Jack's cupcake adventure

The Christmas List

The Christmas List

Written by Richard Paul Evans

I loved this book. I read it in two days, with three kids that is saying a lot. Usually i don't recommend his books to my husband Matt, but this one I told him he would like too. I am a sucker for his books. I have loved everyone that I have read. If you haven't read any do it they are great!

Happy Birthday Jack!

Jack is 1 today! Happy Birthday big boy! I still can't believe how fast he has grown up. My favorite thing that he says is Uh Oh. He loves to torture his sisters and thinks it's funny when we tell him no. All the good traits of a boy, right? Merry Christmas everyone!

Up and Walking around!

I promised my parent that I would take a video of MJ walking in her casts so they could see her. Then I added another video of Jack at his wonderful words. He usually talks a lot, but he thinks it's funny to say Dada when I want him to say mama or anything else. Enjoy!

She's home and doing great!

MJ had a deformity in her feet. She has had it since she was little, but it has been getting worse over the years. So we finally went in and had it corrected before it got any worse. So now she has two green casts on her feet. She will be getting them taken off on Jan 28th. Lucky for her she is only going to miss two days of school because they are just about to go on Christmas break. She will be walking on them soon and for now she is getting spoiled rotten and loving every minute of it!

My Sister's Keeper

I just finished this book. Wow, what an amazing story and at the same time about the saddest thing I have ever read. I recommend this book, but have a box of Kleenex near by.

Where did my baby go?

What happened to my baby boy. He is all of the sudden a little boy, messy eater, into everything and loves to torture his sisters. Turning one the day after Christmas, time has just flown by!

and another Christmas quilt finished and ready to be mailed.

Tacos?

LL- Mom I don't like Tacos

Me- Good because we are having Taco soup and not Tacos

MJ- Mom, I love Tacos, because I am a Taco Master

Matt in South Korea

Matt flew to S. Korea for work and had about 1 hour to walk around and see the Korea around their hotel. Here are some of the pictures he took of his trip there. a park across from their hotel
view from the hotel

the luxurious toilet, it was heated and even had a dryer (I know that's gross)

Getting ready for the Holidays

Here are the cute Christmas outfits that Gma Pam got the kids.
I left the room for just a minute and came back to this, poor boy! He didn't even cry he was just trying to see the music to special agent oso.

Then it was MJ's turn

crazy boy

School Pictures

mess monster returns

Well, he is a cute monster!

Vacuum Woes!

So I was vacuuming the other day and all of the sudden I got something good, one of those loud clicking sounds (you know what I'm talking about). Then it kept going and going like it was bouncing around in the bag, when BANG! dirt started to shoot out of the filter. I thought oh great I broke it, then I though okay this is good I broke it (I have been wanting a new vacuum). I opened up the front to find a huge hole in the bag and the little plastic piece that I sucked up . To make a long story short, I changed the bag put the front back on and went back to vacuuming. Maybe I need to find a bigger piece of plastic to break the old beast.

Fall Fun!

Our neighbors sister crimped all the girls hair on Halloween. So we all got to re live the 80's for one night
MJ's class after the Halloween parade

waiting for the parade

LL's witch costume

this was her face every time she put her hand in the pumpkin

and MJ thought it was the coolest thing ever

jumping in leaf piles

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from our Princess, Good Witch and little Duck!
MJ's Tinkerbell pumpkin
LL's Butterfly pumpkin

Matt's self portrait pumpkin (that's what he said)

the Scarecrow we made for Grandma Pam

Jack's silly face pumpkin

and my Washington State Cougars Pumpkin

Falling Behind?!

Wow we have been super busy, Sorry! My Aunt Cozy flew out for a week and the night before I was cleaning and getting the kids ready for bed when my mom called and asked to talk to MJ, I thought okay, so I put it on speaker phone and she told MJ that there was a package on the front step. I thought she had tracked a package or something and opened the door and there was my mom standing on the front porch. I couldn't believe it and come to find out that everyone knew but me, my neighbors knew, the St Cyr's knew and almost everyone at Matt's work too. So to say the least I have been having a blast and sad that they had to go home. Aunt Cozy and us at Powers Pumpkin Farm
Grandma Pam and LL running out of the Teepee inside the big teepee's

G-ma and Jack

the yellow chicken they also had a pink, blue, black and white one

MJ, Megan, LL and Ryan being... um normal?

I enlisted the help of the neighbors kids to dig up our garden, they were looking for worms

by the handful to be exact!

MJ's cake and Party went really well

Matt won the ward chili cook off (he was very proud of his trophy)

LL jammed in the car with our corn stalks (she asked every minute if we could drop them off somewhere)

dancing at Strong National Museum of Play

Jack did not like Big Birds nest

shopping at Wegmans in the museum

sisters racing

postmaster MJ

Erie Canal

Chase Farms sitting on a giant pumpkin