So You Think You Can Dance? And other wonderful things about our family!

Ruby is still obsessed

as ever with the Guinea Pigs...

Josh lets her hold, cuddle, and harass

to her hearts content!

Me on the other hand... have to leave the room.

Am I the only one who remembers

the animal incidents that occured

with Lucy between the ages of 2 and 4?

We have a very special Christmas tree tradition...

We put on our shoes,

search the garage for that perfect one,

haul it in and assemble.

Who says there's no romance in Christmas anymore?

Yep, that's right folks...

In our family we drink our applesauce!

It is truly exciting to see what Lucy will

bring home in her shoes at the end of the school day.

These leaves were an unexpected present.
I usually find piles of sand and rocks.
I don't know how she walks in them,
but it doesn't seem to bother her.
Personally, I think she is working on
a new butt-lift shoe for Reebok.


And now without further delay,
The boy you've been waiting for,
in his video dancing debut,
Dancing to 'Diego's Rescue Pack' song...
Max!

You know men, Josh thought this wasn't very 'Manly'.
I think when the ladies see this,
Max will have to beat them off with a stick.
You flap those arms boy!

Thankful Day

Lucy's Thanksgiving Centerpiece.

(Gobble, Gobble)
Lucy grateful for animals
Max grateful for toys... then said,
"but Mom, I'm grateful for so much more than that!"
Ruby grateful for dolls and bottles

Here's our Thanksgiving crew:
Dominic, Karie, John, and Jaden
Karie make some killer deviled eggs along
with cranberry apple carrots,
ranch potatoes and a bunch more.
John deep fried the turkey.
(This was a first for our fam.
and it was pretty dang good)
Arrianna and Ethan
They brought green been caserole
and bread with goat cheese and cranberry sauce.

Kids Table!

Aren't you impressed with my pomegranate creation...

turns out they were rotten,

so much for buying them already seeded.

Tonight's Prayer by Max

"Bless that no bad guys shoot dad... and make sure no elephants or giraffs brake in to our house."

(It's usually "make sure no spiders, scorpions, or bad guys get in our house").

I like the new addition.

BEWARE!!! Lots of late Halloween pics inside

Lots of treats, so little time!

Gotta love Trunk or Treating!

Well if it isn't our 44th President visiting the party.
Annie's 2nd annual Halloween party.
Check out my perfectly crafted skeleton hands.
(I think they might belong to hellboy... how's that for creepy.)
Check out these excited ghouls and gobblins.

The newly weds and one hot Granny!

Just can't get enough of this girl!

Exhausted after a night of trick or treating

The Spooky Squires.

(I think Cooper should

have been a Sumo wrestler)

The Woooo...ilkeys

(They left for China today!)

The Rascally Richmonds

Check these kids out

Jennifer and her man.

Rose and the icy Ingrams

Granny and the wretched Willdens

Wonkey Wilkey kids

As always Papa and Mimi went all out... and the kids loved it!

CAGED!!!

Ruby is obsessed with our new guinea pigs, Max and Ninja.

That's Ninja there behind her.
And here is Max!
(Guess who named her?)

Love this pic of Rico shaking.

I've Never Been More Proud

I'm always entertained at

what Max thinks is a good idea.

He was devastated when he couldn't get

this toilet seat off as easily as he got it on.

Happy Birthday Ruby Red Squirt!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUBY!

RUBERS, RUBY TUESDAY, RUBIX CUBE, RUBY RED SQUIRT

Ruby really enjoyed her 1st chocolate cake.

All the kids did for that matter.

She had a fun time watching

everyone else open her presents too.

As always the wrapping paper

was better than anything she got.

Our Friends the Hannings

(Mike was in the academy with Josh)

Karie & Jaden never miss a party.

Kaylee joined them this time.

Field Day!!!

Lucy's School Had a Crazy/Fun Field Day Today!

I was lucky enough to volunteer.

Ruby was there soaking up the sun.

Her crew: Allen, Jaelynn, and Max

There was water, parachutes,

balls, big wheels and oh so much more.

Jealous?

Oh, thoses dog days... well not quite

Our New German Shepherd

PSYCH!!!

So we thought we'd try a big dog out for size.

We thought it'd be good for protection & Security.

She basically just ticked off Sparky and peed on the floor.

But Josh enjoyed the heck out of that dog.

It's Always Fun When the Grandparents Come

Mimi has wanted to decorate

picture frames with the kids since Thanksgiving.

Here we are finally getting to them.

Max & Mimi Decorating leaves
Lucy found that glitter glue explodes
when you put it in the microwave...
it does actually look pretty cool.

Papa gave the kids (JOSH)
this little indoor helicopter!
Josh might be the best mini pilot ever!

Jake is jumping across the pond to Italy!

We hit the Peppermill for

one last breakfast before he leaves

Everyone Loves uncle Jake!

We were pretty lucky

to get to hang out with Papa Rob

for a few days while he was in town.

The kids love to have Papa Rob read them stories.

JOG-A-THON

LUCY'S JOG-A-THON

Thanks to all those who pledged for Lucy jog!

Oh yeah sorry I called 5 min before it started to get those.
What a pro. !
She even had time to stop and kiss babies.

One of her many spectators

That's 21 laps baby!