busy December 2011

 Every year we have a skating party put on by Jeff's company. They have a great Santa and a present for each child. THe older boys got apples to apples and uno, both travel sized. Jack got some kind of Transformer (I think). Notice we have 4 boys in our picture, not just 3. Keegan's best friend Jake is so frequent at our house that this is the second year he has gone with us and been in our Santa picture. One year we took Jeff took him, Konley and Jack, Keegan and I stayed home sick as dogs. It's great to have friends that share their children so much that they seamlessly blend into our lives.

 We have a 2nd cousin with Down's Syndrome. Richie turned 50 this December. He wanted a big party with bowling. So, a big party with bowling it was...in Vegas....with over 50 people from all over. As my sister now lives in CO I take every opportunity I can to see her. This picture is me, Jeff, Grandma, Beau, Dusty (Meg's fiancee and the one making the face), Dianne, and Megs. The best thing that day? we all rarely left each others' side. If someone was out on the casino floor and not with the group a text or phone call came every few minutes..."where are you? we are on our way?" It was an amazing great day! It does remind me how much I miss having my sister around, and seeing my brother more often. I will have to see what I can do to fix that.

Me, Megs, Ashley, Grace, Kelse (cousins & all 3 sisters) and Tara (cousin)

Jeff & I...having a great trip together.

Having 2 weeks off for the holiday has been great. Jeff took the 4 days off to get 10 and we have just hung out, played Farkle on my Kindle Fire, gone to the movies, played with the boys, ate (ate some more, cooked and ate some more OY!) and watched movies. I don't really want to go back to reality, but.....