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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