A Wii Christmas

Wow!!! What a crazy, fun day. The kids (of course) were spoiled rotten (as they should be;-)). They got a Wii system and everything good that goes with it, thanks to all of the family that helped contribute! They also got a lot of other stuff to play with and to keep them busy until school starts again.

James' favorite presents are a pair of spy night vision goggles and spy gear and the Wii. He also loves the movie "The Cat From Outer Space." He has watched it 5 times since last week!

Carter's favorite presents are a bow and arrow set, the Wii, and a bag of Doritos (go figure).

Loreli's favorite presents are her princess shoes, feather boa and her crown. She boldly declares "I am King!"She also earned that title. Last night playing Star Wars Clone Wars on the Wii, she defeated James in a light sabre battle. Girl power rocks!!!

After opening gifts at our house we went to Grandpa and Grandma Shupe's house for breakfast and more presents. Then we went home for a brief nap. Later that afternoon we went to Grandpa and Grandma Hunt's house for lunch and to see Scott's extended family. It was a busy day, but sure fun!!!
They all love their light sabres! Loreli almost always wins because she doesn't play fair. Conking your brother on the head is not the way to win. So far, she is yet to be convinced of that fact. She wants to win by any means necessary!

Merry Christmas Eve Day!

We had a fun morning just playing in the snow.

The slide didn't work too well the first time :-)

Swinging in the snow is awesome!!! Just ask Loreli.

James and Carter taught Loreli how to make snow angels.

I know your jealous we got almost a foot of snow in 2 days. We are supposed to get up to 12" again tomorrow. Anyone want to trade some snow for some sunshine and warmth? Anybody?
I didn't think so. Have a Merry Christmas! At least ours is white!

Better Days!

Thank goodness for busy weekends! We had 4 family gatherings this weekend. I can't think of a better way to get out of a funk than to be with family and friends. Plus the kids got spoiled which always helps too! Anyways, just wanted to blog that life is better today. Have a Merry Christmas!!!

Sad Day :-(

All of the Hedgehog babies died. The boys as you can imagine are really sad. The only reason I am writing this depressing blog post is to let you know the reason there will be no pictures. Hopefully with all that is going on in the next week they will be able to get past this sadness.

Aaaahhhh

Aaahhhh! We woke up yesterday, went about our daily routine and came home from getting the kids from preschool. I went downstairs to check my email and lo and behold we have hedgehog babies. I didn't think that she was pregnant because she is past her due date. So I panicked!!! Thank goodness my mom knows all things furry because I would have had no one else to ask what to do. We got all 4 babies safe with mom in a nest and my heart is beating regularly again.In about a week Mikko (hedgehog mom) will calm down a little bit. Pictures will follow soon. Wish me luck and the babies well.

My mom called the other day when the kids were supposed to be cleaning their room. They had been cleaning on and off (more off than on of course) for several hours (no kidding). She had me put her on speaker and issued a challenge to them. She said that she had to clean her room too so how about a race? The winner got bragging rights. This is the hilarious response to the challenge given to them.

Seattle is Awesome!

Seattle is awesome, mostly because of the people in it. And getting to go on vacation by myself doesn't hurt either :-) Kristie and I had so much fun! I had fun spoiling her kids and not being called mom for 5 whole days. That was nice!


Eva and Molly are crazy! They had so much fun helping me with Yofie. Check out his blog for more pictures of him.

Molly loves to hold her new brother. Little Levi is so darn cute! It's hard to believe that he is only 1 month old. I am not sure what he's thinking in this photo, but I am sure that his facial expression says it all.

He really is as cuddly as he looks. I had so much fun holding him!

The city is so beautiful! I love that it is still green and fallish the first week in December.

This is what I came home to. My husband is nuts but thankfully he didn't say I couldn't go back. He did say with a hint of desperation in his voice that he is glad that I am home :-) I am so glad he had this opportunity to appreciate the role I play at home. I don't think he was sad to escape back to work on Wednesday!

He decided to remodel the bathroom while I was gone. Due to circumstances beyond his control, it's not quite finished. I love him anyway :-)

All in all it was a great trip, a nice break from the daily grind, and a fun escape from reality! Back to the trenches ;-)