Random

Miss http://julieamberjones.typepad.com/ tagged me to post 7 random things about myself. I really can't think of 7 radom things so I decided to post 7 random photos I have taken.

Soccer Season!

Basketball was over on Tuesday and Saturday we will be in Russellville playing soccer. She is going to be on a basketball team that plays some tournament in the Spring and Summer so hopefully I will get the lens I need for bball pictures, but until then here is a soccer picture from the Fall. I love her serious expression. She didn't care that the girl was a head taller than her. She stood her ground! I hope for her that is a life lesson!

Daddy and Daughter Dance

They clean up pretty well don't they! It was amazing to go from her basketball jersey and ponytail to curly hair and a dress! She is so beautiful and grown up! (I may be a little bias!) Sean got her a Webkinz for her little present and then they get to dance! Gracie loves going to Minnesota for weddings because she knows she will get to dance, she loves it! Garrett and I are just going to hang out and eat McDonalds (only because that is the "special" thing he wants to do with mommy! YEA!)

SNOW!!!

Our lovely snowman is now face down on the ground, but it was fun while it lasted!

Toothless Wonder

I know it is not the best picture, but he is so cute with his toothless smile!
This is not the first tooth he has lost, but it has been over a year since he lost his other two. He was so excited that the toothfairy was coming and he woke up the whole house yelling about the two dollars the tooth fairy left him! It has been a while since I wrote about him. He is reading little words and adding numbers! He would play video games 24/7 if we let him. He is so excited about teeball. We signed him up last Sunday and he is ready to play! He is growing up too quickly, the other day Sean asked him if he would stop growing and he told daddy that he had to grow up! But he is not getting married when he grows up because he is going to be Darth Vader and Darth Vader is not married.

I Scrapped!

My house is a total mess and I have a mountain of laundry to do, but I scrapped! My BIL and his wife had a baby on Dec 27th so I bought several outfits and I made an album to send. We didn't know she was a girl until she was born so I have had fun finding cute girly stuff to send. I really struggled witht he album though. I am a simple scrapper and felt like it was a little to simple so I kept adding things so it may have too many ribbons. Anyway, it is done.

Save!

I know this picture is so blurry it is not even funny, but I love it. She dove on that ball (the black and white blur)! It was an awesome save. She has not touched a soccer ball since the KC tourney, but she did pretty well for being rusty. Right now it is basketball, basketball, and more basketball. She is having a really good season so there will be basketball pictures soon, I was just really proud of the picture (not the photography ability but the save)!

A Wii Christmas

We had a nice quiet Christmas at home. The kids (and by kids I mean G&G and Sean) played Wii most of the day. I have really never played video games, but this is addicting!

Oh The Christmas Solo Drama

There are like people here.

Um, seriously, a lot of people

Maybe if I look this way they will go away

Deep breaths

I am saying a prayer.


maybe if I look at the ceiling

Or just look at my brother on the front row dancing to Silent Night





That wasn't so bad.

Seriously, I don't have pictures of her coming off the stage and I had to go talk her into going back up there. She stood doubled over for the three songs before her solo. Sean had to go on the stage to tell her she was ok. A teacher also went onstage to pray with her hoping it would calm her. The turtle neck was not a good choice. She about tore the thing off. (I guess the whole sweater dress, cami, tights and sherpa(?) lined boots while cute were very hot). I was very proud of her though. She sang the last verse of Silent Night and hit every high note. She really does have a beautiful voice. She received lots of encouragement from her friends on stage with her. Sereval people told me at school the next day that they had been praying for her. She needed it. I think the choir teacher needed those prayers also, she was very nervous when her soloist almost passed out onstage!

The Christmas Parade

Some families in our neighborhood got together and made a float for the parade and invited Grace and Garrett to be on it. Grace had a blast. Garrett wasn't all that impressed, until he saw some people he knew. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet some more of our neighbors with children the same age as mine! I love our neighborhood!

Just take the picture

and cut down the tree so we can go, it's cold out here!!

We actually got the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. Do you think it is decorated? Uh, no. It has lights and ornaments, but it is so tall that I can not reach the top(even with the ladder, I almost killed myself yesterday trying) to put the ribbons on. Sean will have to do that. I don't have the other tree that I can reach done either. I do have the trees in the kids rooms decorated. Gracie picked a red and silver theme this year and Garrett picked blue and silver. I have the weaths on the door and light fixtures and the mailbox. I made a button tree (it took forever!) and a paper tree, and I have some of my cards done. I love Christmas, but I love it a lot more when all the decorating and projects are done. I will post pictures soon (I hope it is done soon!)

Christmas Photo Shoot

This was so much fun!

Basketball Season is Here

Seriously, we tell what season it is by the sport Gracie is playing!LOL! We were in Kansas City last weekend for a soccer tournament then Thursday they had a basketball practice and she had her first intermural games today. She played 4 twelve minute quarters. She scored 30 points. They sat her out for a while to let the other team have a chance. She was passing it and letting other girls shoot, then she would get the rebound and shoot. She quit playing defense and just kinda stood in the middle. I think she felt bad for the other team. She did say it was a lot of fun to score though! This picture is from last season because I, like a good mom, forgot my camera. My brain just was not ready to function for an 8:30 game on a Saturday though. So get ready, I am sure there will be plenty of basketball pictures coming!