Merry Christmas 2009

These are a few of our cute pictures from "our" Christmas. Anna's big present was a kitchen (more pictures later). Jonathan got an Air Hog car that walks on the ceiling and walls. George got a set of Funkeys and Andrew got an Air Hog helicopter (that Heather's already climbing big pine trees to rescue. I'll put more pictures on Facebook and more here later.

Christmas Eve stuff

Christmas Eve is 12/21 for us....Spencer and I both work Christmas day, so we're doing our Christmas tomorrow....Tues. Spencer doesn't go to work until 2:45 and I'm off, so it appeared to be our best window.

This little tree is actually for Jonathan. We went to the allergist's office and they had a fiber optic tree and he'd never seen one. Very LITTLE impresses J. P., and they're down to $10 this year, so I decided to make a "Christmas Eve" tree with their blankets and books. Spencer works until 8p tonight (if nothing changes) and it's still probably early enough to give the kids their blankets and books after he gets home.

I also put a couple pictures of our "popcorn snow" that we had a couple of weeks ago. It looked like hail, but was super soft like snow. Very rare occurrence around here.

Nerf Wars December 17th 2009

Wed. night, J.P. (Jonathan) decided to throw up while holding his head and having blood curdling screaming.....of to ER we went. Heather was in Redding at In and Out and we met her at Mercy. We were happy to learn he was okay....no meningitis or aneurism, etc. They said he's probably old enough we can quit being concerned about sudden severe head pain (very good news).

Anyway, this picture is titled "what the kids did after the stomach flu"......what a kick to see Anna joining in with a target vest and a gun bigger than she is. If any of you try this, make sure the goggles are on (we've had a separate incident where one of the warriors shot another warrior in the eye because the goggles were skipped----no, Mom didn't know anything about them being in the game without permission. One harried visit to the optometrist later, all was well.

These pictures are so much cuter if you click on them to blow them up.

I'm home with another upper respiratory infection...seems like I get them 3-4 times a year and end up on antibiotics and all kinds of stuff to clear them up. Maybe I'll be well by Christmas!
Hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas.

Thanksgiving, 2009

This is such a cute picture...but you need to click on it to enlarge it to really see Andrew's face. Miss AnnaBell's not looking too happy....maybe the noise? They were killing time before dinner was ready. Hope you and yours had a wonderful day.

George's Blanket

Shhhhhh....don't tell George, but here's a snap of his fleece snuggly blanket......(he hasn't seen it yet)

Here's our sweet AnnaBell in an outfit passed down from Gillian....along with bins of other special clothes. This was Anna's favorite (as it was mine, too). She has a little tummy that Gilly didn't have at that age, so things fit a little differently....but there were enough clothes to fill a six drawer dresser. Very cool gift....thanks.

November, 2009

Anna was so pleased when Papa sat down at her table to eat with her after he got home from work. It's a cute picture of both of them