New Hair Cut

I don't think I showed this yet. :) It's not the greatest pic, but you sort of get the idea. It's about shoulder length and I have bangs, something I haven't had in YEARS.

Odyessey of the Mind 2009

Yesterday was Mikayla's Odyessey of the Mind and I have to admit that I'm glad it's over. They put so much time into their practices, and honestly, it was a FLOP! Their costumes were horrid, their props ridiculous and the coach's daughter had the main role! I never thought I'd be one of 'those' parents to complain about special treatment, but that's totally what it was. While this girl was good, Mikayla is just as dramatic, if not more so, and could have totally pulled off the role. Instead, she was a pegasus, and her line was "neigh". That's it! Parents aren't allowed to help at all in the costume design and Mikayla made a great paper mache nose for her costume, then decided last minute to use a cup. It was so hard for me to let her do that, but I wasn't allowed to have a say in it.

The entire team from Austell (our schools). There were 1-5th graders all involved.

Mikayla and her teammate, Mya

The team and their coach, Ms Mitchell

Mikayla and Veronia...the coach's daughter

A day of Rugby

Last weekend our Rugby team had games on both Saturday and Sunday so I decided to take the kids to Sunday's games. Totally crazy! It was just a little too cold so they really weren't enjoying it. Tim had Seth down on the field and let him play waterboy for the game. He said that he did better than the rookies so it may be something Seth does for all the homegames. I think he'd really enjoy it...he sure did that day. Tim doesn't usually run water out (that's what rookies are for) but since he was training Seth, he did for this game. Right behind the bleachers is the sand volleyball pit so we stopped at the store and got a bunch of sand toys so the kids could play.









Micah and Katelyn were freezing


And Jacob just wanted toplay with stick guns.



Seth looks so small!!

Too cute!

The girls "tent"

Katelyn and Mikayla asked me one night if they could go camping in their bedroom. I told them it would be fine, then tucked them in bed, like normal, not assuming they'd do anything other than sleep on the bottom bunk, covered with blankets all around to make a 'tent'. When I went back in a few hours later, here is how i found them. They had created a 'tent' on the floor and created seperate rooms for it. It was actually pretty creative how they had it all put together. They had a great time in their 'tent' and actualy slept in it a couple nights.

Jacob & Rosie

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm not a big fan of birds. Jacob, on the other hand, seems to take after Tim and love them! Here he is with Seth's bird, Rosie. Ignore the dirty chocolate face and missing pajama pants.


Rosie, look at the camera!!!

Jacob's Birthday

Yep, I'm bad. It's been a month and I'm just getting around to posting these.

Grandma & Papa got him a new tricycle. He loves it!! Other than that, he got a truck that plays music and races across the floor, a froggy blanket that I had made for him, lots of cars, a stuffed sock monkey that Josette made. It was cute because he loved unwrapping the presents and would race through opening one, make a gasp of excitement, then race to the next one! I can't believe my baby is 2 already!!!

Jacob got tired of me trying to get a picture of him and the sock monkey so decided it was time to 'hide' it.

Pics of the dog

I haven't posted pics of anything in awhile so I'm going to do it tonight...starting with the dog, just because I don't have as many of him as I do everything else. He's getting so big already! He's doing really well with housebreaking, as long as we pay attention to him and watch his body language. He doesn't chew....too much....and is finally starting to learn to listen better. He's been a lot of fun, and is going to be a GREAT dog.

Happy New Years from our family to yours

Our New Years Eve

This year we decided to stay in and have a mini-party with the kids. They all took naps in the afternoon so that they could stay up until midnight for the countdown and Tim and I took down the tree and put away all the decorations while the house was quiet. We had a dinner of leftovers and then I made a bunch of food for later in the night: sweet & sour meatballs (one of the kids favorites), bbq cocktail wieners, chicken fries, breadsticks and puppy chow. We had sparkling cider and sparkling grape juice to drink. Before we ate, we took some pictures of everyone in their PJs before I put Jacob to bed, then we had our snacks. We then played several rounds of Mexican Train Dominos, which was Tim's Christmas gift and a great family game that all the kids can play. Next it was karaoke time. All the kids sang, including Micah, but he was so cute because he sat intently listening to each kid sing and then clapped at the end like they were a professional. I'm not sure if it was more fun watching the kids sing, or watching Micah's reactions to them!

When karaoke was over, it was time to get ready for the countdown. We watched Dick Clark for awhile and the girls were swooning when the Jonas Brothers came on. Mikayla wouldn't let anyone talk during their songs! haha

As the countdown reached about 5 minutes, I got out the bubblewrap I purchased for our bubblewrap stomp. Who doesn't love bubble wrap??? The kids thought this was the greatest thing as it sounded just like firecrackers in their livingroom! I hope everyone had a great New Years Eve and that 2009 is one of health, happiness and blessings.

(To see all our New Years Eve pictures, go to http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f19/GeorgiaAdventure/New%20Years%20Eve/ )


The kids were introduced to The Honeymooners

Micah and his sparkling juice

Tim singing "I Did it My Way" (how appropriate!)

Dancing to the Beach Boys



The girls singing to Hannah Montana....of course



Seth singing a Carmen song...after a brief standup comedy act

Micah singing a song from Judah, our band back home at RMI

Our bubblewrap stomp!!! This will definitely be a yearly tradition, no matter where we are for a party!