Colds, Colds, and More Colds.....

I am so sick of everyone being sick and grouchy (me included:)).  It has been the week before Christmas before it started and it is still going.... ugh.  Stupid cough and nothing seems to help. Well hope you are all staying well.

Gingerbread now that makes me happy....

Lots and Lots

Well sorry it has been a long time.  A lot has happened, we had a birthday... Maddie turned two ugh were does the time go wish it would just stop, as she is growing way to fast for me.  Well here are some pictures from that.

 Then came some snow and all the fun of playing outside.... What is winter and Christmas without snow well we almost found out....

Then it was time to decorate for Christmas and oh how we all love that... Don't think we were ever all the way done we just keep adding and adding stuff the whole time.

Our tree.

Our village.

The outside.

This was the first time we decorated the outside in years.  It was lots of fun.  Found the candy canes and trees at the thrift store so that was a nice score.

Next up was the Christmas concert for Jordyn and Jacob.  Jordyn's last year in the Elementary one and yes I am crying... :(.

Little goofing off is fun...

Then came Christmas eve and we do that with Joshes mom.  This year we just had snacks and opened our presents.  Tried to go see Santa, but Joe was having a hard time.  Note to self not a good idea to take a child off his meds, at Christmas when there is a bunch of people here. Would like to say how it is going but he got the sickness the rest of the family has, so his behavior sucks anyways.... Is hard to catch a break around here.  Will keep trying though.  Well hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...

Happy

Happy Thanksgiving....... Hope you all have a great one.

should have named my blog kind of crazy here....

Well I should have as it is always carzy here.  Joe is going on a second week of being I guess you could say all out of sorts.  I am going crazy,  and why is it that when that happens people what you to call certin people and see if they will come and help you with ways to handle his behavior.  Have I not been trying to do that all along, sorry nice gesture but does not help.   Anyway the other lady that comes and helps (Family Outreach)  said she thinks it is this time of year, the weather, and the time change, and you know I agree.  The holidays don't help either and there are 3 big ones this time of year, one right after the other.  I love the holidays but they really are hard.  I am stuck in a rut also and do not want to do anything.  ugh is all I can say.  Well I guess that is my big rant for the day.  Other then that all is good.
Day 5-  Thankful for all my friends near and far.
Day 6- Thankful for all the good blogs out there.  They are fun to read....
Day 7-  Thankful for the warmth of our house.
Day 8 -   That God is the foundation of it all....
Day 9-  That we have all been pretty healthy so far.
Day 10-  That my husband has a job so I can stay home.

She loves her brother..

having fun.

where is Joe???

Halloween

Here are some pictures form out Halloween.

The Mad Hatter

Together

The butterfly

Love it....

The army guy and vampire

Love this one too.

We had a good Halloween and the kids are enjoying there candy.  Maddie thought it was pretty neat as this was the first one she really understood.    Well I am excited about the holidays love this time of year.  It is also a good time to remember all the things you are thankful for so here goes. 
Day 1:  That Joe is home and not in the hospital.
Day 2:   My mom and dad
Day 3:  My husband
Day 4:   My kids

Well there is a start as I see a lot of people doing 30 days of gratefulness and I am going to join in..   Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Kind of crazy here....

Well sorry it has been so long, it has been kind of crazy around here.    We have been dealing with being out of work because of the rain, although I am loving the cooler weather.   Had a sick kiddo.  I guess just a bunch of life stuff.  But here are some pictures i have taken along the way... with my cell phone as my camera got thrown, so guess i need to put that on my Christmas list.

My scrapbook page from when we went to Seattle.

just being goofy..        

New used van, as our transmission went out on our other one....

A quilt I am making for my aunt.

Joe just being silly and trying on outfits for Halloween as he will want to be 50 things before then.

Jacob showing his 2 lost teeth that he lost one, one night and the next the next night.  We were keeping the tooth fairy busy:).

Look what I found in moms closet.


Well these are just some of the new ones on my phone that I have taken.  Kind of sucks not having my camera. 

Fall

Well the other day I went to the store and there it was egg nog (yummy).  Then there it was pumpkin spice, gingerbread, and sugar cookie coffee creamer.  Well those are a couple of my favorite things.  Although it is still warm outside there is a bit of a chill to the air and I love it. Thought summer was great but I really like the cooler weather.  Hope fall hangs around for awhile as not a fan of all the snow either.  So happy fall ya all.....