I'm pretty sure she's the happiest kid on earth....

It's a spaceship to the moon.....

"Mom, can I have that spinach box from Costco?"

"Sure, why?"

"It's a spaceship to the moon!"

....8 years old and he still loves the free box from Costco....

Man I love that kid!

*look close....he's in there*

Christmas 2009

The kids finally made it home from Oklahoma

and we had Christmas #1214 for 2009.

I'm totally serious kidding, kind of.

At any rate, here are fun, fun pics of Christmas Afternoon 2009

Prior to the destruction

(Mom's FAVE gift ever!!!)

Monogrammed towels from Gramma and Papa!!

"Not Me" moved out of our house over Christmas,

And left Maddie, Sariah and Tanner to cover for him!!!

No more "phantom" towels left on our floors!!

Sariah in L-O-V-E with her new EZ Combs for her

2 tons of hair.  They work so good!!!

blackmail,  eh-hem,  memories for Madeline...

The only kid left who still loves toys....

Go Bakugan!

And the Granddaddy of it all.....

DS's for everyone (T's isn't in this pic....)

And a massively huge John Dear RC Tractor

to race around the cul-de-sac!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

IT IS FREEZING!!!!!

With my pretty new blog settings, I'm "willing" the sun to Georgia!!!!

Pray for sun......lots and lots of sun......


....I hate cold.....

Happy Birthday To Meeeeeeeeee!!!!

It's no secret.
There is a man in my life.
A man that makes me smile every morning.
A man that makes me giggle every night.
A man who loves every single part of me....good and bad,
A man who listens to every word I have to say (ALL of them...)
A man who accepts everything about me,
and loves all 3 of the littles that trail behind me.
He is my knight in shining armor.
He is what keeps me strong.
He is amazing.
I love you, E.

This year for my birthday, we went to Savannah for the weekend.
A-MAZE-ING!!!
3 days in beautiful south GA.
We got there and as we
pulled into the resort, I touched the window of the car
and said to Eric,
"Um, it's warm outside!"

That explains it all.
We stayed at the Westin Resort,
Ate so many oysters it would make you sick,
and slept, and slept, and slept!!!

Enjoy the pics.....

Fountain buttocks in Savannah... :o)

The old Savannah Cotton Exchange.
On the other side on the bottom is the pub
we ate tons of oysters and crawfish at.
Look down below....

In the lobby at the Westin was the largest gingerbread
display I'd ever seen. It was the town of Savannah.
If you look below to the picture of the bridge,
this is their gingerbread rendition of it.

A bigger pic of the gingerbread town.

I love this pic. I love the piano.
I love that my birthday is at Christmas.

How cute, eh?
The waitress at our restaurant on
my birthday drew this on our doggie box.
love it.

View of the capitol from our room.

There was a wedding on my birthday at the resort.

We couldn't help but watch the entire thing.
It finally got cold, and the entire ceremony lasted 30 mins.

Bride and Groom having a kiss after they were marrhhwweeed...

and then she VERY quickly ran inside!
Brides are so cute.

The ferry that took us back and forth from the

resort to River Street.

Soooo cute and so convenient!!!

We are too cute!!!

Paula Deen's store!!!
This one is for Maddie!!!

This was someone's backyard!!!

This one too!!! LOVE what they did with the place!!

You know me and those old church's!!

Manger scene in the church.

Seriously love the church.

Very cool old houses turned into very cool businesses.

This one is for T. Biggest dog I've ever seen!!!

It was called "Dalmatian something or other....."

Ok, back up to the gingerbread bridge in the hotel....
This is it!!!
Super cool bridge you have to cross to get to the resort!

Super cool, big ole' houses outside the resort.

Story Time!!

We L-O-V-E the baby commercial about golf where
he says "shankapotamus". Laugh about it all the time.

Make the kids laugh about it all the time.
We sat down at the bottom of the old Cotton Mill
(note picture above)
and in front of Eric was engraved the above pic.
How funny is that?
I can't wait to show the kids!!!

More cool pub pics!!

Cool pic of the gingerbread town in the light. :o)

Yep, it's love. I am madly in love.

Kisses to you EC....

I miss my babies......

Yep...miss the heck out of them.

They are off in Oklahoma enjoying time with the other side of the family...
which I love for them! How awesome to have two huge families
that love the heck out of you????
They are happy, they are sooooo healthy
(cross all fingers and toes and knock on everything wood around you!!!)
and they are soooooooooooooooooooooooooo loved.
I couldn't ask for more for them. Ok...picture time!!! Enjoy!!!

Where you will find my fave 8 year old most of the time.
On Mom's new computer. :o) Never thought I'd miss this sight.

Our awesome tree...
Missing some kids around it.

T in L-O-V-E with his train that Eric sent over.
It plays music, blows smoke, the whole 9 yards....
T and E love it. When he's not on Mom's computer,
this is where you will find him.

My amazing girls and my amazing mom!
Watching Polar Express in 3-D.
I've never seen anything so cozy in my life.
They had the surround sound blaring,
and I've never been so happy to have it!!!

*No comment about how amazingly cute I look. I had the most
unbelievable migraine I've ever had...and on my 33rd to boot!!!*

My amazing kids with the help of my amazing sister, Kathy
gave me the bestest birthday E-V-E-R!!!
Come to my house to see what they did for me!!!!


Best birthday cake E-V-E-R!!!!
Three hearts for the babes,
and one chocolate one for me!!!!


T-messy faced Bastings with Auntie Kathy!!!
I guess the pizza was good!!!

Ok, I love em!!!

More posts to come!!!

2 days and counting.....

.....oh yeah....only 2 more days.

.......you still have time.

.........I'm not picky!

..............you know who you are!!!