my cute nephew

I love this time of year and being around small children has its rewards. Annaliese is excited about santa. Santa, ho ho, santa ho ho, she doesn't get the full concept of Santa, but I am looking forward to next year. Especially when she can ramble like my little buddy Breck.

Last night my mom, sister, me and the kiddos, and my nephew Brecken went to look at christmas lights and we were headed out to Glenwood to look at "the house" with all the lights, and boy was it a fun little ride. We had to keep talking to Annaliese to keep her awake (no nap Anna), Brecken did a pretty good job with that. We got about a block away and I hopped out of the car to grab a blanket and prop it under B so he was a little taller and could see out the windows, as I was strapping him back in the seatbelt A asked to get out...I said, "no we are going to drive up the road and look at all the Christmas lights on this house." I got in the car and we drove a half a block A was out like a light....needless to say she did wake up to see the lights (and when she did , you just had to be there it was hilarious), but then went back to sleep. However the fun just began.....my nephew Brecken is so smart and is always telling us something interesting. He got reall excited and said "hey you wanna know what?" "what?" we replied. "Guess what.....Richfield has something...." "what does Richfield have" we asked, "Richfield, Richfield has a FIRE STATION"....I wish I had a little recorder to record conversations.... It was the cutest thing... he was so excited to tell us that Richfield has a Fire station!! Then he proceeded to tell us that we need to drive by his house to look and see what is on his roof. "go by my house and I will show you what is on my roof....there is no santa or reindeer on my roof, but I will show you what is up there. So we got about 2 houses away....Brecken said, " SEE SEE SEE what is on my roof.....Christmas lights!!! I love that little guy and am so glad he came with us to keep us entertained.

this and that

This was A's masterpiece that she was so excited to show me....her "samwich". Wish I would've snapped a photo when she tried to put it in her mouth.

Kinsley, Jordan, and David with reindeer antlers. It was a fun game, split into teams, blow up balloons and then stuff them in nylons, then put on head, first team to finish wins.

My sweet sister in law Chelsea and her daughter Braylee, and maybe Braylees first baby doll. ?

Annaliese knows how to tear into the presents this year will be fun.

He wasn't to fond of the antlers, but I sure thought they were cute.

December is such a fun and chaos month love spending it with family. Christmas parties this last weekend, and sick kid this week. Oh and Ryan left to start a winter job, he will be in Cedar for the next 5 months. :( On another note, I feel lucky, my dad happened to be at the right place and the right time and picked up a dishwasher for me that one of his friends was getting rid of, and then the same thing happened this week Ryan was doing a yard clean up and the lady got new appliances so I ended up with a hardly used stove! yippy ! considering that the one we had was ancient...and when I say ancient I mean it! The knobs on the other one having been breaking over the years so finally we were down to one, that you would take off and put on the others to turn them on (or use pliars) and the oven temp was always a guess. Well so I checked online to purchase some new knobs for the old beast (cuz the universal ones aren't going to work..already tried it) and one stinkin knob was 50 dollars. UUGGHHH 50 X 5 = 250 might as well purchase a new one. BUT now I don't have to! Got one for free!!! I am enjoying my new dishwasher and oven. :)

Happy Holidays!

Me and my little man on Thanksgiving 2010.

Rub and dub dub....Annaliese won't look at the camera so here's a cheeser from Tristan.

Annaliese thought that she had to help do all the dishes on Thanksgiving!!! She sure had fun helping GMA! Needless to say she was soaked by the time she got done. (and so was the floor below her)

Braxton 14 Shelby 13 Annaliese 2 and Tristan 9.5 months

Annaliese was a lady bug and Tristan was a dog. We sure had fun on Halloween!

The little "chubs, puffy marshmellow, tank" look at those baby blues! (picture just doesn't do it justice on here)

Oh yes....Dear Santa,

Will you please bring me a new video camera, the one I have is on it's way to extinction. Ryan went to buy a new tape to tape Braxtons freshman year of wrestling and Walmart doesn't carry them anymore and Kmart had 1 left....I think it is time for a new one. Oh and did I mention the eye view piece is hanging by its cords...Yep thats right barely surviving! Oh and if it is not to much to ask I would really like a new computer....this one is about to join the extinction list too. It feels like it takes days...(ok maybe not days) but it sure takes along time to get anything loaded to it. I hope you have a good holiday....can't wait to see whats under the tree! ;)

Happy Holidays!!! I love this time of year! Family, friends, and food. We had a great Thanksgiving spent with Ryans family this year. Great food and company all in one weekend!!