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Dear Tari and John,

you realize now that my children will be looking forward to this every year now! they LOVE YOU!

my apologies

i am taking the holiday week off...a little. my posts are gonna be all over the place, as are my children. thus, the fact that i won't be doing REGULAR POSTS. so keep an eye out, cause maybe sometime i will have the chance to sit down and work on it. in the meantime, HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON/HAPPY NEW YEARS!

late christmas cards

OK, so i know that i am a little late and getting the cards out...

but, here is how our kiddos are looking...

i am totally including Roxy in this because, Tessa would have my head if i didn't...

and Brenton has forgotten how to smile...like a normal person. you will be getting a photo of them all together in your mail...sometime.

the day before the night before

thank you hollywood idiots

for making me look like a better parent and not even having to do ANYTHING. so, i like to follow celeb junk on twitter and i happen to follow Judd Apatow, a movie writer. aaaaannnnd he sent this gem out into the world, "JuddApatow Just watched Black Swan with Leslie and Maude. Now we are all afraid to go to bed because of the nightmares. Awesome movie. Loved it."

1. his daughter is twelve.

2. his daughter is TWELVE.

3. HIS DAUGHTER IS TWELVE!

i know you aren't supposed to compare yourself, and i am really really trying not to. but, how can i not? I AM SOOO THE BETTER PARENT HERE! the dancing in the movie was amazing, but i think you have to be a dancer to appreciate what it is they go through. now i feel like my back is itching me...all the time. i seriously think that a bumpy rash is gonna show up.

movie time

going to see this tonight with the sister, cause we like our movies a little "off".

only in the movies

when it's christmas

OK, so i know this has NOTHING to do with Christmas, but check it out...BRENTON FOUND HIS INNER KYLE. HE TOOK APART THE REMOTE! also, he got the Eagle of the Month this month for his good behavior in school. for those of you who knew of his issues last year, THIS IS HUGE! he is having a little ceremony today at school. so proud of him.

when it's christmas

you take your kids to see the man in the red suit (at fashion place mall, where they let you take your own pictures...yea, i am talking to you STUPID SOUTH TOWNE MALL.)
and then watch as one of your children FINALLY SUCCUMBS TO THE FEAR OF SANTA. mwahahaha.

the whole santa crew. tessa was the only one who would not so much as give santa a glance. on a side note: in the middle of eating dinner at the food court, Brady started bawling about the fact that he missed his dad...at 6 o'clock...on a wednesday. it was one of the funniest melt downs ever, at least for me, not so much for my sister.

when it's christmas

when it's christmas

we spend lots o' time with... cousins
COUSINS

COUSINS!

AND GRANDMA AND GRANDPA!!

when it's christmas

we have to take an hour to bundle up and then

travel to places in the car (while watching the Grinch). our kids were appalled at the fact that mom and dad didn't have TVs to watch in the car when we were kids. crazy!

and then waiting for family...in the cold

and then getting a little tipsy...at the temple grounds...we had to cut the 3 year old off, as you can see from the picture.

because it's Christmas time

and every year we watch THIS

and listen to Walter quote the whole movie...the whole year through


we still don't have our tree up.

how sad are we?

because it's Christmas time

and THIS SONG is kylee's FAVORITE!

because it's Christmas time

and Mariah Carey can SING IT!

because it's Christmas time

and i think Adam Sandler is funny.

because it's Christmas time

and eclipse came out on DVD

and she really sounds and acts like kristen stewart



HO HO HO 19 DAYS TO GO...

mesmerizing

[scattered flurries] from felt soul media on Vimeo.

i saw this on another blog and just had to share it along. it almost makes snow seem wonderful...almost.

the flu cometh

it crept up on her last night as a fever and then turned into the puking monster this morning, just in time for Brenton's viewing. here's to hoping no one else gets it and that it is short lived.
and Roxy protecting her mini-master...yep, there is the blue throw-up bowl that all my children despise.

for my mom