Christmas is a busy time.

Here I am at 11:49 working on our family blog. Why am I up at 11:49, well you see, I forgot that tomorrow was Dylan's last day of school before Christmas break. That may not seem significant to you, however, I needed 17 individually wrapped treats, a teacher gift, a teacher's asst. gift, and a gift for the class gift exchange. I did manage to fit in my last shopping today between helping in Maddie's class and going to clean part-time, ( so we can afford Christmas this year). Tomorrow Dylan has a sleepover, I have grocery shopping, and another cleaning job. Saturday we have swimming, a visit with reindeer and then I am taking my aunt to Ft. Wayne so she can finish her shopping, Sunday is Church and then some family holiday baking. Sound crazy, it is and I would not have it any other way. I love all of the hustle and bustle and most of the time we have holiday cheer, but that just depends what time of day it is and the mood of our three kids.
Merry Christmas

Our Family 2008

We had some new family pictures taken last weekend. Our favorite studio in Auburn does quick takes twice a year and I actually talked Mike into going with me to have them done this year. Here it is.....

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!!!

Mike the game junkie!!

Mike is yawning because he played his game until 1:30 am to night before. Atleast Dylan talked him into sharing with him.

Two weeks ago I had a talk with my husband. Dylan wants a DS with all of his heart, he even saved his own money to buy one. We decided we did not want to start the video game craze just net, we wanted our kids to play games, outside, do crafts, you get the picture. Now, fast forward two weeks. Michael has been doing some extra butchering jobs and got some extra cash. I thought he would be practical and work on his barn, oh no, he wanted an XBox. ( I am not even sure if that is the right capitalization for that word.) SO, he took Dylan to Wal-Mart and bought a video game. So much for holding out on the games. He could of atleast bought a Wii.

Future WNBA Player

SO, Maddie started Upward last week. For those of you who know me, I loved sports in highschool and that I am way too competitive. I have to remind myself that Maddie is only 5years old. But she is doing well and is really enjoying it, she has another little girl on her team that she really likes to fight with, they both want to be the boss. Here is our little dribbler hard at work. It is amazing to me that she can even dribble yet, I am sure I did not know how to when I was 5.

Tri-Kappa Shopping With Santa

Yesterday the Knox and Oberlin kids went to DeKalb Middle School to do some shopping for the people on their list. This is such a neat day, the kids get to shop without a parent and then wrap the things that they choose. The gifts are sent home and the kids get to hand them out at Christmas. They are always so proud of what they choose. We had a fun morning. Joel and Avery spent the night on Friday, Thane and Kylie had to go to Indy. Getting three girls pretty was a little extra work, but they all looked adorable. The kids were all really good too. (Honestly, all 5 0f them were great!!)

Gingerbread Houses

We made Gingerbread houses at Nana's. The kids all had so much fun making them and got really excited. We have so many neat traditions with Kris and Neal. The kids are so lucky to have Kris and Neal as Grandparents. We all feel really blessed.

Silly Cousins

We had a great time celebrating at Nana's for Thanksgiving this year. The kids love spending time with their cousins. They were all so good. We had a great meal and spent time with our extended family. Then after everyone else left we got to do other fun crafts.