January birthdays!

We welcomed in 2009 with Sparking Grape juice, cocktail glasses, confetti poppers and noise makers! YEA! Katie was the only sleeper in the house (lucky girl)! Wishing you a Blessed NEW YEAR!

Princess Mary celebrated her 3rd birthday just like a princes.. We started our day only to find that the Birthday Princess left a special present for the birthday girl. We celebrated all day (or what felt like it) and finally managed to go to to CHUCK E CHEESE for the finale! Mary had a blast, can hardly believe that our little girl is growing up!

We went to COCO Key to have some fun....Katie really liked it, Mary was a little scared and the boys, well let's just say that we never saw them! :-) Actually we had a good time. Boys complained about how many showers they had to take and hopefully the water wore out all the kids! Matthew celebrated his 8th birthday going down the water slides!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Abbey celebrated her 11th birthday~my Grandmother celebrates her 80th! She was showered with a "card shower" and had received over 12o cards!

Christmas helpers~Charlie and Lucy. The kids opened up an early Christmas present on Christmas Eve...they all slept nice and snug in their new PJ's! We welcomed our Texas cousins to a KS Christmas this year. They haven't had a white Christmas in a long while!

Caught Santa sneeking out of the house! We have a special motion sensored camera and we caught him red handed delivering the goods!

Mary is enjoying some of her new treasures! she was spoiled beyond belief!

Andrew and Mattew show off some of their new jerseys as well! Katie is really into snow globes...she had one in her stocking which she was admiring!

Looking forward to 2009...may you too find peace and joy in the upcoming year~

November highlights

Mary with her cool do from her braids! Jim celebrating his 40th birthday (at Chuck E. Cheese)!

Celebrating our birthdays together...we started our day off for $1.50 Margaritas!

Our Texas Thanksgiving~Fiesta style!

Even the dogs got into the mood! The cousins following the Turkey Trot!

Mary having fun at the park. Andrew with Pinky...or is that Peanut? Who really knows?

Look closely at Katie's top front teeth! Finally they are here!

November was filled with celebrations: birthdays and Thanksgiving. Mary had her 1st dentist appointment, a (long trip) to Texas, putting up our Christmas tree and looking at neighborhood lights. Here are some highlights of our month.

Mary's Dance Class...keep your eye on her, she gets around a bit!

Lucy (the weiner) with her weiners!! :-)

Fairy tale princess with her brother, the clown! :-)

Mary's dance class all dressed up!

Andrew, Katie, Matthew and Mary! Getting ready for Halloween at our neighborhood Halloween gathering.

Crazy kids! Matthew, Mary and Andrew playing around!

Katie the chimp

Katie with Dad's (stuffed animal, "Lucy"). Katie affectionally calls her "La La" rather than Lu Lu! It's sweet.

...well sort of! Some have speculated that her movements resemble some of our furry ancestors...why don't you watch and see for yourself

A month's worth of news

Mary at dance class.

The prize winning cookie. Made by Mary! Just for her to enjoy!

Mom & Dad with the little princesses!

After a hot day of football! A special guest (Louie Aguilar) came to cheer on the Cardinals. He brought with him signed Chiefs memorabilia. Andrew was in HEAVEN!


At the pumpkin patch...it was soo much fun!






Kids getting ready for Halloween. My little ladybug was in hiding due to Skull Warrior! She wanted nothing to do with taking a picture when she saw Matthew!



A quick visit from Great Grandma! She spent 5 days with us...it was fun!



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Sorry for the absense. Life has been rather hectic with going to football and soccer practices and games, Mary's dance classes and playing with our friends. School is off to a great start~conferences have started with teachers reporting excellent work by the kids! Halloween is just around the corner. We played dress up today so I could snap some photos...I tried my best but little Miss Katie did not want to cooperate.
Hope that you're doing well. Take care!