New Year's 2009

So for New Year's we had Josh and April over and they stayed the night with us and we played Canasta and ate Steaks and the fixings to go with it. We had fun but I was ready for bed. The next day I went to Cabot and stayed the night with my mom and we had our girl cousins and my aunt come over to eat and play games. I had a fun time and it was nice to have a break from the kids for awhile. :) Also, Andy's parents watched the boys for us the next night so that was a nice break too.

I am excited about the new year and I am not making any resolutions because I never stick to them but there are a few things I would like to work on for the new year. So hopefully I might accomplish a few of them! I am glad we are getting back into a routine again after the holidays...I was getting to the point that I didn't know what day it was...everyday seemed like Saturday!...LOL The bummer is that Andy was suppose to be off for 2 weeks but he ended up working A LOT. Due to a server problem at one of the schools. So I am glad that is over! I hope everyone has a great 2009 and blessings to all!

On a side note...I have been entering daily to win the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway. But I haven't mentioned it to anyone. Well Joshua likes to pray before we eat and the last couple of days he says, "thank you for our houses and our tvs"...which is funny because we only have 1 house with 1 tv...haha maybe he is thanking God in advance for us winning the Dream Home...lol...wouldn't that be nice...

Our 2008 Christmas

So this Christmas was a little weird for Andy and I. It was the first time we didn't have Christmas with either of our parents on Christmas Day....that I can remember. Andy's parents came the Saturday before Christmas because they were going to Ohio to see Art's oldest sister who was giving a few weeks to live due to cancer. My mom came the day before Christmas as did Andy's brother Ryan and his girlfriend Candice. So the day of Christmas we had Josh and April and their parents, Josh's brother Caleb, and 2 foreign exchange students that stay with April's mom all from Oklahoma City, and our neighbors the Kirby's over for Christmas to eat lunch. It was a full house but we ate good and then everyone found a spot and took a nap. Later our brother in law Tony and our nephew Bayliss stopped by. I don't have any pictures of the day of Christmas but below is a slide show of before and after Christmas. Jessie was at his dad's for Christmas this year which worked out because he wanted Ohio State stuff and since Andy's parents were going to Ohio we had them pick up some things since we didn't get Jessie back until the 4th of January. I do have a short video of the boys opening bedding they got from Nana and Papa. Jessie got Ohio State, Joshua got Arkansas Razorbacks, and Noah got Lighting McQueen.

Finding our Christmas Tree

So every year we go to a tree farm and find our Christmas tree. This year we found our tree within the 1st 5 minutes but we decided to keep looking and we went back to this tree 2 more times before we cut it down. I personally picked out this tree and I think it is one of the best ones we have had so far. :-) Here is a slide show of us looking for the tree and then decorating it...

Christmas Cookies

So we made Christmas cookies and then made homemade icing and used food dye to make different colors. It was fun...Noah wasn't interested in coloring his cookies just eating them.

Noah eating his cookie...

Joshua frosting his cookie....

Jessie's cookies he cut out and frosted...

Halloween Pics

We went to Boo at the Zoo with Josh and April and their kids. It was okay....I don't think we will do that again. Here are some pics of the night. We had a lot of cute pictures taken but we were using a new camera and we didn't have the flash on.