I wanted to post more this year but....

Well the kids have been home from school for 5 days - they had last Friday off because of report card prep for the teachers. Then on Sunday we get slammed with 1.5 inches of freezing rain and then it turned to snow! 7.5 inches of snow to be exact!! UGH!! Sunday night they were already saying it would be a school delay and then Monday morning they canceled it! Yesterday it started to melt but they said no school again. So last night it froze again but today they were determined to have school and they didn't even delay it for 2 hours-well with our early release that we have on Wednesdays if they delayed it for 2 hours the kids would have only been in school for three hours and what is the point of that!! Anyway they are reporting that we had a 80% chance that it will rain today and then get in the 20's for over night temps so we may be looking at a delay tomorrow!! We go several years having some snow here and there and maybe only delaying school once or twice and then we get hit like this. Funny, people complain that we don't have much snow - other areas around us get it and then we get hit like this and they complain that we have too much!! I think those people just like to complain!
So no school means I do not get computer time since 5 of my 7 love being on it!! And it is a great way to get them to clean something before they are allowed on. But today it is my turn-well at least right now anyway. I have got some scraping done in the last few days and some never ending organizing of my supplies. I think I will take some pictures when I am done and I will share them. I don't have a big space like I did in our other house two years ago but this house is better in so many other ways that it is OK! I would share my layouts but I think I am going to submit them and I am also working on a few things to try out for the Craft Warehouse design team (a craft store that has many stores here in the northwest). So I am off to do my other Internet things and I should take a shower. Oh and I will share some photos later-got to get them off my camera.

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year-okay I know it is 4 days into it. I've had a constant headache since New Years eve! Somehow am managing to deal with it. We rang in the year at home-although Meghan was at a friends we still had a house full of kids - three more then our 6 that was home. We watched Kaydee and then Katelyn and Ally was over too!



Wow what a year 2007 was!! If you would have told me last new year that I would spend Thanksgiving in New York City I would have laughed and laughed!! That is such a good lesson for me!! I have always wanted to go there-the sights-the sounds-the architecture, mainly the Flatiron-the history!!! I loved it all!!



So with the very busy, party filled, non-stop HOLIDAYS are now over we can get back to some what of a normal life around here!! HA if it is really ever normal here!! Kristin and Elizabeth are very much the social butterflies. Always out with friends or having some here. Meghan too has been busy with friends that were home from college. School was back in on Thursday the 3rd. This morning I was back in helping in Cami's class and then Sani's class. Next week there is Girl Scouts for San and Cam and symphony for Kristin. Then there is Janie's second Birthday!!! Note to self - must share the adventure of Janiemarie soon!! I'll pencil it in for next week!! Although let me say this about her right now SHE IS SOMETHING ELSE!!!!!



I would like to get more scraping done this year!! I just finished a little Christmas album of the kids-I don't know what I want to do with it yet so I am not going to share it. I got a few pages as well. I am thinking about trying for the design team for Craft Warehouse-a craft store that has a bunch of stores here in the Northwest. So if I am I need to get going on the items needed to apply.



I must end this now as Janie is getting into many things now that all the other kids are sleeping and I am not really watching her!!

This is why I have not had much computer time

I have been crocheting this afghan to raffle off to help with Kristin's expenses.

Hallowen Goolies!!

They are not scary goolies but goolies none the less. This little bunch went Trick or Treating downtown - the bussinesses hand out candy in front of their stores, we usually go there. Then we went to McD's for dinner then on to our nieghborhood. Lizzi's friend Ally was with us (she is the extra in the picture) and her mom. Janie did not want to be in the stroller so she walked. After all that the kids dumped out their candy on the floor like they always do. Of course Janie joined right in that too. She then decided to unwrap, lick or bite, then wrap back up a good portion of her candy! We think she was making sure that no one else would be eating her candy!!!! I don't think anyone would - my kids would rather have fruit then candy!! About three weeks ago I threw out their candy from last Halloween. Janie was going to be Mumble from the movie Happy Feet but she would not take the pumpkin sweatshirt she was wearing for the day!!! So maybe mumble next year!! Oh and Cami was a cat, Sani a witch and Gabe was a baseball player.

Lizzi the Vampiress and Ally the Mime

Janie Pumpkin and her candy

Cool pumpkins!!

Toot'n the horn again for Kristin

Her story is now in the local newspaper!!
Here is the link-
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/9426761p-9338890c.html

We are in count down mode!! Ugh! There are so many things still to get done before we go!!!
She is so nervous that it we won't get it all done-mainly buying the make-up and other few things we need to get like camera memory cards!!! She also has a cold!!!!!!!! Pumping her with vitamins and chicken soup and green tea!!!

On the news

Hey we (as in Kristin and I) were on the news last Saturday!!
It was a story about going to New York City for the parade!!!

Here is a link -
http://KEPRtv.com Click on the Local & Regional tab at the top then it will be about half way down - click on the story called "Kennewick Senior To Show Color in Macy's Parade".

Kristin's Senior Photos

Here is just a few of her photos that I took for her senior pictures. I took over 100 well 110 to be exact. We had fun. Went to several places around town. Took about four hours!!

She has not decided yet as to which one should go into the school yearbook. I think these next ones are the choices she has it narrowed down to.

We took some fun ones as well!!

She is showing me her gum!!!

Always the ballerina!!

These next two are my favorites in black and white!!