Gingerbread houses

We had so much fun with the gingerbread houses that our "Meme" sent us!!!! We all got into pairs, and each worked on a house together! Man, that was some icky, and sticky and very stiff frosting glue!!! Boy did we have fun though! The kids got really creative with their designs and ideas! Mommy got hand cramps from squeezing out that darn goopy mess as commanded by the little troops! We got our cans to stabilize the sides, just like the directions said to do!! Then when the houses were all stable and dry, we put the roofs on.......then the best part......the DECORATING!!!!!!! Jenna and Julianna did the small house (for eating!) and Johnny and Jazzy did the big house for decoration! They all did such a great job working as teams and talking it out with each other and deciding how they wanted everything to go! LOL! There was of course, sampling involved, but they still managed to get MOST of the candy all ON the houses! They looked great!

Hooray for Chester!!!!!

We're so happy to announce the adoption of Chester the Chihuahua!! This totally sweet and adorable, 10 yr old little man finally found a home of his own!!! With two little girls to give him all the snuggles he's used to! We're so happy for this special little guy!!!




Chester went from being a terrified, shy puppy mill rescue, to a much happier, content, and often silly and goofy little man! We are so happy that someone was able to see the love this little man has to give, and to give him the chance to have a family of his very own for Christmas!!! What a wonderful gift!!!!! We wish them many happy years together!!!!!

Putting up the Tree!

Ok! So the day after Thanksgiving, we always put up our gool ol' artificial Christmas tree!!!! Can't have the real thing, or we'd all be sneezing and not breathing, which really puts a damper on the holiday's, don't you think? Us too! SO fake tree it is.....added bonus........none of the dogs want to "mark" it since it's a fake! LOL!!! Always a good thing!!! We did good this year too! None of the cats tried to sleep in it, or eat off any of the branches!! YAY!!!!! And we only had a few ornaments fall to their deaths and get chewed up, so we call it a very succesful tree this year!!!!!

The best part, is the kids are old enough to really enjoy it and take part in it too!!!! So John and I put it together, and I put the lites on with Johnny's help. Then the girls helped "fluff" all the branches out til we liked how it looked, and then all the kids put on ALL the ornaments on all by themselves this year!!!! I think they did an awesome job and it looked just great!!!!! Then we tried for our traditional "kids under the tree" picture..........well, that not so good.........LOL!!!!!!! Cute and lots of giggles trying, but oh well!!!!!! LOL!!!!!

Sick n tired of being sick n tired!

Well, I've totally been slacking off, and not getting on! From getting our flu shots to getting a mild case of flu, then into a cold and now double ear infection with sinus and upper respiratory infection, have not really enjoyed December much! Now that the kids are mostly all on the mend from their colds, and I visited the Dr.'s today for some help kicking all this mess, it should be getting better! I'll try to get on and update with Christmas and all the goings-on around here lately!!