It's Beginning To Look...

...A Lot Like Christmas. :O) I love this time of year. November and December are my most favorite months I think. There is just something about the feeling in the air around this holiday season. The parties, the songs, the movies, it's all wonderful. But of course there has to be an end to everything. :O( Honestly, December 26 is probably one of my saddest days, all the Christmas holiday hustle and bustle is over. I know New Years is just a week after Christmas... but for some reason, it just doesn't feel the same to me. Weird, I know. You know that feeling that you get on a Sunday night? The one that the weekend is over and Work/School is tomorrow... yup that is the feeling I get after Christmas. Ok, thats enough of that. I still have 10 days to Christmas and 10 days to enjoy. :O) In anticipation for this season, I made me a Christmas ribbon tree. I love it and now hope that it will hold up through the summer, cause my beautiful ornament wreath that I made last year didn't. Bummer. This was easy to make and not really all that time consuming.

Thankgiving Weekend Part 3

The last part of our Thanksgiving weekend was something I will remember for a very long time. At first when I heard of a Drive Thru Safari, I thought all we were going to do was "drive thru" and look at animals. Well, we did do that... but we got to roll down our windows and feed these animals. That made a huge difference in what our experience would be. I actually had a BLAST. Ok, I have seen these animals at the zoo before, but there is a huge difference when they are popping their head into your car window and are inches from your face. WOW. The camel freaked me out the most, he was not aware of personal space AT ALL. Caitlyn rode in her Nonni and Papa Fred's car with her cousin Sarah. Micah and Ky were in our car. Ky slept through the entire thing. Micah was very excited to see the animals... but once the camel invaded our space, he freaked out and sat on my lap with his beloved binki and blanket.

At the beginning of our trip, Micah sat in daddy's lap.

Here he comes!!!
YIKES!



Trying to help Micah feel better.
Ummmm, driving the car in the big open field was what ACTUALLY made him feel better. "Watch where you're going!"

We had a really great Thanksgiving holiday this year.

Polar Express (Thanksgiving Weekend Part 2)

Our Thanksgiving weekend was soooo fun. Thanksgiving Day was great and we had more to look forward to for the weekend. Daniel's parents took us, Daniel's sister's family and his Aunts family to the Polar Express on Friday night. So fun and some wonderful memories were made. The Polar Express is totally for kids... but watching their faces light up or be excited in anticipation makes it totally worth it for the parents. We had a blast.

Waiting for the train to arrive... It was cold out there. Oh, I am sure you are thinking... "It's cold out there and all she dressed her babies in are pj's???? Well, yes. But only on top. Both Caitlyn and Micah have warm stuff layered under their pj's. They were very toasty.
My Moby baby, Ky. He loved this thing, but who wouldnt love being held 24/7.
My niece Sarah and Caitlyn, best buds waiting for the train.
My niece Sarah, 2nd cousin Will and Caitlyn watching the Polar Express movie while we waited on the train to arrive. 3 hineys in the air... a photo op you can't pass up.
Caitlyn and her Nonni... waiting.
Daniel and Micah... waiting
Yay... we finally made it on the train after a 45 minute wait. Micah and his Papa Fred. Micah sat in the same seat with his Nonni, Papa and cousin Storm. It was a wild seat with 2 wild boys.
Sarah and Caitlyn thrilled to be on the train
Ky, within the past month or so is really starting to bond well with Daddy.
Daniel trying to talk Caitlyn into joining Sarah and go dance in the aisle. Caitlyn wasnt too sure of it. Yes, she is my cautious one.
Me and my handsome hubby. I think this is the only time the whole time I didnt have something in my hands. There was lots to hold and not a lot of room to put down.
See. (Moby-ing Ky, 2 hot chocolates, tickets to give to conductor who was coming down the aisle, I think I had rice crispy treats in my lap, and of course after this picture was taken, the camera too. :O)
Micah getting his bell from Santa.
So much fun. I am so glad that we got the opportunity to go. I hope that my kiddos will remember this day. I know Micah and Ky wont, but Caitlyn probably will and I hope it will be one really special memory that she has with her family.

Thankgiving Weekend Part 1

I got the chance to host Thanksgiving at my home this year. Whew... thats a big job but I am glad to say that we did it and now I feel accomplished. I now have nothing to fear, I actually CAN host and cook Thanksgiving dinner. Well, actually... my mom, sister in law and I divided the menu up... but still it is a big job and someone had to do it. :O)

Since it is not too often that we all get together, we tried to get a family photo... ummmm, not sure if they turned out too great.

My nephew, Gabe's feet are on my mom's head. Ky's not paying attention.

Daniel is about to sneeze in this photo.
Caitlyn's eyes are closed.
We just weren't ready. HAHA

Guess we need to try again.

Who is who?

Can you tell which of my kiddos these two babies are???
I didnt get to take a picture of Micah with the reindeer bib when he was a baby. At his first Christmas, he was 11 months old and he was not using bibs then, he was a clean eater. But the pictures here are of Caitlyn and Ky... which one is which... Caitlyn is the first one and Ky is the second one. They look similar... but you can still tell a difference. :O)

I Am Thankful

I am thankful for my beautiful family that God has blessed me with.

And I am thankful for my handsome hubby.
I am also thankful for each one of you, my friends and family.

But most of all, I am thankful for my salvation and that Jesus came for me. I hope I will always remember to be grateful and thankful for such a blessing.

Must...Get...Into...The...Blogging...Mood

Ugggg, I have not been into the blogging mood lately, what's up with that? I hate it when I am in that mood... cause I know in a few years when I look back, Im gonna be upset with myself for not being up to date on my entries. Oy. But, in my defense, I have not had the time. Daniel got the opportunity again to travel with Robbie Seay on one of his tours for 9 days. What an opportunity. My musician hubby got to go be with musicians for 9 days and see the world... errrr, some of the United States. But he still had fun, none the less. When he came home, he was home for a day and then shipped off again to go hunting. What can I say... that boy is lucky that I grew up in a family where hunting was important for the men to do... and so I was ok with him going off and having fun. While he was away, we were busy here at the house. Well, not all that busy... but 1 parent with 3 kiddos for 2 weeks, it felt busy and exhausting. Here are a couple of pictures of what we were up to.

This first one is a picture of a growth chart that I made for a special friend of mine who is having twin boys soon. I enjoyed making this for her, so much that I made another one for another friend of mine who is having a little girl soon. I'll post a pic of hers soon, but after I give it to her in a couple of weeks. :O) I took this pic before I added the hanging ribbon to it, but you get the gist of what it was to be like.

Girls time in the kitchen. Mom came over and us girls made a homemade bbq pizza. It was yummy I must say.

Celebrating Caitlyn

Caitlyn worked very hard to get all smiley's and good grades for her first 9 weeks of school. So as a reward for her, Daniel and I asked her what she would like to do to celebrate and she chose to go to Chuck E. Cheese. Congratulations baby, you did a great job!!!

Daniel, Caitlyn and Micah went off to play games. Ky and I just chilled back at the table. I guarded the tickets that Caitlyn won and Ky napped.

Accessories

I have noticed that Micah likes accessories. You know how some kids hate to wear bows or hats on their head??? Well not Micah, if it is an accessory, than he wants to wear it.

Hat!!!

Sunglasses!!!
Shoes!!!
Watch!!! (This is daddy's old watch)
But the biggest and most important accessory to Micah, is his Binky and Blanket.