Much anticipated Christmas!

Dale is posing for his Heisman Trophy!
Ammon just wanted to scary Amelia

Mia "Where am I among all these Princesses?"

Michelle and Elisabeth are ready to ROCK!

Christmas morning the kids had to wait for Vernon to wake up! I had gotten up worrying about the Cinnamon Rolls I make. I also wanted the Kitchen and Bathroom to be clean when family and friends arrive for brunch. The kids were hard pressed to wait and finally they were driving me crazy enough I let them wake Vern up. They rest was as always excitement and fun as we watched the kids see what Santa brought. Well picture are better than words anyway so I'll let them do the rest.

Elisabeth

No words can really explain Elisabeth well any of my children really. She is friendly and kind. She is into at the moment Hannah Montana and High School Musical stuff. Loves to sing, dance and play piano. She is generally happy, but loves to tell me exactly what the others are doing. (good, bad and the ugly and trust me sometimes it gets ugly. She is a Diva with out the "I'm the only person is the world" attitude. She is beautiful.

"Hair" today, Gone tommorow!

The phone call from the babysitter was short. " Aah, Loreli cut a little of Amelia's hair." I came home and it wasn't a little. Maybe I'm insane or just this has happened a lot but instead of freaking out, I laughed. What else do you do. I called Brooke, a friend who has helped me with this same situation in the past. She did a great job and I'm grateful for the style of crazy hair. Amelia looks so cute in her new hair style however let's not do this again. I would hate to buzz Amelia's head.

St. Louis, Missouri

As most of you know Vernon has been gone for a little over two week and hopefully will only be gone an other two week. I was able to visit him this last week and it was great, a little bitter sweet though because it was so short. We had a good time. We were also able to visit with Vernon's brother Udell, his wife Yumi, and their adorable little boy Hiayato. We went to The Arch-Way to the West and a botanical Garden, which had a beautiful Climatron that felt and looked like Hawaii. Very Fun!! It's been hard to have Vernon gone but hopefully this will be the last really long trip that he has. He hates it as well so we hope it won't be to much longer.

Growing Up Too Fast

Michelle is beautiful. I must admit a little bit of prejudice. I love her. She is my biggest helper whether it's with watching the other kids or helping me with dinner. I can't believe how old she is. The other day caused a moment of reflection on this very subject. She had asked to try on my shoes for church (something she has done since she was ohhh 2). I said yes of course thinking it would again be something she still couldn't do. To my surprise she fit in them. Talk about your wake up call. One that says "hello, you little girl is growing up way to fast." I guess we need these moments to truly appreciate our children and the moments we have with them.

Addiction

Addiction is a very disturbing thing! It's like something outside you is pulling on you relentlessly to do something. I think blogging might get that way!! Reading IS that way. Once I read the first page or so I need to finish. Sad to say even if it is bad I need to know what happens. One of favorite reads (like a hundred other women) is "Pride and Prejudice". I have read "Pride and Prejudice" for the hundredth time. And I still have a hard time putting it down. Addicted. Cure, well I've found one. Read it faster. At least the unfavored parts. Like the whole Lydia running off bit. But as far as the whole rest of the book, I guess my cure won't really work. The one thing that struck me this time is the time they have. Time to think, feel, meditate, and study. Study mainly. Study facial expressions, tone of voice and even what might come next. I don't have time to do that, I wish I had time to do a little meditating but I was reminded the other day there is a season for everything. So until that season I will only allow myself to read when I'm OK with my house going to pot. Which leaves me about once in a great while. Until "once in a great while" maybe I'll blog!

What I did this Summer!

I have to put these in! We had so much fun in California! A whirlwind of a vacation to be sure. One week Disneyland, Sea World, and Universal Studio. We were so tired that we came home and needed an other vacation just to sleep! The kids to this day still talk about it! So Iguess it was worth the time and money!

A whole new world!

I am a Blogger! What can I say it's like going the legions of undead. I'm in a whole new society. Glamour, fame all that is now mine! Whatever. Anyway, I'm here and life is good!