Cheers to the holidays

My husband is on the ball and already discussed our trip to Montana...so I'll mostly just add the photos. (And if he doesn't stop talking like he's a hundred years old I'm gonna give him something to whine about!) Matthew, if he hasn't already, will need to add their photos on their blog because him and Becky took some and I also used their camera, so I had very few on mine.

The highlight was getting to see Matthew, Becky and little Paulie Wog. He was 7 weeks old the last time we saw him. It was Jasmine and Paul's first meeting. SO CUTE! We never thought we would have kids just 4 months apart. Of course, this was our first trip to Montana without the Millers. It was weird! They were terribly missed. Hopefully some day really soon all the cousins will get to be together. Photo Op! Rowan needs to meet the crew (who is trying to wait patiently)...


One of these things is not like the other...
Nice hat Hoppy!


Lovin on grandma Steele


I have the luckiest kids on the planet...they have more grandmas than they know what to do with.


Lots of photos have been taken on these stairs...Paul's expression is priceless!


SO CUTE


She wanted to show him some love, but he just wasn't feelin it.


It is official! Our beautiful little girl will eat ANYTHING/EVERYTHING! When I told her it was "icky" she started first calling my name to make sure I was looking right at her before she dipped her face into the tub water to inhale her next mouthful of bubbles...you should have seen her laugh at my reaction. I was grossed out, but not bad enough to stop her from doing it two more times until I was satisfied with the photos I'd gotten.


Yum!


It just can't be good...

Hope your holidays are as tasty as ours. Lots of love.

Montana/Siberia

Well we just got back from a nice trip to Montana to see family. My brother got into town from Florida, only two days late because of the blizzard of the year that hit northern Idaho. Apparently he's lived in Florida to long and forgot how to drive in the snow. Maybe he can drive in the sand?? But it was really nice to see him and his growing family. It was a wee bit cold however, even for us northern Utah folk. Every night was below zero including some 7 and 9 below nights and highs were in the single digits. Yeah I guess my old bones are starting to feel the cold....hmmm now what?? The drive wasn't too bad. We took our nice gas guzzling four wheel drive environmentally destructive SUV. Cruising the majestic snowy mountain west in automatic four wheel drive watching little green, efficient, commuter, smart cars bounce of my bumper like bugs on a windshield. It was nice. I do what I can to support Exxon Mobile. I hear their numbers might be down for this last quarter, so I try to help out. Overall it was a really nice relaxing trip home. It's always good to reset yourself and take time out for whats important. And of course a little Nintendo Wii!

Green Beans and Christmas Lights...

This has been a fun week at our house. Getting ready for Christmas is always the best. Josh decorated the outside of the house with lights. (All perfectly in a row, in his typical OCD fashion) It looks awesome and was a lot of fun. The inside of our house looks like a little snowy village, same as every year...speaking of Christmas decorating...Jim, we are going to expect to walk into your house with the Florida Sellers' and find a perfect Winter Wonderland, just like last year. However, if you don't feel like putting out all the effort, please make sure that you, Cindy and Bitsy wear your Christmas hats, and without exception naked titty woman needs to be adorned! Love ya.


Obviously this is how a "Star Wars Power Ranger" helps to hang Christmas lights.


Izzy helped decorate too!


Do you see this Cindy??? Josh has apparently officially passed on the tradition of "icicle clumping" on the Christmas tree! Thanks (from both Shane and I)


My boys...clearly thankful that's it finally Christmas time!

On a completely different note, I walked into the kitchen this week to find my beautiful little daughter dutifully eating her green beans. I watched her stuff the very last one in her mouth and smiled at just how amazing she really is...then I noticed her cute little pocket on the front of her shirt. Only you Izzy. Saving them for later???




Come on Mason! Open wide...


Fine, suit yourself, I'll eat it then!

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad

It's been 33 years of marriage for my parents today. Wow...what a long time to be married. I hope I can tolerate my wife that long ;-) Just kidding honey! Thats a long time to be married especially by todays standards. So congratulations to my folks for another year of being together. I guess that just means they are getting old. What's next to look forward to?? Death I guess!! Haha love ya.

Brotherly Love

You know one of my favorite things about this blogging thing is the lovely communication it brings between siblings and family. If you take a moment and just scroll through all of the posts and comments you will see an endless amount of love and affection amongst my family. These are not just meaningless comments about "how's the weather there" or "so did you watch the news the other day, the economy is going down the toilet." No my friends... not my family. Our comments to one another are well thought out articulated responses to everyday life. They are from the heart people. We put so much effort in to showing our love that if we just took a few minutes and combined our brains, our massives IQ's, we could solve all of this countries woes. If we could just take all of the energy we spend on being smart asses to one another and use that same energy for good, the earth would be our playground. Oh the things we could accomplish. The economy, peace in the midde east, the Browns winning a Super Bowl. We might even be able to figure out a cure for premature hairloss in young attractive males. Hmmm

28 + 2 = 30

My husband turns 28 today! Apparently that's a big deal because now there is only 2 years until he turns 30. I wasn't sure that 30 really should be a big deal, or that being 2 years away from it should be. That was until I found him wandering in the desert. Well, not so much wandering as much as hitchhiking...he's gone mad, thrown in the towel and decided that life as he knew it is over. If I listen closely I can still hear his muffled cries, waiting for someone to stop and pick him up. That's his only hope really. If he can start a new life somewhere then maybe he can lie about his age. Then and only then would someone still want to be his friend. That's where true happiness will find him. At this point a strong attempt could be made to scrape the shattered pieces of his life back together. When all else has failed, hope remains. (Oh well, he might be old, but he's still got killer good looks and a body most women can't keep their hands off of!)

Love you baby! Happy Birthday.

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