Favorite's of 2009

So tonight at dinner I asked the kids one at a time what there favorites were for 2009.

Questions were: Favorite Movie, Favorite thing to do, and Favorite thing we did.

Zack

• Alvin and the Chipmunks the squeakuel
• play video games
• going to a Chicago Cubs game

Isaiah

• Hotel for Dogs and G Force
• playing baseball outside, building k'nex with Zack, and helping out with Ellia
• going to his first Cubs game

Moriah

• Hotel for Dogs
• playing in the Snow, Barbies, wii, and Webkinz
• going on the train to Chicago with Emma for her Birthday

Isabella

• Hannah Montana
• playing in the snow, story time, Barbies
• First trip to Disney World and spending time with Cinderella

Mike

• Hotel for Dogs
• spend time with the family
• Taking the boys to their first Cubs game and being in the Church Play

Jennie

• Hannah Montana and Hotel for Dogs
• spending time with the family and making bows
• taking the kids to Chicago and Bella to Disney for her first time and of course having Ellia!

There are so many other favorites it is hard to narrow it down. They all like their Webkinz, playing the Wii, and all the times we have spent together!

I truly have been blessed with a great 2009 and a great family to share it with!! I can't wait to make new memories with the ones I love in 2010! the Cruise and Ethan's Wedding will be our two biggest highlights of this next year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

Busy Day!

today I feel like I have gotten sooooo much accomplished! i have been up since 4;30. I nursed my baby girl, and then headed down to my ribbon/scrapbook room and cleaned it!! I had ribbon all over the place. It is now cleaned scrubbed up the carpet, steamed it, and Cloroxed the room! Now I can move my new embroidery machine down and get it all set up so I can play with it some more! (yeah!!) Then i ordered a bunch of Valentine ribbon that should be here this weekend. I am on a roll today. Dinner is in the crockpot, I made a cake, and I will be working on some Valentine bows this afternoon while watching a movie with the kids!! I love Christmas vacation with the kids!

Christmas Day!! Happy Birthday Jesus!!

Blogger wont let me put these in the order that I wanted so you get to see them all messed up!!

this first picture is from my mom's house on Christmas the girls were showing Mike everything they got.Mike happy, he had a really good Christmas! Ellia in her new toy that Santa brought!

Zack making his first call to Grandma and pa's house!

Isaiah's gifts

Moriah and Zack's gifts

Bella's gifts and the Doll house for all three girls

We had a great day. The kids were up at 6:30ish and went down to see what Santa brought. They didn't wake us up until 7;ooam though. mike and I just laid in bed listening to them talk to each other about what was in the stockings. The boys were up first went down looked around and then went and woke up the girls! So funny!! After opening at home we went to my mom and dad's house for our brunch and to see what Santa left out there. We left mom's around 6ish to come home to open our stockings and to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus and talk about what Christmas means to us. We ended on a great note and I am so thankful for such a great family!

Christmas Eve

My silly boys on Christmas EveMikes mom opening her gift from us. A new Vera Bradley for the Cruise we are going on in March

The Girls on Christmas Eve

this is the present that had the boys laughing. If you look at Mr Incredible he has Mrs. Incredible's legs! (boys are so funny!)

Ellia's First Christmas

Look at all the yummy treats that I made for Christmas!! yum yum!

After we celebrated Christmas Eve with Mike's mom and Craig we went to church for the Christmas Eve service.

Chuck E Cheese Trip

Here is Ellia sitting on all the tickets that the kids have won. We have saved up all our tickets from the last few trips and the kids were able to get a big kick ball that was 12.99 if you bought it out right. they had a blast. We love our good value that we get when we go (we take our own cups for free soda and always have a coupon for tokens. It helps that they get tokens for every holiday too!)

Sherman Christmas lights

Tonight after dinner and dropping off bows to my store in Sherman we decided to drive by and see the lights we have heard so much about. (my kids and Mike drove to see them one time when I was working and they wanted to show me) Ellia was in awe by the lights; her little eyes couldn't catch it all. They even had a radio station that you could tune into and listen to Christmas songs with the lights twinkling.

Ellia is 4 months old!

Ellia turned 4months on the 4Th of December (her golden birthday, hahaha) She is getting so much more fun now.

• she laughs
• can grab her toys
• rolls from her back to her belly
• follows mommy with her eyes when I leave the room
• and recognizes voices of mom and dad and the kids