Gary hits the big 3-5!

And the smoke detectors go CRAZY!!!

I'm a bit behind on this post seeing as how Gary's birthday was February 10th. Perhaps I'm a bit perplexed by the fact that I'm married to an old man. Maybe I'm freaking out because that'll be me in about 7 months. Or, it could just be that I'm so busy and my internet is sooo slow. Yeah, we'll go with that one.

The Friday before Gary's birthday I took him out to dinner at Olive Garden. Yum! I asked him if he wanted to go to a movie, but he chose to window shop at Canyon Sports and a Toyota dealership instead. Um, okay, whatever. It's your birthday. We had a nice night out, free of kids and all. On his actual birthday, the kids all pitched in decorating and candle-ing the cake so we could sing to him when he got home from school. Fun fun fun! Gary's big present from the family??? Rock Band 2!!! Yes, we're addicted. And we know it.

Hmmm, who's excited for his birthday???

Deana and Sadie watch on...

My First Tag

I've never responded to a tag before. Not that I don't want to, but I just feel like the most boring person in the world, so I don't want to bore any of you. Anyway, this one looked like fun, so I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna play along. Here I go. You ready???

Okay, so Becky (my friend from college) tagged me and these are the rules:

#1- go to your pictures, #2 - pick the 4th folder and #3 - pick the 4th picture and tell about it.

Here it is:

Here is Addie with her new MLP castle on Christmas morning 2005. She luh-hu-hu-hu-ved it! For about 2 months. Then she decided a 7-year old is too old for that stuff. (She was probably right, but I just have a hard time letting her grow up.) And, it's been in her closet ever since. Good think Sadie will love it someday.

Okay, so now it's my turn to tag 4 people. I really don't even know if anyone reads my blog any more because I never update it. So, I'll tag Krista, Erin, Candace, and Shelly. We'll see what happens. Leave me a comment if you choose to play along. :)

RockBand

My new favorite day of the week??? Lazy RockBand Saturday! Forget laundry, forget scrubbing toilets, heck forget even getting out of jammies! It's time to rock!!!

I find it funny that so many of us 30-somethings are indulging in video games with our kids more than ever before. But, it is so dang fun! Nothing wrong with jamming out to songs from high school with our little ones, right? And nothing warms the soul more than hearing your 7-year old humming The Pixies while he unloads the dishwasher, or having your 5-year old break out his Faith No More while walking down the frozen foods aisle at Smith's. :)

When we play as a family, our band name is "The Lot." When it's just Gary and me, we're "The Wee Todds." What's your band name???

Sadie's 'Do

So, unlike the rest of my children, Sadie did not lose her hair at around 6 months old. All of my kids have been born with plenty of hair, but Sadie definitely takes the cake. Now at 8 months old, her hair is past her shoulders in the back, it's unreal. I decided to just "try" and put curlers in her hair. Just for fun. Addie hasn't let me touch her hair in about 6 years now, so I'm just itchin' to do some fun things again. Well, true to her angelic nature, Sadie sat still as could be while I played mommy hairdresser. She didn't even try to yank any curlers out while they dried. Here are a couple of pics for your enjoyment. I am just sooooo excited to have a little baby girl again to let me dress up and use as my own personal dolly.

Merry Christmas

We hope you had a very merry Christmas. We sure did. Throughout the week, we received around 10 inches of snow, making for a white and beautiful Christmas.


Gary and I went against our steadfast rule of never ever ever owning a gaming system. We let Santa get the family a Wii for Christmas. Each of the kids got a game, and we got Rock Band. It is soooo fun! Neither of us is great at drumming, but Gary does well on lead guitar and I do alright on bass. When Addie is around, she is normally the singer, although I'll pitch in here and there. Get it? Pitch in! :) Ha, ha, ha!!! Okay, nevermind. Anyway, it's fun because the Wii lets us play together, and that is what we liked about it. Sad, but true, we have all experienced a bit of Wii-itis after big games of bowling or tennis, but for the most part it's been nothing but fun.


We're all enjoying a break from school and work. Happy holidays from all of us to all of you!

So, this is what Sadie thinks of us.

November 2008

Here are a couple of pictures Gary took from our backyard last week.

This one is looking West. It was such a beautiful sunset, that even this picture can't do it justice.

Ben Lomond Peak in the reflected sunset. Looking North from our bedroom window.