Christmas Pics

We didn't get too many Christmas morning pictures considering we completely missed our kids opening their presents. So, these are some of the after shots. You can see the destruction they created while Jon and I slept peacefully in our beds. Tyler and Lindsay loved their roller blades and Anna loved her new baby. I think Joey was just overwhelmed by the chaos!

50's Day

My kids had 50's dress up day at school today. Aren't they cute?

Today..

Joey got his cast off today! It has been almost 5 weeks since he got it on. I can't wait to give him a REAL bath!!!

Also, one year ago today, I decided to eliminate all sugar and white flour from my diet. I'm excited that I have actually done it for a year! Last year at this time, I was 80 pounds heavier and I looked and felt terrible. Now I feel amazing and I am so full of energy!

Thanksgiving Pictures

I know it's after Christmas, but considering that I'm not really on the ball, I figured it was about time to post our Thanksgiving pictures. We spent Thanksgiving break in Orlando at Disney World. We met up with Jon's parents, 5 of Jon's siblings, their spouses, and their kids. We rented a 7 bedroom house for all of us. We went to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios. We took a TON of pictures that I'm sure most of you aren't interested in, but I am going to post some of them anyway in case Jon's family wants to copy them off my blog!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I woke up this morning at 7:30 to find EVERY present unwrapped! Yep, that's right, my kids got up at about 5am and unwrapped every present! Jon and I missed it all! It was so sad...I burst into tears. We explained to them that they were supposed to wait for us or wake us up! Anyway, now that I am over the shock, I can laugh about it! I talked to my dad and he said that we did that one Christmas when we were kids, so that made me feel a little better!

Santa Claus must be coming soon

Here's what I found hanging on the fridge this morning. Lindsay knows that Santa is supposed to come tonight.


In case you can't read it, it says
"Dear Santa,
I'm sorry for all the bad things I've done to Anna and the words that are unicsetibul (unacceptable) to my Mother. Please give me extra toys for Christmas.
Love Lindsay for Santa.
No more bad thing for Lindsay

I laughed really hard! She cracks me up!

Posting soon...

I know I totally need to update the blog, but this month has been crazy busy (I'm sure it has been for everyone)! As soon as I get a minute to breathe, I will be updating, but for right now, I have a million presents to wrap!

We went to Disney World last week. Here's a picture from Hollywood Studios.

Our first broken bone...

So far, none of our kids have broken any bones...until now. Joey, who is 13 months old, fell off a chair onto our tile floor. I guess his left leg took the whole fall because he has a slight fracture of his tibia. Of course this had to happen when Jon is out of town for a couple weeks. We spent 8 hours in the ER on Wednesday and then back to the hospital today to get a new cast. He seems to be feeling a lot better today. He is moving around and crawling as best as he can.

Christmas Trees!

Here are the pictures of my Christmas trees! If you know me, you know that my favorite color is purple. I've always wanted a purple tree, so this year we decorated one purple. The other one is a smaller tree and we decorated it with red and gold!

Anna is 3!

Anna turned 3 on Thanksgiving day. We were in Orlando with Jon's family, so she got lots of gifts and lots of attention! She loved her presents especially her Elmo toy from Uncle Brent and her princess dress/shoes from Uncle Kirk and Aunt Tanya.