Vegas Baby!

We went to Vegas the weekend before Christmas to visit Tina, Candace, and Billy who were there visiting thier inlaws.

The kids loved the M&M store

and the Coke store.

And we finally got to see them.

They are getting so big.

Courtney loves Candace.

The kids had so much fun together.

Santa made a stop at Tommy's birthday party!!
What is in that box?

Wall maps, how fun!!

They will look so

good on his wall.

Tommy was cracking up at an inside joke between him and his Grandpa.

It was so fun to see him laughing that hard!

Here's the special oreo cake that Tommy wanted.

He doesn't like cake but loves oreos.

He actually had a donut cake the day before.

Tommy looks really excited about his new car that he got for his birthday. Now that he's used to it he likes it.
Kaylee likes it too.
Yummy, I love to bake and Kaylee love to decorate.

Everyone else loves to eat!
Tommy's birthday and our family Christmas picture.
Courtney loves Santa
More than any of my other kids
She followed him and would not stop looking and talking to him, it is so cute!!

Tommy turns 10!!

Tommy's birthday party was a blast!!

We thought we'd do something new this year, so we just invited 3 friend over (because that's how many people can play the Wii at once) and we got him a few games. They had pizza and snacks, they jumped on the trampoline, had a popcorn/m&m fight, and stayed up all night, literally.

Out takes from Christmas Cards

Trimming the House

We love decorating the house for Christmas!!

We had to force Tommy to do his ornaments.

But Courtney and Kaylee loved to help.

Chorus Concert

Tommy had his first Chorus Concert in Nov. He was so good, he has a lot of stage presence just like his big sister. We are so proud!!

We made it (kinda)

Well it's November and our eat out challenge is over. We were pretty successful, my mom took me and the kids out for lunch one day when we were shopping, and we ordered pizza on Halloween, but all in all we did good. I didn't notice a big difference in the bank account, we went $100 over our grocery budget witch could of bought a couple dinners..Josh and I both lost a couple pounds. So now we'll eat out occasionally (especially on those crazy weeknights).

Skinny Jeans

As most of you already know, skinny jeans are the look this year so I took the kids shopping and I love it.. My kids were made for these jeans. and I am so happy to see that baggy look go away, hopefully forever!

Check out my Slide Show!

EAT AT HOME CHALLEGE

It's been 21 days since we've challenged ourselves not to eat out for an entire month. I've been tracking our finances to see if we could afford a pool and realized we spend way to much money eating out. It hasn't actually been that hard and I'm hoping I'll lose some wieght too. I'll let you know soon if we made it through October.

Football

Tommy's 1st football game

It was only his first , but I think

his future's in theatre.

How cute is she!!!

She actually kicked a grown man off

because she wanted to ride

She think she owns everything in the park

Courtney and her BFF

Gracie watching the

game together, for a few

minutes at least

Tommy has lots of fans

and cute ones to boot!

Kaylee and Bailey

SUNSET

This is the view we had coming home from Tommy's football game. It made us stop and enjoy for a minute.

Fun Day at the park with the kids.

Kaylee was in school.

Tommy is going to be 'Kurt' the younger brother

in his schools play 'The Sound of Music'

I will let you know when it is

later this year.

It's been a long time since I've updated this thing. I can't download any pics right now, the website is not working, so I'll do that later. Well, I'm feeling a lot better for those of you who knew I was sick.
The kids were on break, Tommy for 2 weeks and Kaylee for a week. It was very nice having them around, we took walks, went to the park, went to a pizza party joint, and Kaylee went to the zoo with her friends.
Courtney is starting to talk so much. My favorite is when she says Kayee, she doesn't pronounce the'l', it is so cute. We're trying to potty train, she knows when she goes but won't sit on the potty yet. She has also really gotten into cartoons, she likes Shrek, but her favorite movie is High School Musical 2!! We have the soundtrack for the car and she'll sing along, nanana.
Okay I think that's it. I'll try to download the pictures later. See ya soon.

Spirit Week

CrAzY hAir DaY
Twin Day
First Dance
wAckY DrEss dAy

SpoRt DaY

Fun week for the kids!!

Kaylee got put into all the honors classes!!

Tommy got his best report card to date, 4 A's and a B+!!

Kaylee went to her first dance and she had a blast!!

Hooray for Fall!!

I am so happy it has cooled off. I have been taking Courtney to the park every morning and wanted to share some cute pics with you. I could not resist this jacket, Josh and Kaylee hate it but Courtney and I love it!