Christmas update...

Well, it isn't a family picture but that isn't too far in the future. I had some taken at the temple in early December but I just haven't found the time to sit and look through them. This is a picture I took back in October and I just love it so I thought I would get it posted and show just how old my kids are getting.

Makenna stands just short of 5'8" tall and wears a size 8 shoe. She wears a size 5 jeans and has the cutest figure. The scary thing is that she now has a womans body and not a little girl anymore. She turned 13 in November and is even more grown up than ever. She still plays her violin occasionally and is getting really good at playing the piano, in spite of the fact that she has never even had a piano lesson. I guess being smart and able to read music is a great thing. She loves to sing and is in the school choir this year. She is excited for the upcoming school musical, School House Rock.

Amy is turning into a great little baby sitter and helper around the house. I think this Summer I need to get Amy into a baby sitting class cause she is anxious to start. She turns 10 in May. She has decided that reading is really fun. Sh eis reading the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series right now and mom loves how much quieter the house is with two book worms in the family now.

Emily is going to be 8 in February and is excited about her baptism. She already has her dress and can't wait to wear it. She is still my most girly child ever. I think her picture is next to Diva in the dictionary. She still loves make-up, hair-do's, dress-up, new clothes, anything that glitters, and is strangely back into playing baby dolls with Liberty. Oh and I love how well they are getting along now. Emily's temper has really cooled this year.

Mason is finally being a good boy at school. He comes home on green almost every day now. I think the month of November was our hardest with only about 3 green days all month. He loves school and his teacher and doesn't want to stay home for Christmas break. He still loves anything Super Hero. Comic books are a new found joy. He also loves to sit still and do anything artistic. I can give him a coloring book and crayons or a simple pad of paper and it kees him busy and quiet for hours. That is IF his sisters don't bother him.

Liberty is so excited to have day care kids here finally. TJ is only a couple of days younger than she is and they get along great. He also lives a few streets away so they should get to ride the school bus together when they finally get to start at 6 years old. Until then, they are enjoying the preschool activities I prepare for them three days a week.

William is enjoying his job enough to stay there forever or until something greater and worth changing comes along. He likes his hours even though he hates getting out of bed so early. He doesn't have to fight the freeway traffic. Yeah!

As always, I am having the hardest time with our move. Although I am near friends and family I just can't seem to get out of this blah feeling like I don't belong here. Don't worry though, each time I have moved it has taken me about a year to adjust. I just wish we could better afford to invite people over for dinner or parties or get out and do things with friends. That seemed to help in my last two states.

Our family has been very blessed this year with some very tough trials that have strengthened our testimony of Jesus Christ and his gospel. We love him and love this time of year when we tend to express our gratitude more freely. Thank you to all our family and friends who and loved, helped and supported us through the most difficult year our family has endured. We love and appreciate you all!

Happy Halloween!

William commented to me the other day, "Did you realize it has been two months since you have updated your blog?" Yikes! Time got away from me again. Here are some fun pictures from Halloween for now and I will post some updates later about what has happened in our neck of the woods during the last couple of months.
First a picture of Mason dressed as Wolverine. He was Superman for the ward trunk or treat since he couldn't wear the mask. But the claw was what made him go as Wolverine for Halloween night. He sure loves his heroes!

Emily wanted so bad to wear fake teeth this year. So she decided to be a vampire. Thanks to Tammi for letting us borrow the cape. It went very well with her black dress! Of course Makenna had to get her blood done just right and when I came home with black hairspray Emily had to do that too!

Amy just wanted to look normal and "pretty" again this year. She went as a sorceress on Halloween night but for the trunk or treat she wore a yogurt cup. It was hard walking in though so that is why she opted for last years costume for the big night! Doesn't she look so pretty in make-up? We never realize how long her lashes are since they are blonde. Wow! Davis eyes!

Liberty went as Fancy Nancy and got a prize for the most dazzling costume at our trunk or treat ward party. She was really loving being so fancy. Thanks Tammi for the idea. Everyone loved the costume. I made the skirt and tutu on Tuesday for Tammi's toddler party and Tammi pitched in some great accessories! You rock girl!

And last of all the costume that William and Makenna wore. Napolean and Deb. I was supposed to be Deb and I put on my shirt. Uh! I got fatter in my arms I guess. It just didn't fit. I couldn't hardly move my arms. So I had Makenna wear it. She made the best Deb. And William is funny as ever as ND.

Ok Here is the story behind Amy's Yougurt costume. First I have to say that Makenna drew it and Amy and I colored it. It was a school assignment for their vocabulary parade on Friday. They had to pick a spelling word and dress up in something that represented it. Her word was NONFAT. So for $1 she made a costume that tons of parents at the parade were raving over. And in class and at the ward trunk or treat she won a prize for the most creative costume. Yeah Amy! Way to draw Makenna! You rock too!

You Are Never Alone

I just came across this You tube clip tonight on LDS.org. It is short and sweet and very motivating. This is something I always need constant reminders of my Savior's Love for me and that he is always with me. I hope you like it as much as I did. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIrGKB5nRKE

Classroom Parent x2

I volunteered to be the room parent for whatever of my kids classes did not already have a volunteer. They asked me to be room parent for Amy and Mason. Amy has the best teacher. She is so organized and is awesome at making sure the parents know everything going on in the classroom. She sends out at least two emails a week with spelling words and homework assignments, etc. I love it! I asked her teacher if I could come to class and take a few pictures so Amy could finish her Heritage Makers book for the contest and she asked me to take pictures of each kid in the class for her student of the week certificates she makes for the kids. Here is the picture I took of Amy in her class. Also a picture of all her class. I had to stand on top of the counter to get the whole class. I really want a wide angle lens.

Anyway, so far the year is going well, Amy told me she is in the lower math class. Last year, she got an award for Math. What is up with that? New Mexico must be pretty far behind. Mason is doing well in his class. He has gotten green all but one day. And that was because he was arguing with his friend about something and not paying attention to his teacher.

He is having a difficult time concentrating in the afternoon. I think the full day is really hard for him. Also his teacher really needs a teachers aid to just walk around helping those little ones remember what they are supposed to be doing. I think there are about 25 kids in his class. That is so many kindergarteners with just one teacher. Yikes! Emily had 11 in her kinder class in NM. I hope Mason just needs some adjusting time and gets better at getting his afternoon work done as he gets used to the class routine. Mrs. Luckow tells me that he likes to help others get their work done and he doesn't do his own. I decided that is cause he has so many bossy sisters. It rubs off! Well, another Saturday to enjoy before getting settled into a new house. Next weekend we are going back to NM to get a moving van and pack up our house. Yeah!

Summer is over School started! Yeah!

Ok first I have to say that I am now staying at my grandma's home until our house closes sometime in the next ten days I hope. So I forgot to bring the power cord to my external hard drive. That is where all my pictures of Mason's birthday are stored so I can't get to them to share his 5th birthday fun. However he had a great day with mom. I will blog about it later when I get settled in my new home. Pictures I did have on my camera were of Makenna and her friends, who stayed the night to celebrate end of summer and Makenna moving, playing in the mud in our back yard. What a mess this was. It was everywhere. They covered the back porch and came walking through the house dripping mud on the floor and splattering on the walls and baseboards.A week ago today we arrived in AZ. We finally got a contract on a house in Palm Valley area. We are spending a little more than we hoped for a lot less house but it is all on one level and not so far from William's office which in the long run will save a lot of money and TIME! I will post pictures of the house once we finally close. William doesn't want me to jinx it! With the luck we have had getting into a home I can see why he says that.

So since I have a contract with an address I was able to get the kids started in their new schools. They started last Friday and they love their teachers. Mason was a bear the first two days of school. I even had to take him into the office and ask the secretary to talk to him about what will happen if mom doesn't make him go to school. He was kicking and hitting me and trying not to get into the truck. Oh and that doesn't even start to give you the picture of getting him dressed. He was determined to sleep and not get up for school. However after going to bed after dinner on Monday and dad giving it to him he has been very happy for the last two days. Ok, this morning he was cranky cause I picked out clothes that didn't match his tennis shoes. Oh my gosh! He is his fathers child there! I chose my abttle there and let him go pick out his own clothes. At least he knows how to match. Do I get to ask for any more at age five?

Amy cried a little when I was leaving her in her class on the first day. I think she was overwhelmed at being new and having everyone staring at her. But she sits next to a nice girl named MaKenna and is becoming good friends with a few of the girls already. Emily was so cute. She told me when I picked her up after school. Mom, I played with a girl who looked just like Autumn, she even had the same puffy cheeks. I just laughed out loud at that one.Makenna was so excited to start at a middle school instead of going back to elementary K-8. She said everyone thought she was in the wrong class and that she looked like an 8th grader. She surprised some of the kids when she was already sitting in one of her classes and when she stood up to go stand next to the teacher she was a lot taller and they all started whispering and gawking. They couldn't believe how tall she was. Anyway, Makenna is adjusting well and says that two of the most popular girls are wanting her to be their friends. She said one is really cool and goes to chrurch with us. She hangs with a bunch of the fun boys too. The other girl is more prissy. Makenna isn't so sure about hanging with all the prissy girls. But she says that girl is really nice. I told her to just be friends with everyone but hang out with the friends who you can be yourself with and enjoy your time more. I think she will choose the crowd with the most boys. Dang it! She is scary boy crazy already!

2 more first days until Liberty gets her turn. UGH! 3 more years at home. Dang cut off day!

So much going on this summer...

I haven't posted pictures in forever so this is mainly a photo catch up post. So here goes... We went to Arizona for Amy's birthday in the end of May. She turned 9 years old. I can't believe how fast it is going by. I say that every time one of my kids has a birthday but that is cause I mean it! Here are two of my favorite pictures of Amy from our trip. 

The first one is of Amy and her cousin Macey. The other is with Aunt Hillary. We have always called Amy Hillary's Mini-me. Their baby and toddler pictures are so similar it is scary.

We went swimming at a friend's house and they raise turtles. The kids had so much fun holding them and wishing they owned their own baby turtle. Ha! They don't even take good care of their dog that actually plays with them.

We visited with Shanna and her family and stayed with Ryan and his family. That was a first for us and I loved it! Thanks Ryan and Elly we appreciated it and had fun! 

In mid June we went back for a house hunting trip to AZ and this time we stayed with the Auayfuay family. 

Here is a picture of Emily and Autumn. It was so fun watching these two girls spending time together. They LOVE each other. And, they are both girly girls.

So for the 4th of July we decided to stay home since we had already traveled so much and William was coming home to see us. We participated in a parade in our old neighborhood where we rented when we first moved here. We sure loved those people. So fun! Anyway, we were getting our float ready the night before and Liberty and Mason were still up playing in their room instead of going to sleep. Liberty tripped running from Mason's bed to hers and split her forehead open pretty deep. So William and I cleaned up her bloody mess and jumped in the car to the ER. They glued her shut and sent us home. So with very little sleep the night before Liberty wasn't in the best mood to be the star of the parade. I had big plans to make her the Statue of Liberty and I didn't care how much she told me "I don't want to be that". So that is the reason we never got a great happy picture of her as Miss Liberty! BUT she was a hit and everyone loved her costume. Our float was a flatbed wagon that William and Makenna took turns pulling. I had to ride with Liberty cause she refused to do it alone! Mason, Emily, and Amy decorated their bikes and scooters to ride in the parade.

 Then after the parade we had a party at the Udall's home. Swimming, fun and sunburns all around! That evening William's brothers Jimmy and Daniel came over to do fireworks at our house. The kids enjoyed that but not me. Too many bugs out due to the rain the night before. Bug bites are still itching! I got a cute picture of Makenna lighting sparklers though. That is our family favorite.

Confessions of a Shopaholic...

So tonight I made a decision... A few weeks ago I went through my craft room and purged a bunch of things that I have moved from house to house since William and I first got married. It is time to use it or loose it. So I had things ready to go to a yard sale that I never ended up following through with. So I decided to just take it to Goodwill. I didn't want to mess with a yard sale so the tax write off sounded better. Tonight I watched Confessions of a Shopaholic and I can totally relate to the sickness! That is a wonderful movie that even your kids can see.

Anyway, I have a new plan. I am going to sort out the Goodwill stuff and get it all out of here before the next time William gets home. What a wonderful surprise that would be, not having to walk around it in the garage again or not having to be the one to load it all up and haul it away. The craft stuff I am going to put in a craft sale here at my home. Like a yard sale but only my more special things. Then I will email all my friends and have them spread the word about it to their friends, etc. I hope I can get a bunch more money out of it and put a little back in the bank where the money should have always stayed in the first place.

I am finally breaking free of the need to have all the current scrapbook items. And of course the need to hang on to everything just in case someday I might need it for a project! Wish me luck!

Glidden paint giveaway

I got this link off a blog tonight. The blog was Ucreate. Check out her site for some really cool craft ideas. Anyway, she posted the link to this paint giveaway that Glidden is doing until July 2nd. So check it out if you could use a quart of paint to play with. Totally Free too!

https://www.glidden.com/promotions/free-paint-giveaway.do

Another fun project to try...

Ok I have to admit that I have a problem with buying cute fabric and never getting around to using it. So another site I just stumbled onto is this one called www.oneprettything.com. They have patterns and step by step instructions to make so many different projects all with fabric. Anyway, I have a love for tote bags. I don't know when this started but I have a hard time resisting the need to carry a tote bag instead of a purse. This is a very cute tote for me to get some good use out of and it will also use up many of my fabric scraps. Another fun project for my to do someday list. Click on the picture above and it will take you to the step by step instructions from www.imaginefabric.com.

Kara's Cupcakes

I found this really great blog tonight while blog hopping. It is called Kara's Cupcakes. You can click on the photo and check it out. She has directions to make these really creative little earrings. I can't wait to try them out with my girls. Of course I may need to wait until I get settled into a house. I am in the process of packing my craft room.

Back from House Hunting...

We still haven't gotten a house. UGH! We are however finally narrowed down. We decided on a house to rent and were ready to fill out the application and then William found a possible investor for us to purchase a home with. So we have to wait until Monday to find out if that will continue to pan out. I am not holding my breath for that. However I will hold my breath that the rental home doesn't get rented out while we are waiting. Yikes!

My house got all cleaned tonight while William and I went on a date. Grandma Payne and the kids made it shine. What a treat! My laundry is almost totally done from our trip and I have started my packing finally. Not just little things that don't get used much but stuff like Mason and Liberty's toys that I am so tired of nagging them to clean up all the time. So I packed the play room almost all up. There are still a few things and lots of movies. So at least the house won't get so messy with toys. I just hope I can still keep them busy until we move.

My next big chore will be to take a huge load to Goodwill and get my scraproom packed. I think it will be the biggest job yet. I have purged a ton but I am not finished going through things yet. That is what makes it such a big job. If I just throw it in boxes that would be easy. But I am tired of moving some of this stuff so it is time to get rid of it. Anyone interested in a scrappy sale? Call me and come on over! 

As for our trip... my girls had so much fun at Tammi's house. Thanks Tammi for letting us all stay. And thanks to Autumn for giving up her bed for the week. I had fun with Tammi too. It seems like the last several times I have been to AZ I have been so rushed to get somewhere and I have just dropped my kids off to play at Tammi's. This time I got to play too. Tammi introduced me to a couple new shows. I think I am going to start Tivo-ing "so you think you can dance" and "Glee" They were good. And of course Tammi has me in the mood to scrapbook. So when I move we will get some serious scrap time in I hope.

Feeling Frazzled!

Well, it has once again been a long time since I have blogged. There is so much to catch up on in my life that I am just not sure where to start. I will start with a funny picture of Liberty that shows how I am feeling lately... FRAZZLED!

I have been on an emotional roller coaster. I have HAD IT with not knowing what is going on with our housing situation. We finally have decided that we just need to find a rental in AZ. We have been told that our credit score is going to be affected by us having to finally just short sale our home. We haven't been able to find an investor in AZ to buy a home for us to lease purchase. The kind of home we are looking for although very inexpensive right now is still a little too highly priced for investors to tie their money up in until we can buy again. So I am off to AZ again this weekend so I can help William find a rental. 

Makenna just got home from her first year at girls camp. She is sunburned and tired but had a blast. We are washing her clothes and packing her back up to go again to camp with our new stake in AZ. She is so excited and brave to be going with people she hasn't even met yet.

Ok well, there has been a ton more going on here but I am so terribly tired and have a ton to do before hitting the hay! I will post more on my trip.

On our way back to AZ...

Wow, things are finally happening for us. William got two job offers in AZ. So he chose the one that was not contract work. He will be working for Chase bank in their collections department. He will most likely have a lot of job security with that line of work for a while. He is pretty satisfied with the offer too so all is good for us there. As for the house hunting... it is a little frustrating not knowing what to look for, rent or buy? We are still waiting to see what happens with our house. We want to be able to sell it but we are running out of options. We hope to find out something more solid in the coming week. 

School is out already for Mason. Makenna has two more days and Amy and Emily have three. I can't wait to not have to get up early to take them to school. I will be able to get so much more done around my house with them here to play with Mason and Liberty. Hopefully those two turkeys won't get into so much mischief. 

So my Heritage Makers venture is going well so far. On May 8th I did my first open house to kick off my business. I invited everyone I know here in Las Cruces. I only had twelve people here and only sold enough to qualify as a celebration BUT it was a huge success cause I scheduled FOUR celebrations that night. I have a total of 6 this month and am hoping that they turn out really well. I hope everyone loves it as much as I do. So far everyone seems to like it a bunch. I also have a few people looking into it as a business opportunity. So my goal is to be a director by the time I go to Reunion in September. 

Here is a link to the book Makenna made all by herself. She can't wait to turn 18 so she can be a Heritage Makers consultant too.

http://www.heritagemakers.com/?event=projectBrowse&projectId=88ac634a-3048-34f0-e279-439b71ae9bf2&productId=11&projectSponsor=302243

More good news...

So most people know that William has been actively looking for a new job again because his current employer told him it would be about 70 hours a week he would have to work. So he took the job. Then they had two rounds of layoffs. William made it through that! Whew! But they also told everyone there would not be anymore layoffs if they would all keep their hours to 40 per week. Well, that isn't enough income to live on so he has to look elsewhere. He has been blessed with a job offer in Tempe and has an interview Tuesday with Chase bank in Phoenix. He is hoping to be offered the Chase job. So we are officially moving back to Arizona. We think we want to live in Mesa but aren't totally sure yet. I hope that us moving back doesn't change Richard's mind about letting William adopt Makenna.

Anyway, Congrats William on your new job! And good luck with the interview on Tuesday! I love and miss you and can't wait to move back in together again!

Ten Years waiting...

So this is very exciting news for our family and I am only blogging about it before calling some of you first cause I am so excited that I can't sleep. I had a long conversation with Richard, Makenna's dad, tonight. The conversation ended up that I asked him if William could adopt Makenna and I was totally expecting him to say no. He told me he has been wanting to ask me that for a while and just didn't want it to sound like he wants to get out of child support. We had a great talk about how much better it would be for Makenna. So tomorrow I will call my attorney and get adoption papers started. I am so excited that I can't even cry about it. I have all this excited energy. Ok so this now means that William and I can finally take her to the temple to be sealed to us. This is the part we have really wanted for the last ten years. I can't wait!!!

I am so thankful to my sweet husband for loving her so unconditionally for ten years and encouraging me to ask him. We are so excited to add her to our eternal family. 

Disney Album finally complete...

Well after two years I finally finished my Disneyland album. I started it as a traditional scrapbook but recently decided to make it a digital album. I signed up as a Heritage Makers consultant almost a year ago and have done nothing with it since I hadn't finished my book. That is kind of hard for people to believe I love it when I haven't made and published my own albums yet. Well, I recently fell in love with the new much easier to use studio on the site and I am having fun all over again. I made this Disney book in about 4 days. I was so easy! Anyway if you want to see it scroll the way to the bottom of this page. Thanks for peeking!

While You Were Out...

So have you ever seen that show called "While You Were Out"? I had so much fun this last couple of weeks preparing to give Emily's friend a Dream bedroom makeover. I wish I had a before picture of her room. Let me just say this girl is a pack rat. Anyway, Friday night Victoria spent the night at our house and Saturday I went to her house and helped her mom get this finished up. Nicole and Jared did a fabulous job on the painting and beadboard and crown molding. That was the hardest part. I got all the fun stuff, the decorating on someone else's budget. Yeah! Here is a picture of the biggest portion of the room... This next picture is a little better view of the cute rug Nicole bought at Target. It isn't really close but better than the one above.

I had Nicole over last Tuesday and taught her how to make this bedroom canopy. It is similar to Emily's but Nicole chose to put roses on it and ribbon. Emily's has no ribbon and has Gerber daisies. I think I love the elegant look of the roses.

I made this picture frame for Victoria for her birthday present. Mon Amie is French for "My Friend". I decided it needed to be French to fit with Nicole's whole Paris theme.

I am bummed that this picture didn't turn out better. This lamp shade and matching trash can are two of my favorite things I made for this room. Too bad I totally forgot to take a picture of the trash can. Oh well, you will have to trust me on this one. It is adorable.

The bedding was all my own creation. It was one of the easiest blankets I have ever made. And I love the texture. This pillow is one of two throw pillows I made out of the left over fabric and travel pillows purchased at Walmart.

I cut the names for the wall from my Cricut and used the Plantin Schoolbook font. I used some things that Nicole already had in Victoria's closet to someday use in decorating her room. This Picture frame and word hangers were some of the many. Actually all the shelves she had hiding in the closet too.

I added this picture again so I could comment a little more about it. The iron Eiffel Tower on the left of the bed was from Target. Nicole wanted the words Dreaming of Paris somewhere near it so this is what we ended up doing. That is more vinyl from my Cricut (Jasmine font). The Black Canvas art above the shelves is from Hobby Lobby. We also found a picture frame, candle holder, and ballerina jewelry hanger on clearance at Hobby Lobby. I love that store!

I saved my very favorite for last. I looooove pink and black together and Nicole doesn't so it was so hard to convince her to throw a little bit of black into the room somewhere. I wanted more and she wanted less. I have to admit that we had the perfect amount when all was said and done. There were a couple of things on her dresser that I didn't photograph that were also black, but you get the picture. Anyway, I just made this pillow without first getting Nicole's input on it. When I called to tell her about it, she got worried. She doesn't like pink and black next to each other. I know, she is CRAZY! In fact when I got to her house I told her that if she didn't like it something was wrong with her and I would keep this for Emily's room. I think this ended up being one of Nicole favorites too.

Last thing I wanted to share is these bracelets I made for Amy's and my niece, Macey's May birthdays. These are Swarovski crystals and sterling silver beads and clasps. They are so much more beautiful in real life.

Eeeewwww Boogers!

I know this picture is gross but her face was too cute not to share it. Liberty has been stuffy and had nasty green boogers for days. Today they are all clear and runny. But I can't complain. I took her to the doc today and had her ears re-checked. All Good! So besides the virus that is going around it looks like we may all be getting better. Whew! Ok, enjoy the shiny upper lip picture! Haha!

UGH! I am so sick of Sickness.

Liberty is sick yet again. Wednesday I took her to the doctor because she woke up in the middle of the night with an ear ache again. Well, she had just finished a round of antibiotics for an ear infection about 3 days prior. So yes she had another infection. Got meds, no big deal right? Wrong, Friday morning about 2am she woke up with a "Bad DWEAM". I lifted her into bed with me and that is when I felt her scorching skin. She slept terrible the rest of the night. At one point in the night she took her clothes off. Saturday morning she slept until 11 am. CRAZY LATE! I had a really busy day planned trying to redecorate my friend's daughter's bedroom for her birthday so I took her with me and she slept for another couple hours on her couch. At 2 am this morning I gave her more medicine cause she told me her ear hurt and she had a fever still. Sometime after that her fever broke and hasn't come back. I am going to take her into her doctor in the morning instead of having the urgent care treat her. I think she may have a sinus infection or still have an ear infection that is resistant to the meds. Who knows. So after being with sick kids for more than a month now I am so ready for my family to get healthy and enjoy Spring Break coming up at the end of March.

I have been busy...

William came home this weekend. This is always so wonderful. Of course the not so wonderful part is that when he is home I never clean my house. We spend time together and going on dates or just hanging out. This weekend he took me to the dump and showed me how to empty our trash trailer. Then he did a few things that needed to be done around the house while I took Makenna shopping for some much needed clothes. That girl is growing like a weed lately. The pants we recently bought her are already too short. Since school started 6 months ago she has grown about 3 inches. She is already about 5'5". I am only a half inch taller than her now. She never lets me forget that. Anyway, Sunday after William left I finished the comforter that I had started for Emily's bed. It turned out beautiful. Last week I finished the quilt I started for my nephew Brody's birthday. I love this one too. It looks much better in person. So tonight I am going to tie a comforter for my friend's daughter's bed. I will post a picture when I finish it.

Our toothfairy is a loser yet again!

Emily finally lost her sixth tooth. And sad to say this but I think the tooth fairy has screwed up with about 3 or 4 of them. Yes, I admit it, our tooth fairy is a huge loser. I can't wait for my kids to quit loosing teeth cause I really hate the tooth fairy. It isn't even fun for me.

Do You See What I See? and pictures to share...

Ok first things first...I realized this morning that I am no longer able to pluck the grey hairs as I find them. I usually have my hair down against my face and this morning I came home from driving the kids to school and I forgot to leave my sunglasses in the car. So I slid them up like a headband on my head. When I went in the bathroom to clean up my messs from doing my hair this morning I looked at myself for the first time in a long time with my hair pulled back. Holy Crow! I have way more grey than I thought I did. This picture doesn't even show it like I see it. There is a ton and it is weird cause it is only on this side of my face. There isn't much concentrated in one spot anywhere else on my head. I admit I do have tons scattered all throughout my head but since I have such thick hair it is hard to notice it.

Emily got a guitar for her birthday and loves to play it. Someday we want to get her started taking lessons. She looked so cute in these pictures that I just wanted to share them.

Here is a funny picture of Liberty. Some days she just doesn't last without a nap. This would be one of those days. I was in the kitchen making dinner and Libby laid on the floor to be near me. Not 30 second later she was alseep.

This next picture was just a cute one of Libby showing me the picture she made.

Here is Mason at Uncle George's house. He was getting ready to go out in the snow and I made him stop for a picture. Of course this is the pose I got. Thanks Bud, I love you too.My kids love goofing around. The new couch we have is a static producer and the kids love it. Last Sunday I heard the girls giggling so loud that I went to see what the fun was all about. They were rubbing their heads on the couch to see who could get the craziest hair. Check them out!

I think Emily WINS! What do you think?