Making the best of the snow

There was a little let up in the snow today so Bruce decided to take Owen outside and let him burn off some energy by having him help him shovel the sidewalks....

He loves helping daddy :)
I think that he was stomping in the snow here
He also likes being couter-productive by shoveling the snow off the mounds and putting it back on the sidewalk
So happy to be outside

The girls were comming home from school when they saw him helping dad...they were very mad, expecially Morgan, that dad didn't wait for them...

Sweet Bailey and Mad Morgan :)

Another one bites the dust!

As soon as the last tooth was pulled out this one became really crooked...It was really bugging me and I knew that it was really loose so I wrestled her down and Bruce pulled it out...probably quite a funny site! She was pretty mad at first but then Bruce has promised her something (he won't tell me but I am thinking that it is a McDonalds ice cream cone)

I thought that this was a pretty funny picture...she looks so forlorn in it!

She just wouldn't hold still, I think that she has ant in her pants, so this is the best picture that I have! Still so cute! I just love the look of kids that are missing there two front teeth!

Owens tools

Owen was so excited the other day when he finally found the perfect place for his tools :)

He usually will put them in his pockets but they always tend to fall out, I dont know what inspired him to put them like this but he decided that it was a good idea :)

Toothfairy time!!!

So finally after begging, pleading, and bribing Morgans tooth is finally gone!

This was taken seconds after it was pulled, she wouldn't close her mouth for a while, finally I told her to drink some water and that finally got rid of the blood :)

Here she is on the way to school, she is the first one in her class to loose a tooth this year! She got to put her name on a special board, she was pretty excited!

To pull or not to pull...that is the question...

Morgan has had this loose tooth since before Thanksgiving...She just can't decide when to pull it out...one minute she is ready to yank it out, the next minute she is scared that if she pulls it out the rest of her teeth will follow! These are just a few pictures from one night of her trying to decide!

pull...

not pull...

pull...

not pull...

Well she didn't end up pulling it...I don't know when she will loose it but as you can see it is very loose! Her gums above that tooth are starting to turn purple...I don't know if she bruised it from wiggling her tooth...I will post pictures as soon as it comes out!

New Years Eve Rockers

This year for New Years we all LOVED playing guitar hero. I have always been a little skeptical about how fun (or how good) it would be, but I really liked it a lot!

Bailey doing it on her own

Morgan and Owen would "strum" the guitar and Bruce would play the notes :)

Smiling for the camera :)

Reagan giving daddy loves :)

Bruce rocking out :) He really liked it too!

Emmy blankets

My wonderful big sister Emily made all the nieces and nephews blankets this year. She made them all the same colors but each one had a main color that was special to the person, then she hand stitched their name in the top corner of each quilt. They were very happy with such a special present!

Baileys main color was green :)
Morgans main color was pink :)

You can see her name stitched in it here.
Owen's was different because he was a boy, but he has spiderman colors, see the red, blue and black :)
Reagans main color was yellow :)

They were all so perfect. Thank you Emily for making such a special gift for my kids!

Christmas Morning

Here are a few pictures that I took Christmas morning...I didn't take a whole lot because I was trying to video record it too! Ooops!

Bailey got a lot of jewlery, some stamps, and Yatzee from Santa

Bailey got LOTS of clothes and (her favorite) a bathrobe and slippers from me and Bruce

Morgan had a touch of the stomache flu that morning and dry heaved a bit...she didn't have any interest in opening any presents that morning...

She got Bratz dolls, operation, perfection, and lots of Barbie clothes from Santa and TONS of clothes from me and Bruce!

Reagan didn't want her picture taken that morning either, this is the only one I have of her! Bad Mommy!

She got a sit and spin and a baby doll from Santa and some clothes from me and Bruce

Owen was very excited to get the biggest present from Santa. He was intent on getting off every last bit of wrapping paper!

He got this workbench that came with a ton of tools and lucky ducks game from Santa.

And you guessed it clothes from Me and Bruce!

Here are a few more pictures of Morgan just so you can see how horrible she felt that morning.

The picture below is how she opened her presents (I think this is the only one she opened up) she just swiped her arm across to rip it open...

Christmas Jammies

We always open jammies on Christmas Eve...that way they have something new and comfy to sleep in, and they get a taste for what is to become!

He definatly has the "opening presents" pose down!


Here they are in their new jammies! They still didn't go to bed at the usual 9:00 bedtime, Morgan and Reagan did, but Bailey and Owen stayed up until about 10:30 or so!

I told Owen that he needed to go to sleep so Santa could come, he said,"I don't want Santa to come, I want the Grinch to come" So silly! We have watched the Grinch about 6 times in the last week!

Christams Eve Presents

This year the kids wanted to draw names to give gifts to eachother.

Reagan with her baby from Owen

Owen with his blue Ninja Turtle from Morgan

Morgan with her Baby Bratz mermaid from Bailey

(Bailey first got her slippers but she worried for 2 days that Morgan would be sad that she didn't give her a toy!)

Bailey with her Necklace and earring set from Reagan

She was pretty excited to get them, she saw them and really wanted them but I told her that it was just too old for her, she was disappointed, but as we were leaving I grabbed them and hid them...hehe...sneaky mommy!

Visiting Santa

We went to R.C. Willey to visit Santa this year...the lines for sitting on Santas lap are outragous, and I'm not going to pay for it :) Plus not only did the kids get to sit on Santas lap, we got a free frame, free hot dogs and drinks! It doesn't get much better than that!

Bailey was so funny, she was so excited to see Santa, but once we got to the front of the line she decided that she was too old to sit on his lap! I finally convinced her to get her picture taken with Reagan. As you can see Reagan doesn't think much of Santa this year!

Owen and Morgan really were happy to see Santa, the camera was a little slow so by the time he took the picture they weren't smiling anymore! Oh well, at least it was free! Morgan was very talkative to Santa, she listed off about 15 things that she wants! Everytime the paper comes she runs and gets a pen to circle all the things that she wants...I tell her that Santa can't bring it all, she understands but keeps on circling!

Hoilday treat helper

Morgan loves to help me cook, which I am a little reluctant at times to let her do. It just goes so much faster and cleaner when I do it myself, but that isn't teaching her any skills...so I let her help when she asks...

She wanted to help me make the Christmas treats for our neighbors. She helped stir the batters and frosting.

I think one of the reasons that she likes to help me out is so she can lick the utinsels! As you can see she thoroughly enjoys it!

Chocolate goatee :)

The fruits of our labors...We made caramel brownies and peanut butter bars...yummy!

Sorry these arn't the best pictures...taking pictures of food is hard!