could think of and would change the games upon demand.

Party Guests

Bell and Mia

It was HOT outside!

Inside Rocking it Out

Party Recap Part 1

Happy Birthday Crewe!

 8 years ago was a hard day of work. ALL DAY LONG. But in the end we got the BEST thing ever. The nurse helping me said, "I love the name Crewe. It's like he is a movie star. Or a soap opera star!" Thanks, I think.

 Crewe is an AMAZING Kid. He is KIND and thoughtful. He loves to READ. He LOVES, like Crazy LOVES video games.

 Crewe is truly a FANTASTIC swimmer. And he is discovering a love of TENNIS. He is looking forward to starting SCOUTS. And I expect that he will love passing off the badges. Crewe is smart and really likes SCIENCE. He excels at MATH but if asked what he loves the most in the day, he will say recess.

 Crewe is tall and thin. He has GIANT hair that has turned blond this summer. He loves pizza and cheese. He still eats GRAPES every day. He loves CORN on the cob and cheeseburgers. 

Crewe slept in his swimsuit last night. When I commented on it to Rich he said, "It's his Birthday. Let him do what he wants!" 

Happy Birthday Boy! We love You!