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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Decorating time.






Bill got on the roof and hung the C9's on the house and enjoyed the 40 degree weather. It's not often around here that we can hang Christmas lights and not freeze our buns off, so we took advantage of the decent weather and finished the yard up.
Once the yard was done, it was time to decorate the tree. Keira didn't feel too well, so she helped by keeping the chair occupied. Now if I can only keep Connor from pulling the ornaments off the tree, we will be set.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Black Friday

I joined the crowds of Black Friday and shopping at the break of dawn...I fortunately did not get trampled or killed. I figured I was already working the midnight to 5:30 am shift at the Disney store, so I was already in the heat of the shopping action. This is the 2nd year in a row that our mall opened at midnight and it was a complete madhouse. I worked that shift last year too and this year seemed worse. Everyone was looking for great deals...


Later in the afternoon, after I had a big breakfast and all my shopping goodies put away, I put up all the inflatable items up in the yard and put some lights up on the fence. The temperature was in the 40's, so I was taking advantage of it.


While I was doing outside things, Bill was inside putting up the tree with some little helpers.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving



We spent Thanksgiving with my side of the family and the kids all brushed up on their gambling skills. Megan and Max will soon be pool hustlers and Connor cannot get enough of the slot machines. He thought it was cool to put the quarters in and then wait for them to possibly come back out. Keira had a good time too pressing the buttons and watching her brothers. We are all thankful for what we are given each and every day and family, no matter how weird or how Connor-like some of them are, we always love them.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Thanksgiving Prayer Service


Today was the Thanksgiving Prayer Service at church, put on by the kindergarten class. It was cute listening to the class tell what they were thankful for and singing their Thanksgiving songs. Max had help from his 8th grade buddy, reading his line from the poem the class was reciting.
Max is in the back row :)

Friday, November 21, 2008

Where to find the time....

As you all have probably noticed, I have been slacking in the blogging department. With the holidays rapidly approaching, I am lucky if I find the time to blog about what we have done, let alone load pictures, scan pictures, or try and remember what we did or where we went. Hopefully, I will get more out here soon and more often :). Bear with me!! I have my dear little Connor that can climb in and out of his crib whenever he wants to. That kind of puts a damper on things, since I can't confine him ANYWHERE. I swear the boy could chew his way out his car seat if I let him. I can hardly wait to see how the twins are with the Christmas tree this year...it should be very interesting.

Happy Birthday Claire and Katie



A very big happy happy birthday goes out to you two!! We wish we could be there with you to help you celebrate.


Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Random kid pix










Here are some pics of the kiddies that I found on the camera while I was posting. They're only a couple weeks old. :o

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Santa pic


While we went shopping at the mall, we noticed that Bass Pro Shop had a Santa's Wonderland display set up and free pictures with Santa. They had games and activities for all the children to do and of course, Santa was there. Max and Megan were very eager to hop on the old man's lap to request their heart's desires for Christmas. Connor and Keira on the other hand wanted NOTHING to do with him. You can notice the look on Keira's face that she was not amused by the old guy.

Monday, November 10, 2008

School Pictures



I finally got around to getting the kids school pictures scanned and posted. Here is Megan's 4th grade and Max's kindergarten pics.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Model Train Show



TrainFest

We headed off to Milwaukee for the model railroad community's annual "Train Fest," held at the Wisconsin state fair grounds.
Max really enjoyed checking out the trains that had smoke coming out of them and Connor liked the ones that went fast or had lots of lights and colors. I think the girls enjoyed themselves, but it was hard to say.