All the kids together.....

We drove to South Carolina yesterday to pick up Shea for the Christmas holiday and we meet up with Steph too. We meet at the Waffle House and had lunch together! It was everything but CALM!! It took 20 minutes for the little kids to decide that they wanted waffles at the waffle house!! Then we had a glass of fruit punch hit the floor and fly every were and Alana was grumpy and needed a nap! All in all, it was nice to have them all together and we had a nice visit with Steph. We don't get to see her very often. So we are all back home and the busy holidays have begun, lots more to come I'm sure......

Our visit with Papa Frank and Marianne

Al's dad Frank and Marianne can to visit us for 2 nights and we had a nice time. They took us to Red Lobster for dinner together and then we can back to the house and exchanged gifts!! It was fun to have them here and Alana really enjoyed hearing Papa Frank's " Twas the Night before Christmas Story"!!

Our Christmas Tree finished at last...

We finally finished our tree and I have just been a little busy so it has taken me a while to get the pictures posted. Hope you all enjoy and I'm in the process of getting my Christmas cards out as well. Look at me good!! Catch up with you all soon.......

Our tree decorating hold up!!

Well, we got this amazingly HUGE tree and it is awesome. So we get it set up and ready to put lights on it. Al puts all the lights we have and the tree isn't even half way done! So we hopped in the car and headed to Walmart for 7 more boxes of lights to finish the bottom!! Well, when Al was done putting those on, we still need about 3 more boxes. We had to call it quits last night and we will finish tonight! Here is a little sneak peak for those of you that are waiting!!!

Picking our Christmas Tree!!

We had a beautiful day yesterday and even into the evening. As you can see Alana is wearing her tank top at 7:30pm. It was around 72 degrees out. We found an amazing tree and it is huge! I think 9 and a half feet!! We brought it in last night, but we will decorate it tonight. The man in the picture is Don, he had quite a struggle to get the tree up on top the Suburban. I love to have a real tree, it is so beautiful and smells amazing. The kids are excited about it too. I will have more pictures of the tree tomorrow.......

Alana being so cute

Alana was singing at the top of her lungs out the window in the back seat of the mini to the song, " Say Hello to those you know, and everyone you meet"! It was on the radio and she was lovin' in! The next picture we are at Walmart, she loves to get the little shopping baskets and fill them up with the things she NEEDS! Well, I was in a hurry and so no basket today. Instead she filled her arms and everything kept falling on the floor. Finally, she stopped and said she had to figure this out!! It was pretty cute. Of course she has to put it back because we don't buy everything, she just like to think she might get it all!!

She loves to get in my purse and find my lip gloss! She has done this for a while now and she is getting pretty good at getting it on her lips and not her cheeks and chin!!!

Just some Random moments, Outs and About!!

Well, we had some silly times while I was in CO and I tried to get lots of pictures of them all but that is impossible of course. But here is a bit of the silly times to share with you and hope you all enjoy it. I will blog more later and catch up on some stories too. I am missing the kids and my sisters already but the kids are coming on the 19th of Dec. for Christmas, so I'm excited about that and so are they!! Lots to look forward too. Bye bye for now...

A Jumpin' fun day out!!!

So Sunday was Brecken's day to pick what she wanted to do and she picked the Bouncy castle jumping place. There was 6 huge different jumping castles and her and Tristin had a blast all afternoon. Me and Emily hung out and chatted and ate candy to pass the time. Then we headed to the house for some pizza and we watched the Hulk movie. It was a great day as well. The picture of Vanessa and me is the night before. We were saying our good byes. They went bowling with us and we had a good time. Missing them already.

Just the Gang.....

So here are just some photos of the the kids and me at random times just because. Aren't we a good looking bunch!!!!

Bowling with the kids!!!!

I got to go see Emily, Brecken, and Tristin on Thanksgiving night in Colorado!! It was GREAT to see them and we had BLAST while I was there. Each of the kids got to pick a day to do something they wanted to do. So the Very first night me and Emily stayed up all night and went shopping on Black Friday and it was so much fun. Christina blogged it so see her page for details...... The next day was Friday and Tristin's choice. We went bowling and it was a lot of fun. Tristin even got a strike and we all had our share of gutter balls as well!! We did a bit a shopping after and went to Chiplote' for dinner. Over all it was a fun filled day and more to come....

Alanas Nail Party

Alana picked out a beautiful pink nail polish on her trip to Walmart. She was so excited to have mommy paint her nails when they got home. Alana wanted to paint Aunt Vanessa's nails when she was done with her own. She did a great job and painted her fingers and toes without any help. When she was done she wanted to show off her great job to the camera.

Our road trip to Savannah, what a DAY!!!

We had a early start to the day and headed to Savannah. We had a fun filled day planned. We ate at The Lady and Son's Restaurant and it was so delicious. All cooked by Paula Deen herself of course!!! (LOL) We walked the historic area for a lot of the day and saw so many amazing sights, our feet were tired. So we were off to the beach to relax and watch the sunset. We drove to Tybee Island were there was a Light House and it was very cool. We went back into Savannah to the River walk after the amazing sunset and did some souvenir shopping! We were all exhausted at this point and headed out for our drive home. Late night arrival at 11:30 and a taco bell run to finish the night off, what a day!

So cute in her NEW Outfits!

We took Alana on a little shopping trip and she actually tried on the clothes and loved it. Which she usually does not!! The picture in her white tank top is her FAVORITE shirt that she got! She wants to wear it all the time, even dirty! She calls it her topping.......Notice she has some lovely red princess glitter in her hair and she is also getting quite good at applying her own lip gloss!!

Fun Lunch with The Hodges & The Brenneis Bunch!!

We went to a "Little"... (seriously tiny) restaurant for lunch today and we had so much fun being silly and goofy as you can see in these pictures!! After we ate our yummy lunch we did a little bit of shopping and got Alana some very cute outfits so stay tuned for her fashion show!! Then we went to see the fun new movie Madagascar 2 and we all thought it was great!