HO! HO! HO!

Merry 7 days before Christmas! I have been gone from Blogworld for too long. Hopefully tomorrow I can catch up on all your lives. We have had a house of sickies. I have been to the pediatrician 3 times in the past week and go again tomorrow night and on Christmas Eve! We are trying to keep Johnny out of the hospital. They think they have it controlled, but prayeres would be appreciated. His asthma is being aggravated by a cold/sinus infection. He is on 3 meds, Gabe goes tomorrow for a check on his and Caitlin and Luke have viruses. Top it off with Sean and I being sick and you have the makings for one hellish week! ha!

I do have good news to report, though not reguarding my family directly. Victoria and her husband and boys will be moving back to Norwalk in about 3 weeks! I am very excited for this as we have so many plans for fun, nurturing things to do. Plus our kids can get reaquainted and have fun play dates. Look for lots of pictures in a month. Now if I can just convince you southern people that Norwalk is the happening place to be I would be so happy!

I got Cheryl's christmas card so I know that she was not playing a cruel joke! It was worth the trip to the mailbox (all 4 steps to get there, and I didn't tackle the elderly mailman!) and I love the pic of Ryan and the girls!

I have not much else to report as I have seen not much other than the inside of my house lately.

It's rather dirty and since I have to host Harris/Cardman Christmas Eve here I had better get to cleaning!

Hope you all have a wonderful night!!!!!

PS. The kitchen still smells like chicken. why???????

For pete's sake.....

For all of you who can't get enough....

Since we are all such fans of the head shots of me....here is another. Yay! This is one my niece Carmen and I took of ourselves. We have fun together. I am the favorite aunt....of course they only have one other and she lives in Alaska, but I like to pretend otherwise! I need a life.

I have all sorts of sickies here. Johnny and Luke were up throwing up all night and now Caitlin is feeling poorly. Gabe has a sore throat and doesn't feel well either. Tomorrow is the trio's Christmas program so I hope that they are better!!!!

Gabe brought home a 34/35 on his last spelling test. I was so proud of him. He has had a rough few weeks with spelling. Hopefully the extra studying will pay off this week too.

I have nothing overly exciting to tell you all. I have been home with the kids for the past two days and I know you don't care what is going on in Dragontales or Clifford's world! Maybe I will have an adventurous day tomorrow!

Crazy Cousin Rhonda!

Golly Gee my head looks huge in the top picture! Sean says it is because I was holding the camera, I just think I have a huge head!

This is Sean's cousin and my good friend Rhonda. She introduced Sean and I and set up our first date - a double with her and her husband (at the time), Paul. Sean and I hit it off immediately and it was the first of several double dates. Rhonda and Paul stood up for us at our wedding and celebrated with us afterward. We will always be so grateful to her for bringing us together! She is a ton of fun and I laugh until I cry when Rhonda is around! The party this past weekend was at her house. We have a goal to have a party at least every other month! What animals we are!

It's the darndest thing....

So if I use Microsoft Internet Explorer as my home page I can post. If I use Juno I can't. Go figure. I am just thrilled to have it figured out!
I have had a usy day with under the weather kids. I am still going on 2 1/2 hours of sleep and don't forsee an easy night ahead. Johnny just threw up......gotta run.

whoa.....

What is this? I can actually post? I am not sure how this one happened. Maybe my luck is changing. I am just kind of in shock right now!
We had a busy weekend. Saturday we went to the Harris/Cardman and co. Holiday Party. It was a lot of fun. A lot of people. The kids played games and got lots of presents and then the grown ups played pictionary. I won the game for my team with a great drawing for Circus. Okay, it wasn't really great, but it still let us win! There was a ton of food and I went off my restricted diet a little. I am not even suffering for it! I took a lot of pictures, so did the kids. I have about 35 pictures of people's stomachs and the ceiling!
Sunday we played hookey from church and slept in. That afternoon I was a volunteer at Gingerfest from 1:30 - 4:00. It is a Christmas party put on by a local man and his wife that is just amazing. LOGOS kids were free, so Gabe didn't have to pay and everyone else was just a dollar! I took Gabe and Sean stayed home with the trio. They had games, crafts, cookie decorating, writing to and visiting Santa....it was really neat. Kellie and Tanis were there and I think Tanis enjoyed himself. Gabe came home with a paper grocery bag filled to the top with goodies. He loved it!
Last night I was up with Luke who wasn't feeling well and vomitted a couple times. So I went to bed at 4:30 and got up at 7:00 to get clothes out for the kids. Sean got them dressed and off to school so I relazed but couldn't go back to sleep. I have been cleaning and doing laundry. Luke is feeling better, playing in the playroom right now and convinced that he owns a magic wand! The good thing about staying up was I got a fleece Cleveland Indians blanket sewn and beaded for my sister and bro in law. It is about 4 1/2 feet x 7 1/2 feet. I think it looks really cool. Tonight I am working on 2 fire truck blankets. Thanks for the phone help Vic!
I need to go and get ready to pick the kiddos up at school. I hope you all have a wonderful day and enjoy this real post!!!!

Turning 33 has not made me more graceful....

What an AWESOME day!!!!!