Oops! I Did It Again!

Sorry to disappoint all you Britney fans, but this post is not about her. I'm not blogging tonight because I had company and that would've been rude. Jess came over to meet Maria. It was so nice. We sat and talked about how mean Maria was to me when we were growing up. I felt validated hearing Maria say it. Just kidding! It's not THAT big a deal. Anyway, I'll be back tomorrow because I have a lot of material. Til Then!

Happy Birthday Kevin!!!!!!!!!

Today is Kevin's birthday. We partied hard at Nana and Papa's with great company and great food. I remembered that tonight was supposed to be my New Year's blog, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. Now, down to business. Here are five things you may not know about Kevin.

1. He loves anything sour. He is currently eating Pop Rocks. Do you eat Pop Rocks or just sort of have them in your mouth? Anyway, he doesn't shy away from chocolate, but he definitely has a preference for the sour, sweet, gummy, hard candy more than chocolate.

2. He is an encyclopedia of useless information with a preference for History. He knows things that people don't need to know. He would probably be good on Jeopardy.

3. If he weren't a geek, he'd be a mechanic. If we ever come into money...WHEN we come into money, he wants to start a program taking underprivileged kids off the streets and teach them to be mechanics.

4. He HATES watermelon. This might be one most people know outright because he's not shy in letting people know. He doesn't like that ALL his kids like it, but he cuts it up and lets them have it, which leads me to number five.

5. Kevin is the best husband, father, son, brother, friend, and all around great person. People are better for just knowing him. He has an integrity about him that shows by how he carries himself and cares for others. He is patient and laid back...the Yin to my Yang. He embodies all sense of the word gentleman.

Happy Birthday, DUDE! :) Just kidding. Happy Birthday, Kevin! I Love You, Miss You, Want You, and Need You...now and forever.

Nicole made Kevin this hat for his birthday

Priorities Continued

I'm too tired. Plus, I forgot my camera at my parent's house. I'll have a Monday morning blog...hopefully. My sister and family are supposed to come on Sunday to stay a couple nights before they go back to Canada. It should be fun! Talk to you later!

Priorities

I have a blog set up, but it's 930p and I have a chance to go to sleep now. I think I should take this chance because tomorrow all six of us are going to attempt to sleep in ONE room at my parents. For some this is no problem, but for my group of sleep trained kids, this is a nightmare. I can almost hear Kevin telling me that if I'm going to be negative about it, then it's going to turn out to be negative. Oh well, I am NOT looking forward to it.

Just for naps at my parents, we tried to put Logan down after Marley had gone to sleep (or so we thought). Logan ended up standing there and playing with Marley rather than sleeping or letting Marley sleep. I'm just not looking forward to it. Logan will be on one side of the king bed in a playpen, Marley will be on the other side in a playpen, Kaelyn will be at the foot of the bed on an air mattress, and Rory will sleep in the bed with Kevin and I. That basically means no sleep for me or Kevin. So stay tuned because this is going to be interesting. I'll prolly not blog again until a special Friday night edition to let you all know how it went. Unless I'm too tired from no sleep Thursday night. Here's hopin'!

Christmas Goodies

Here are some shots of the kids playing with their toys. There's not many here so forgive me. I'm sure there'll be more to come.

Santa got Marley an Aquadoodle. Wasn't that a great idea?! It's just water and a huge area for her to write on...not some little DS screen.


Here's another shot with Logan waiting patiently for his turn.


I don't even have to worry about this because it's just water!


What's Kevin hiding?


He's making a potholder! It's our latest obsession. Rory got it for Christmas. So far Kevin and I have both made 4 potholders each. We're at a standstill though because we're running out of loopers.



Rory got a new American girl doll, Rebecca and this spiffy new horse that she fits on. If you'll notice Kit's leg has been hit by the band aid bandit otherwise known as Rory.


Marley got new bath toys too. This is the first bath Marley and Logan have taken together.


Logan also got these new jammies. They're the old fashioned ones with his name on his bottom. He didn't like them. :(

So there's a sneak peak into what we've been up to since Christmas with our toys. Hope you got some good presents also. Catch ya tomorrow!

By the way...in case you're wondering...Kaelyn's been holed up in her room with her new toys. That's why there's no pics of her with her new things. I'll make it my mission to get something for you to see.

Merry Christmas !!!!!! Part 2

Sorry about the delay in this, but I have no idea what day it is...or was yesterday, so I forgot to blog. :O Anyway, here is Christmas part 2...Nana and Papa's and Grandma and Gekko's.

A tradition at Nana and Papa's is to shoot each other before present opening. This is usually done with Nerf guns that require ammo. The adults normally go at it and the kids run around collecting the ammo. Here...Papa helps Logan reload his gun.


Check out Brian hoarding the ammo in the desk drawer!


Kevin ended up needing to put his hood up because someone shot at him and the ammo stuck to his forehead. It was really funny. A lot of the ammo stuck to the TV behind Kevin too.


Marley ended up getting impatient and started opening gifts herself.

We had breakfast after gift opening. I didn't get many pics because I was trying to get Marley's things opened to put her down for nap. On to Grandma and Gekko's.

This was our living room (and not even all of it) Christmas night. It still looks pretty bad, but not this bad.

It was a great Christmas. I feel like we haven't stopped since Maria came in the day after Christmas. Kevin has off this week, so we're trying to get down to my parents to see then as much as possible. It's a marathon alright. I wouldn't have it any other way. Hasta La Vista, Baby.

Merry Christmas!!!!! Part 1

If I tried to do the whole Christmas post tonight, it would never end. Be thankful I am splitting it up. It's a lot! First up are pictures of Christmas Eve present opening at our house. I'm just going to post pics and move on. It's best for everyone involved.

This is what Marley was doing while we were opening presents. She could be a poster kid for what your 15 month old SHOULDN'T do...play computer games. Let's blame her geek dad! :)

Now onto Christmas morning at our house.

The only 6yo I know asking for pickles in her stocking.






I have no idea what's got Marley laughing.

Monday's blog will have Christmas part 2...Nana and Papa's and Grandma and Gekko's. And now I leave you with this...Logan got animal masks that you wear on your face and when you press the nose, they make sounds. I got a video for you.

Have yourself a Merry little Christmas...