madison

a couple of weeks ago ok so before christmas, madison shocked me. she came home with a picture that she had drawn as school. it was colored with wax crayons on a piece of sandpaper. the reason for putting on sandpaper was so the could iron transfer it onto a square of cotton for a quilt at school which they gave away as a class to the giving tree (for the needy). but the part that i was so shocked about was what the picture looked like i think that she did an awesome job, she is in grade 2 this year and absolutely loves school it helps to have such a good teacher. she is 7 almost 8 and is so excited to get baptized. her favorite color is blue. her favorite food is broccoli. she loves to play outside and can't wait for summer again. and she is the best big sister and helper.

delurking

ok so i am way past the delurking day but i want to know who all you anonymous readers are so come on fess up.

trouble

ok so i have been writing a lot of things about nixon lately but he is the one that is the most destructive and seems to get into the most trouble. this is what happens when i try to be productive and get things done. i was trying to make dinner and nixon decided to help me by pulling a bag of chocolate chex mix off of the counter and all over the floor.( by the way the chocolate chex mix is the best snack ever). it seems like i go from one things to the next cleaning up after this little boy. it is amazing that some one so cute and innocent looking can be such a stinker. but we love him and i guess my life would be pretty boring with out my three rug rats.

i guess i need to back up a little. drew had his very first friend birthday party and the last, no I'm just kidding but next year we will plan on going some where and doing something instead of having it at my house. he loved it and it went fairly smoothly. except i should never attempt to make a cake with out Amanda's help. don't laugh at the cake i really didn't care about it and only one kid ate it any ways (probably cuz it looked so bad.)

nixon

nixon
out of all of my kids none of them have had so many bangs and bruises, i haven't decided if he is just so wild or if he is a big klutz. the other day he pulled over one of our kitchen chairs on to him self and ended up with a goose egg. our chair are metal and they are heavy, he was not very happy.


then just yesterday nixon tripped over some shoes and head dived into the trailer battery that was in the front entry. when i picked him up there was blood running down his face after wiping it off i couldn't decide if it needed a stitch or not. but i took him to the er any way and yes he needed one stitch to hold it together. the doctor froze it and put one stitch in it and nixon sat so still the whole time, the doctor and i were so surprised. here is a picture but i am not a good photographer so you can't really see it. sorry

my families favorite after supper dessert. mike started it and nixon just can't get enough

home made gifts

it was so fun making our gifts this year here are some made and received gifts

one of the necklaces that i made for friends
















these are some magnet boards that mike slaved over what a good husband i have, then the kids helped make the magnets












amanda made this jewelry box for madison she is a modge podge experts now















nixon and his blocks that amanda made aren't they so cute

























it is kind of hard to see but this is madison with her dance bag that i made

christmas 09

christmas was so fun this year matt and reba came home and spent 2 weeks at my moms house it was so fun to get to know reba better. we did a home made christmas this year (pictures of some of the things to follow) therefore we had only about a dozen presents under the tree which was awesome. it wasn't all about the gifts this year it was more exciting to watch what others had made and how excited everyone was about there gift they were giving instead of getting. here is picture of my kids in there christmas pjs that i finished sewing on christmas eve (yes andy i was sewing in christmas eve again). maybe this year i will be finished before christmas eve but then again it kind of become a tradition.