Merry Christmas!!

Hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas, enjoy the day with your friends and family as others are not so fortunante.

This takes the CAKE~

Never in my life have I seen this when it comes to my acedemics so I am proud to say I am now an honor student and on the DEAN'S LIST ...it says so right here. Needless to say I am gloating a bit (by the way~this will be framed) but dang it I think I deserve it I did have awesome teachers now if I can just keep this up for the next two semesters I might even graduate magna cum laude it is a shot in the dark but heck you never know!! The day was great got most of the shopping done just need to pick up a few things just 3 gifts but I know what they are just getting to the places is a different story. Well I am still hunting for Brian but he is easy and a pain the butt at the same time. Oh well I am off to bed we have been feeling a bit under the weather here and nothing helps you out like sleep can.

Santa Claus

she wasn't too sure of, this is from breakfast with Santa at the firehouse saturday. She saw Santa again today and it was worse... oh well I am sure she will grow out of it . Off to get a workout in this weekend has been bad and I have some pants that I need to fit into friday...ugh!

Well thought I would FINALLY post

I am getting read to hit the hay but wanted to share this really quick!!

Happ 50th Birthday MOM!!!

Another Quick Post

Working on homework shouldn't be posting but the pics got done so I had to. Here are some I took this afternoon it was a bit windy but she needed to get out of the house.

cop-in

Maggie's attempt at saying popcorn. That child loves the stuff can't say that I blame her though she gets it honest. I was talking to Dana this evening and I am looking around for Maggie and this is where I find her.

Then she decides she wants her picture taken by saying cheese and then "I see it" she has finally realized that she can see the picture after I take it and she knows it is her. So maybe this will work for a while so I can get some good face shots of her.

Lots of Photos

Pictures from thanksgiving and saturday after the first snow of the season. Not much snow but enough that the kids liked to play in it Connor really liked it Maggie not so much. Then we came in and had some grapes.

Fall at its finest

I made Maggie go outside this morning while it was still warm (I think it was close to 55 or 60) and got some pictures of her in the yard with the leaves. She didn't like to sit in them and didn't want them stuck to her coat so I just got some pics with her. So was pointing at the face we have on the tree she thought it was silly and looked like she was wondering why it was there in the first place.

REAL QUICK

Allison's birthday was sunday and I have pictures woohoo finally it is unbelievable ...I have something to post. So real quick I just am posting pics and heading to bed.

Down to the wire

Maggie and Leaf on Halloween
I don't know why this is so hard for me this year but it is like turning 29 all over again...for those of you who didn't know I had a hard time with 29 maybe because it is my last 20 year and next year I will be 30 who knows . But in two months my baby will be 2 ugh I guess it could have something to do with her talking and understanding so much she just doesn't seem like a baby anymore. I am hating and loving this stage the more she learns the more she understands but that also works against me. Oh well enough of that. I am heading to bed hope everyone has a great weekend hopefully I will be back on saturday with some pictures.

Some For the Park (Another Post Below Too)

We went to the park yesturday afternoon and the kids had fun it is a cool park it just had lots and lots of big kids there and they munchkins couldn't really have free roam without mommies feeling like they were going to get trampled!!

HALLOWEEN PICTURES

Here are some pictures from halloween night the kids were so cute. Connor and Maggie both would go up to the door and say trick or treat and Marisa was just oo cute in her snow white costume!! I think they had fun getting some candy and next year will be a completely different story. This first picture Connor pulled maggie about 10 -12 houses back to Connor's house which is quite a ways and quite an amount to pull since they are roughly the same size.

It's late and I am tired

but I am going to post a picture. This blogger has the time messed up it is really12.11 am ugh. I am going to be wiped out tomorrow but hey I get an hour back sunday woohoo. I have been working on a lecture lesson for my class and I am doing it on photography aperture and shutter speed. So if I learn anything I will pass it on ...other than doing a lecture on something I don't know very much about it hard that is what I have learned so far. These were taken on Halloween before my in laws left for FL for the winter they will be back for Christmas and Maggie's Birthday but then they leave again until March. Anyway just thought I would share some pictures I haven't downloaded from Halloween night yet...sorry Jen!!!
PS sorry they are tripod pics so had to take what I could get!!

Hapy First Birthday Cole!!

Hapy 1st Birthday Cole!! You are truely a special little guy. You make sure you be nice to that mommy and daddy of yours and give your big brother lots of trouble... (but not too much)!! We love you so very much hope you have a very happy first birthday today! All our love and blessings, Brian, Stephanie and Maggie

more of the same

Here are two more pictures I thought were cute from the weekend. Just didn't get them posted yesterday.

We went to a halloween party on saturday at the Elk's and Maggie found a new love ... suckers. My lord you couldn't pry the thing out of her hand needless to say I had to change my shirt when we got home I had sucker all over my back. She was a cowgirl not that she would wear her hat. Of course the day I buy it she won't take it off and then when she is supposed to wear it she won't ... ah children. We did get to see a demonstration by a police officer and his dog is was awesome what that dog can do ..simply amazing ... would be nice if our dog would do that... oh well coulda, shoulda,woulda gets you no where right!? Have a good evening!

Moon, Moon, Moon

We have been singing moon, moon, moon an awful lot around here these days I have fallen in love with that song as a lullaby and I think Maggie has too as she now asks for it and can sing two lines of it. So last night when I was heading to bed I saw the sky and thought Oh I have to get the camera for this ...and then tonight the deck was glowing and I look out and the second picture is what I was treated to. Just thought I would share two very different moons!

Happy Birthday To You!!

Happy 1st 29th Birthday Jen from now on we only turn 29 he he!!!

After I got home from school today Brian wanted a snack and you that know him can only guess what that was... ice cream. So we went to Sheridan's which is our new ice cream place!! I got some cute pictures of Maggie with her kiddie cone I don't think it was bigger than 3 or so inches it was adorable!

Photo Overload

I was able to get the camera out, take pics, upload them and post them woohoo!! Getting ready for class tomorrow I start a new one I just got lucky though that it is the same teacher I had for the last class. Our classmates stay the same through the entire program which is nice you get to make so friends while you are there too, since you will be with them for the next 12 months. Anyway the pics are generally self explanitory and of course of my baby. I can't believe how big she has gotten in the last few months. I think her turning 2 is going to be harder than turning 1 was!!!