Thursday, December 30, 2010

Christmas updates soon....I hope


Well, we are still trying to get this darn computer thing sorted out. We have lost everything we had on our computer. I mean, everything. And I haven't attempted to get pictures off of my camera yet, which has so many on it, it is out of memory. I hope to tackle that soon. But, here are a few pictures from Mike's work Christmas party for the kids.





Notice none of them look too thrilled that we are making them pose with Santa. But this pic is my favorite: Kylie streaking out of the picture and away from Santa as fast as she could go.




Thursday, December 16, 2010

Darn technology!!

I haven't dropped off the face of the earth. Really, I haven't. Well, in Technology Land, I have. Our computer got attacked by a major virus, so several hundred dollars later, we got our computer back. Only to find that it didn't have the virus anymore, but it didn't work at all either!! So it has now been in the shop for over two weeks. In the mean time, I have photos on my computer that are just dying to be put on my blog. Soon, hopefully...

Friday, December 3, 2010

Christmas Tree 2010



We picked the perfect day to find and cut our Christmas tree. It was a bit muddy, but that's part of the fun. Look at this crazy family photo...how did we get so many kids?!? : ) And, look how huge Matthew is! It is hard to tell which one is Matthew and which one is Mike these days!!










































Tyler and his yellow boots that he wears everywhere, all year long. I was very lucky to find these at a garage sale this summer for $1 to replace the ones that were about 3 sizes too small that he just couldn't part with.








































































Tyler loves to collect things. He has an eye for detail and he literally could find a needle in a haystack, I think. He set out on a mission to find ladybugs, and the final total was 6.


































Kylie wore her pink glitter rubber boots and was happy as a clam running around with all of the big kids in the trees.



































Kylie "supervising" Matthew's work.

























































Again, Kylie supervises. I love how she is propped up on Mike and Matthew, just checking it all out.














The kids (and by this, I mean all 6) love playing with the train and the village under the tree. We set the tree up very early mostly so the kids can spend the whole month playing with all of the cars and town accessories that Mike has collected over the years. I love that all of the kids play with it, no matter their age.










Zachary took all of the trucks and tractors and made his own little 'town' on the carpet.


Thanksgiving 2010

Our computer has been in the shop for the last week, so I am finally catching up on all of the photos I had hoped to post much earlier than this! We had such a fabulous Thanksgiving this year. Wow, we are so blessed and have so much to be thankful for! Wonderful friends and family!
We had a very relaxing day of watching sports and eating food.


"Man time" carving the turkey





















































Kylie loves pie. I mean, really loves it. Runs from person to person to make sure she gets all that she can!


















































Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving also!!