Everyone is feeling so much better

So everyone has been sick since Christmas time. So finally they are all feeling better still some coughing but that seems to linger after they have colds. Tomorrow Marissa Alter serves so I am glad everyone is feeling better. I will still have them take it easy. The month of January is our month to finish up anything in their school books before there new ones arrive in February. The girls always get so excited for their new books and they will be starting Latin lessons this year. Which they cant wait. We also will be doing needlepoint with some of our homeschooling/ AHG friends. Which is exciting.
     So as the new year will begin so will so many new adventures for us.
Just some random pics from December.

I was bored one night and decided to dress mr Kitty lol.

Some of Marissas friends from her 11th birthday party.

This is her awesome draculaura cake Lisa made for her sister.

                         Many Blessings to our readers for the new year.

3 more days till a new year

As we get ready to end this year time to reflect so I have asked the kids to sit and reflect back over this year and on New Years eve this year We will tell our memorable moments wether good or bad. This will be a new tradition I hope. Then on to our new years resolutions. Also we need to pick a new Saint for the year.
  I am really hoping this year they pick a Saint they dont know much about so we can learn as we go along.

Also as the new year approaches I have to reflect and decide about a new vehicle for us. My mini van is on its way out. We really haven't had to put any real money into it. So really I cant complain.
  

                    Ciao

2 days after Christmas

Hope everyone had a good Christmas. Ours was nice besides the girls being sick. But even though they were sick they still manage to open their gifts:) Marissa loved her kindle, carissa discovered her new American girl doll looked like her and all she could think of was the goosebump show where the doll stoled the girls bodylol, Larissa received her horse and has spent lots of time sitting on it wether she is watching tv or anything and Tarissa jean with her 3 foot high cinderella doll and her innotab have been playing together.
   Christmas eve we spent with Lisa and had a wonderful evening. I made an awesome crab and artichoke warm dip for the first time and everyone loved it! Christmas day we spent with Timmy and he enjoyed all his gifts. Mikey played Santa this year and the girls just kinda layed around and relaxed.


Now it is 5:17 in the morning and usually I am not up but I have alot on my mind. As a new year Approaches I quiver at the thought. So much to think about as I get older. Maybe I just need to get out of this funk I seem to be in since Christmas night. Maybe I just need to figuer out where I am heading. Not sure just know I haven't felt this way in a long time:(  I try not to let anyone see me feel this way (even though I know most wont notice). Well I didnt mean to make this post about me so I will move on.


  I have decided to pass on some recipes to my DIL. So maybe today while the kiddos finish recouperating I will get them all together for her. I was thinking of making a book out of them and putting pics of Tommy in there when he was younger. Her birthday is Feb. 14 and I think it would makae a nice gift for her.

   Well I am off to make some tea and sit back and relax before people start getting up.
                                By for now

Fast Approaching

Hi all
   Christmas is so close now but I feel ready. At the beginning of the month I didnt even think I would complete it when items that were asked for were out of stock and Santa had already emailed the girls saying he was done with their gifts. But phew it all came together and they will be happy little ones on Christmas Morn.
   We made cute little mangers with baby jesus in them for His Birthday party. I will post pics later. I want them to make a few more so if anyone extra stops by there is one for them.
    We had such a quiet evening last night dh was working and the Boys went to Seattle to past out gifts to the needy. So the girls and I went to bowling pratcice then over to Blazin Pizza they r the best. Then we came home started a fire watched Christmas classics and just relaxed.
   Today I am waiting for a lady to come pick up a dress she won from me on an auction site. then I am off to take Timmy for a few things he needs. I really dont want to go out shopping but he needs too so I guess no choice it is awful windy out our Santa is blowing everywhere.lol. 
   Before Mikey left yesterday he set up our outside manger with a spotlight on it and everything. So cool.
Well by for now.

December 2012

     December is quickly coming to a close. Christmas cards have been mailed, presents wrapped, goodies r being finished up. So now I sit back and think of the past year and what challenges and blessings we have had.
    So I guess consider this my Christmas letter so to speak.
  We have come along way I feel this year. We finalized the house and it is now ours and the bank of course lol. We bought an RV and made a cross country trip that was great we seen family and friends. We traveled to many sites and made a very educational trip out of it as well.
   We have celebrated Lisas 24th birthday ,Marissas 11th and Katlins 8th. Marissa had her first birthday party for kids and she had a blast.  Lisa made her a beautiful cake.

   So everyone have Very Merry Christmas.

the past week

We started with Black friday shooping after a wonderful Thanksgiving. Lisa and I went to several stores but not as many as in years past. We found a fe items that we were looking for and then home by 9. So not to bad took a small nap and then decided our rv was going to become our wrapping central so to speak as the girls are getting older and are nosy with our closet. this works perfect they dont have any clue that is where we put the things.lol.
     We usually get our tree on  this day but since the Catholic High School is having a fundraiser on Sunday at Shumaker tree farm we will wait. So we go Sunday after Mass the whole family to pick out our tree the funny thing is it has of course to be the perfect tree. All I pick out my husband always says to tall wont fit and I havent sold him on the idea of cutting a whole in the ceiling. So any he picks I say are to small. So tree hunting takes forever and sometimes I just think the kids agree with me because they are tired of walking around the tree farm lol. So after quite a long long while I find one I like I insist it will fit so he agrees and the kids love it. Mikey cuts it down and then Lisa picks hers took maybe 5 minutes whatever. We get home and cut the bottom and put in a bucket of water for the night.
    Next day it is time to bring it in the house. We then discover it is too tall. Hmmm I recall someone telling me that but as usual I win and here we are with a tree that will need to be trimmed down. Have I mention that I hate to trim the tree once it is in the house. So here we sit with our trimmed tree in the playroom waited to be decorated I always wait a couple days to make sure that all the branches have dropped where they are going once warmed up.
    All decorations are down and hopeing to all be up by this weekend. We also have to do the walk n knock on saturday morning. So should be fun if it dont rain.
    Well as soon as the tree is decorated I will post a pic.
                            Merry Christmas everyone

Blade the movie

   So today I treated the kids to a movie. We had the theater to ourselves at first (by the end there was maybe 4 others.). The girls enjoyed the movie it was cute so I think we will go buy this movie. Blaze was cute 1 determined young lady who had learned a valuable lesson by the end.  give this movie 3 thumbs up which by the way the girls say is the highest it can get:)