Rain, rain go away!!!

Can I just say how much I want the rain to stop!! I WANT THE RAIN TO STOP A LOT!!!!!
It seems as if it has rained more this winter that the entire time we have lived in NC!! Okay, a bit of a stretch I am sure but having to let the dog out front instead of out back because its a swamp and then having to wipe her completely off before letting her back in is starting to bug me!! She went buck wild yesterday because she has been inside so much lately! She started chewing on things. Something she has not done for some time!!! She chose the chair in the office, the girl scout flag and a map!!! Today I took her for a super long walk around the entire hood in hopes that some of that energy would escape her and she would just lay down and stop for one second!! It worked!! So then I took her for another walk with Emily who was super excited the rain stopped for a bit so she could rider her bike she got from Santa!!
The wind got so bad today that it blew the umbrella out of our patio table and I had to run outside in my socks IN THE MUD AND RAIN to get it before it blew next door. trying to fold that thing back up and get it put away I must have looked like those "nannies" on Mary poppins that just start flying off in the wind!! HA!HA! I am sure I was screaming (even though noone was outside to help me) The wind also blew over a little table we have outside and broke Emily's pot that she made me!! BOO HOO!! :( Hate that!!
On a brighter note, we have been playing games everyday and that has been fun!! We also saw a rainbow after the rain stopped this afternoon!! Tried to get a picture but when I got back with the camera, it was gone!
I think its going to be sunny Thursday!! HOPEFULLY!!!

Happy New Year!!

Emily and Great Grandpa John













WOW! Christmas break just flew right on by and today the kids went back to school, John went back to work and I am back on the blog!! :)

We had a great Christmas, the kids were very excited and loved all the gifts and Family being around!! We went to Kentucky to visit Johns parents for a couple days so that was really nice!

Favorite gifts:
Katelyn~ I-pod and camera
Jacob~ nintendo DS and guitar
Emily~ new bike and gumball machine

The best gift for me and John was seeing the kids just smile for days! They truly had a great time.
Wish we could have seen more of the Family though!!

Christmas cookies!!

Today we had a great day making some yummy cookies. I let the kids do ALL the work this year and they even did the clean up!! without being asked!! It was really fun to just sit back and watch those three little creative minds work!! The cookies came out perfect and the kids cant wait to leave some out for Santa on Christmas Eve!!

Counting down...

(The picture is Christmas 2004)






*made my food shopping list and clipped my coupons to use

*mailed the Cards

*finished my shopping

*wrapped the gifts

*got everything done for the kids and school (now we are on break)

*cleaned out some "old" toys and gave them away

*over watered the tree and had water spill EVERYWHERE!! (no worries, fixed it)

*made some yummy peanut brittle (first time trying)

*took the kids to see Santa and sent out the letters the "real Santa"

*did all the laundry and cleaned the house

*charged up the video camera and put new batteries in the camera

*made reindeer food



Now we just wait.....wait and then stall on the day Christmas is actually here! I wish I could just make it slow down a bit!

"Jesus's Mother"

Last week Emily was in her Christmas program at Preschool and she was MARY!! She was thrilled and excited, practiced all the songs they were to sing and knew every word to all of them!! She was really excited about the boy who was going to play Joseph because "he was a really nice boy" and she made him "Crack up"!! She said she did not want to hold the baby, but she did a great job!
She kept slouching in her chair, playing with her costume and pointing at me to come and get her...no singing was done, or very little! A PERFECT preschool play!! We all loved it and my mouth hurt from smiling so much!!

Oh Christmas tree...

So this year we got a REAL tree!! We haven't had one since Jacob was a baby. We were so excited as were the kids to go and pick out the perfect one! We were going to head into the mountains but decided to save the gas money and stay close to home. We went to this place just down the road a bit that has a HUGE snowman in front of it. The first year we moved to Kernersville, I can remember Emily hating to be in her car seat and crying like crazy until....we would pass the snowman! It is still a great delight for the kids to see it every Christmas so naturally it was the place of choice for them to pick the tree! It was cold, but not that bad and we walked around the tree lot about 100 times before deciding on the right one. Now to wrap all the gifts and get them under the tree!!

Gobble Gobble...

We had a super fun weekend at home for Thanksgiving. Pete, Lisa and the boys came from Ohio and Mom and Brad were here also. We just hung out mostly, me and Lisa of course did some shopping and we took all the kids to the zoo!
Here are some pictures!