Grammy's "almost" 80th birthday!!!!

We had a suprise party for my grandma on Monday at the Lion House, only most of us missed the "suprise" because of bad parking downtown.....sorry grammy.  

Christmas.........

We had such a fun Christmas! Every Christmas eve my mom has a fondue partay, and oh how I look forward to the steak and shrimp. I tried really really hard to take pictures, but the kids were not co-operating at all so these are all I got.

Here the kids are Christmas morning.......

camden had this weird obsession with the dogs jackets, he thought he was superman

this is the mess Santa left for us to clean up.....THANKS SANTA....

and this beauty is a bounce house......yes a bounce house, the kids loved it!

here they are posing with santa's cookies and milk, santa liked those cookies

look at Aiden he is smiling, isn't it a beautiful thing....yes, yes it is

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight....

Mmmmmm good.....

Tonight for dinner I made the most scrumptious ( is that how you spell it?)  avacado pizza.   The kids weren't too fond of it, but me and Andrew loved it.  Yum.

So while I made my pizza the kids stayed busy playing with their GIANT piano, its so loud and obnoxious but they love it.

Happy Anniversary......6 years!!!

I was sure Andrew had forgotten our anniversary.  But, he went to get "lunch"  and look what he came home with.......

Thats right, Bunco time!

We had such a fun bunco night tonight.  I mean every month is fun but tonight was extra fun. We didn't actually play bunco, we just ate, talked, ate, played a game, ate, and talked some more.  It was great!  We were missing 4 of our girls so we had a smaller group than normal. But it was still a blast.........

Of coarse no bunco is complete without lots of food.  Jenn did a great job, she made such a yummy dinner, and look at those cupcakes. Mmmmmmm

Don't you just love snow days......

Today is just one of those days where you want to sit by the fire, snuggle in a blanket, drink some hot chocolate, and watch the snow fall.......

I really wish he would get a job.......

Night on the town........

My friend Sydney and her hubby invited us to go to see A Christmas Carol with them tonight and it was so fun, we started off our festivities with dinner, and then migrated across the street to to the theatre.  It was a great night until Andrew spilled his Dr. Pepper on me, making my shoes and feet all sticky.  But other than that it was nice to get out with our friends for a night on the town. Thanks Syd!

Christmas Cookies!

Every Christmas for as long as I can remember, I have baked cookies with my grandma, she bakes, I frost and sprinkle cookies in the shape of angels, trees, gingerbread men, ornaments, and bells.  Haylee helps when she feels like it, but she gets bored pretty quick, the boys also "helped" by eating the cookies that were broken and not up to par for the frosting and sprinkles. 

New Do

Today I decided it was time to give Aiden a little trim, turns out I kinda chopped his hair off:( I meant to though, I was attempting to trim around his ears, and it was downhill from there, so I just cut it off.

                         

                                                                      BEFORE..............

AFTER............

Doesn't he look handsome!  He keeps saying, "what happened to my hair? Its all broken"  

Hey I got my new shoes on..........

Tonight we went and got Aiden some new kicks.  He was in desperate need of them, his other shoes were really hard to get on and they were sort of stinky.  So here they are the new shoes, and let me just say Aiden LOVES them!

We got home and he wanted to put them on, so I humored him and let him wear them for a few minutes, well then Andrew decided to change his diaper to get ready for bed, so he took Aidens shoes and pants off, and changed his diaper, as soon as that clean diaper was on Aiden jumped up and told Andrew to put his shoes back on, we tried to explain to him that it was bed time and he could wear them tomorrow, but he was not having it, he wanted his "cool shoes" on to go to bed.  Well long story short he got his way, look how happy he is, he actually asked me to take a picture.......WOW!

Snow Day!

We had a big snow storm today that nearly got me killed (not really).  I had the hardest time getting Haylee to school because its all uphill and my car could not handle the snow I was sliding and my wheels were spinning out, and when I got stuck my car would start rolling backwards, it was horrific!  But the boys enjoyed helping daddy clear the driveway later that night.

So here you see sweet Camden reaching down to pick up this new mysterious white powder on our lawn, and shortly after, he began to scream when he realized how cold  this white powder was, it was quite funny.

Christmas has arrived

Andrew whipped out his saxaphone tonight and serenaded me and Camden (the other two were at the neighbors) with christmas music galore!  Camden loved it!

See, see Camden loving it.

SPOTLIGHT: The many hats of Camden!!!!

Ok, well I decided I am going to spotlight each one of my children, starting with the love of my life......CAMDEN!  I was going through photos the other day and just felt that some needed to be seen by the public (or you who read my blog).  Camden was born May 7th 2007, he is the 3rd child and has learned to hold his own in this crazy house.  We love him for so many reasons, but here are just a few.

1. He never stops smiling

2. He is sooooo funny, he can make you laugh with one look, he is the jokester of the family, I can't wait til he can talk more, I think he will have lots to say

3. He has the cutest smile in the whole world, dimples and all

4. He laughs at everything

5. He is the most easy going child ever, I guarantee it, nothing bothers him (expect if Aiden steals a toy out of his hands)

6.He has the most delicious cheeks, I could kiss them all day

7. He is sensitive, he wants to be liked every moment of every day, and gives me a pouty lip if he gets into trouble, I can't resist it

8. He says MOMMY MOMMY MOMMY, at the top of his lungs until I answer him, only to tell me HI!  

9. He gets so excited to see visitors he yells and screams and bounces until he is scooped up.

10. He LOVES to be snuggled by anybody anywhere, he loves to be loved, and I love to love him.

I hope you like these pictures  as much as I do, these are the ones that I felt best captured the essence of Camden and his personality.  I dare you to look at these and not laugh, or at least smile:)