Meet Roxy

Well, I can't believe we got a dog. Never did I think this day would come. After years of begging(mostly from Haley) we broke down and got a dog for Christmas. I have made it very clear that this is not my dog and I will not be taking care of her AT ALL!!! I kind of like her, though. I even touched her. We will see in time. Just do not call me her mom!! She is a dog and I did not give birth to her. I really love my kids.

We make our kids sleep upstairs on Christmas eve. They had to wait til 6 to come down. That was a whole hour after they woke up. It was fun to get them all worked up.

We got Grandpa an Old Maid card game. He loves to play this with his grandkids. They love when he loses and has to kiss the Old Maid.


Everyone (except Wayne) thinks that Mikey looks like my brother Russell. I think they like each other.

We went to breakfast at Grandma and Grandpa in the morning.




Then we went to dinner at our other Grandmas. Her and her husband Jay are amazing cooks. We always look forward to her Italian meals. These are all her grandkids together. THANKS GRAMS!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

I HAVE TO LAUGH THAT ALL THE MOMS ARE OUT DOING CHRISTMAS AND NOT BLOGGING. I AM GLAD TO HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO KEEP ME BUSY THAN BLOG STALKING. MERRY CHRISTMAS! I CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE EVERYONES BLOGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS AND WHAT SANTA BROUGHT.

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Happy Birthday Wayne

Last year this is what my husband opened up at 12:00am on his birthday. He really didn't want to wake up in the middle of the night, but I told him he would really want to see his gift. He was more than pleased to find out that we were having another baby. How could I live up to last years gift......


This is what he opened up this year..... He had tears in his eyes. Almost as good as last year.

It is crazy how fast 1 year goes by. So much has happened yet so much is still the same. I am sad how quick my kids are growing up. I wish I could just freeze them right now. I want my baby to stay a baby forever. We are enjoying every little moment with him and all the other kids. HAPPY BIRTHDAY WAYNE!!!

P.S. Hope I didnt freak anybody out in thinking I was going to have another baby. (Not yet:))

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Our fun week

We have had a very fun full week! It started out at Terese's Christmas party last Friday night. What a fun night. The best part was my Rudolf antlers and red nose for my car that I won. I am having so much fun driving around as Rudolf. Saturday morning we went with Grandma and Grandpa to their ward party. It was a breakfast with Santa party. Grandma Jenny bought Mikey a Santa Suit. He makes a cute Santa! Joey was really excited to tell Santa what he wanted and Jason was hiding under the table and said he will take whatever Santa wanted to bring him.

Saturday Night was Wayne's office Party. We really look forward to this every year. We always have a good time.

Sunday night we went to G and G LeSueur's and watched the Christmas Devotional. It was wonderful as always.

Monday we had G and G LeSueur over for a Piano/Violin Recital. I was very proud of my Girls. They have been working really hard and it is starting to pay off. After our little Recital, we made gingerbread ornaments and decorated sugar cookies.

Tuesday was our "Winter Sing" for school. First we went out to eat to celebrate Waynes birthday witch is on Saturday. Can you believe how much fun we are having, and it I haven't even told you about Wednesday.




Wednesday Haley and Katie had their first Orchestra Concert. Well we had a big problem.... I had my "chocolate and candy making" class, that I had been looking forward to for a whole year, at the same time. I was feeling sad about which one would I miss. Well lucky for me I found out that they had an assembly at school Thursday morning so I got to go to that and not miss out on either one. So while Wayne had all the kids at the concert, I was with some friends (enjoying every minute) learning how to make homemade chocolates and pecan rolls. I will attempt this next week.....

So this is Thursday morning. These girls brought me to tears. They did such a great job. I am so glad I didn't miss anything this whole week. I love having my life revolve around Christmas. I am happy to say I finished my shopping and I wrapped all my gifts today. I am going to sit back and enjoy the next 2 week. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

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Just call me Sandra Lee

I am loving the Christmas season. I am almost done with my shopping. My house is all decked out. My baby has a really cute Santa suit. We have been working on helping others. We have been listen to Christmas music. I have my pine tree candle burning. I love it all.

Lately I have had this desire to be very domestic. This is something that does not come naturally to me. I really try to bake and sew and decorate. I have this dream to be Martha Stewart. Well it is just not happening. No matter how hard I try, I just am not cutting it.

Today I was baking for a party I have tonight and it hit me," I will never be Martha Stewart." Making everything from scratch, sewing, having original ideas it is just not me. As I was baking everything that is semi-homemade I realized I can be Sandra Lee, you know the Lady on Food Network who makes food by buying things pre-done and throwing it all together, on a cute plate and dressing everything up, I thought "THAT WORKS FOR ME"! I am so relieved. My expectations for myself are in a different place now. I don't feel so frustrated. What a load I just took off myself. Why do I do this to myself ? Why do I think I have to do it all. Well not any more. I can relax a little bit more and enjoy the season. By the way Sandra Lee is my mom's first and middle name. I guess I take after my mom.
After looking everywhere for stockings this year, and realizing that to get new ones I would spend $200. So I decided that I would make them. Well since sewing is not one of my talents, I bought these plain red ones for $1.50 and ironed on initials and rick rack. I was able to semi-make my own stockings for $25 the price of 1 stocking that I wanted to buy. They are not the cutest, but they match my house and I saved money. Just call me Sandra Lee!



Merry Christmas!

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HaPpY BiRtHdAy GrAnDmA !!!

Today is Grandma LeSueurs birthday! We went to Rosa's to celebrate:)
We love our grandma. She always makes us feel special on our big day, so today it is her turn.

Ten thing we love about grandma!

1. She has great parties (especially her halloween party).
2. She babysits whenever we need her.
3. She always makes us laugh.
4. She is always happy and kind.
5. She cooks for us.
6. She is always there when we need a listening ear.
7. She sews for us.
8. She is a good example to us (she works in the temple).
9. She give us treats that our dad doesn't like us to have.
10. She loves grandpa!
    

Hope you had a great birthday! We love You!

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I have been Tagged by Chad....

My cousin Cassie married a guy (that I ditched with a few times) from my pottery class in High School. I still think it is kind of weird that they are married, even now after so many years. I still see him as Chad from High School. Well, he tagged me. I think tags are fun to read. I always learn more about a person from what their favorite restaurants is, or what TV show they like. So maybe I will surprise you.....

CRAZY 8's

8 TV SHOW I LOVE TO WATCH
1. Flipping Out (I love reality tv)
2. Ace of Cakes
3. Devin Design
4. House Hunters
5. Spoken Word
6. O'Reilly Factor
7. American Idol
8. Throw Down with Bobby Flay

8 OF MY FAVORITE RESTAURANTS
1. The Willard (Wash. DC)
2. NOLA's (New Orleans)
3. Tia Rosa's
4. Maestro's
5. Mike Thai (closed down:( )
6. Cafe Mozart (NYC)
7. Finalle (Boston)
8. Cheesecake Factory

8 THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME YESTERDAY
1. Went walking with Wayne
2. Nursed a lot
3. Did a little Christmas shopping
4. Read books with Jason
5. Rocked and sang song to Mikey
6. Missed my mom (she is in Mexico)
7. Took my kids to the dentist
8. Renewed my temple recommend

8 THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
1. Seeing my twin brother Michael again
2. Becoming a wonderful baker of bread, cakes, candy, and chocolate
3. Taking more walks with Wayne
4. Working in the Temple when all of my kids are in school all day
5. Getting into my size 8 jeans again
6. Watching my kids grow up(slowly)
7. Another baby
8. Going to my candy making class at Shar's with some friends:)

8 THINGS ON MY WISH LIST
1. Wheat grinder
2. Joey's face not to scare
3. Good husbands for my girls
4. My baby never to grow up
5. Birthday Cake stand at Orange Patch
6. New beds for Joey and Jason
7. Obama out of office
8. Someone to mop all my wood floors really good every week

8 PEOPLE I'M TAGGING
1. Katie (my sweet girl)
2. Marci
3. Nikki
4. Terese
5. Becky (it has been a long time since your last post)
6. Michelle Tyler (I want to find your blog)
7. Michelle K (you need to start a blog)
8. Wayne (I would like to see what your crazy 8's)

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My Hero!

As you can see we had an accident at our house. Boys will be boys and well we made a trip to the ER instead of the MVT Football Game (which is huge at our house). 7 stitches and a black eye and not 1 cry. This little guy is one tuff kid. He was so brave, but nervous. My Hero! You would think it was his birthday. Aunt Nat and Grandma brought him presents. He thought that was pretty great.

I told him that if he didn't cry we could go do something really fun. He chose Goofy Golfing. On the way home he said that he was glad that he got hurt. Then he said, "Well maybe not." We had so much fun and the weather was perfect. We hope he doesn't have a bad scar.

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HaPpY bIRthDaY tO hALeY!!!!

Happy 11th Birthday Sweet Haley!

Where has the time gone??

(Care Bears to Ipod went way tooooo fast!!

Stay 11 for a few years, please!!!)

You are a Wonderful Girl!!

We LUV U!

Love, Mom & Dad

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Halloween Fun!

I was in charge of Joey's class party. We had a crazy time. What a cute mummy!

We love Halloween at our house. We had another fun filled time. My husband has been working out lately. Can u tell?? Would you believe he wore this to the office???And, how many dads would wear this while trick-or-treating?. Wayne had a great time scaring the neighbors. Some still don't know who was under the mask.. :-)

Pumpkin carving on Halloween Eve...

Haley hasn't eaten ANY candy since May. And she still went trick-or-treating. (We bought her candy stash for $20.) She is going 1 year without candy for $100. We are very proud of her & her will power!

Joey's stash...

What a cute bunch!!

Jason and his BFF Nico at our neighborhood block party!! We had a great time!

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Boston 2008

Had many requests for a Boston post..

Some fall colors near the visitor's center at Lexington, MA where the Revolutionary War began.

One of many (many) meals with our close friends and business partners. We all LOVE to eat! Always some of the highlights of our trips!!

On the road to Tunbridge, VT (outside of Sharon, VT) Beautiful!!

The road to the visitor's center. 100 yr old Maple trees.

Visitor's Center at Sharon Vt. (Birthplace of Joseph Smith) Beautiful place! A highlight of our trip.. We had a great trip up thru New Hampshire and into Vermont. (Sorry to JaNae who got stuck in the back seat for the drive.)

This should be a postcard!! Wayne is pretty proud of this shot!

The guys pondering around Walden pond.. Hope they got some inspiration!!

Ok, raise your hand if you always thought Plymouth Rock was bigger than this??? Wow!

We tried and tried to get this kid to smile for the perfect fall leaf shot.. This was the closest we could get.. Where did that hat come from?? The 1st of 3 nights in a row of lobster.. Hey, we were so close to Maine, right?

Our little sailor man... He was such a great traveler. Slept thru most of the trip..

Looks like Mesa, huh??? Yeah right!

On Boston Harbor.. We threw some tea overboard just for fun...

With Otis, our Freedom Trail tour-guide. He was great.

The view from our hotel room.. The green belt is the Boston Commons. (A mini Central Park and the oldest public park in the U.S.)

Boston is a great place to visit especially in the fall. We had a wonderful time!

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We need more carrots at our house!!!

How did I get 3 kids with glasses! I haven't even checked 2 of them yet. Joey does look pretty cute in them. School has been better already.
Joe was so excited to find camoflage glasses. He is all boy. He has had fun showing everyone.
He looks older. I am glad that he only has to wear them for school and homework.

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