Karate Dottie

Sorry it has been so long since I have updated. I promise pictures and updates are coming soon!

Until then here is a chance to win an autographed copy of my husband's new book, Karate Dottie and the Treacherous Treehouse. He will also include an artist sketch inside the book. All you have to is read his interview by Todd Chandler at http://toddchandler.blogspot.com/?spref=fb and make a comment. Hope you enjoy it!!

And please feel free to repost this!

PawPaw and Mimi's visit

12/31/08

PawPaw and Mimi came to visit us and to have a late Christmas with us. We always enjoy having family stay a few days with us. The boys had a blast with the toys and movies that PawPaw and Mimi gave them and Sam and I enjoyed visiting with them the couple of days they were here. Thanks for coming to visit us and come back soon!!!

New toys and soccer

12/29/08

Here are the boys enjoying some of their new Christmas toys and Ethan playing goalie at a indoor soccer game.

Ethan playing goalie

Regan and Grant                          Regan at the soccer game

Regan and Ian riding around                                 Grant on the power wing

Cool Man

12/26/08

Regan with Grant's sunglasses. Too cool for school!!

CHRISTMAS!!!

12/25/08

Yes, I know I am still running behind....one of these days I will catch up on everything. Until then here are a few pictures from Christmas day.

Christmas (early) Morning

12/25/08

Now Christmas Eve might have been easy but mid-night Christmas was HARD! Sam and I went to bed at about 11:30 PM because we knew it was going to be an early morning...we had no idea how early it was going to be!!

At about  3:30 AM I hear Ethan whispering to Ian, "Hey, Ian, I think its time to go downstairs. Wake up, lets go." Sam and I both spring out of bed and stop them. Sam sets their clock so the know exactly what time it is. They go back to bed. We go back to bed...or atleast try to. I couldn't go back to sleep right away, finally I drifted off. And wake to "Ian, lets go downstairs." I look over at the clock it is now 5:30 AM (We told the boys that they couldn't go downstairs without us and they couldn't wake us up until 6:0o AM.) Again we jump out of bed and this time we let them come in our room and lay on the couch and watch tv. Again, we tried to go back to sleep, but that didn't happen. At about 6:15 AM (I can't remember if the twins woke up Grant or if he just woke up) Grant came in our room. And finally at 6:30 after much begging and pleading, we let them wake up Regan so we could all go down and open presents.

What an eventful and EARLY Christmas morning!!

The excitement is BUILDING!!!

12/24/08

Waiting on Santa is soooo hard!! Especially with 4 boys! The twins announced to us on Christmas Eve that they were going to bed at 8:30 PM that way Santa would have plenty of time to get there. And let me tell you, they were ALL in bed by 8:30 PM! No complaints, no nothing! And they didn't play in bed, talk to each other, they actually went to sleep! WOW I wish Christmas Eve was every night in my house!!!

Grant and Regan doing push ups

Showing me their muscles! My strong boys!!

Regan about to do a forward roll or a headstand

Wrestling before bed

Ian getting ready for bed

Ethan reading the Grinch before bed

Sweet Regan before bed

Grant having one last snack before Santa comes!