Segway Baby!!!

It really was too much fun....I could soo use one of these!!!

Just some fun.....

The boys play Samuri Sushi...that's what they call this...hilarious:)  No ER trips yet....

This is the smartest thing I've thought of in awhile....

Barrett can watch and play in the back of the burb....cool.

He just gets cuter every day....so cute!!!

Chaotic Fun Yummy Mess:)

Decorating cookies was too much fun...a ton of mess, but so good!! 

Ella had fun, Brody was very busy and Thatcher was trying to come up with something new and different. 

The crazy cookie...hmm, guess who made that one? 

It's Tree Time!

The angel was a 5th craft project of mine....suweet I know:) I keep hoping the kids will come home with another, but we only got a corn husk person this year....kind of looked militaryish...hmm...maybe next year:)

This Hallmark toy thing had Barrett giggling...it was hilarious!!

We, well I, love decorating the Christmas tree.....somehow, Kevin seems to dissappear when it's time to actually do the decorating which is fine I guess....he likes having one, just really doesn't care how it all goes down I guess:) Our tree is fake, obviously, and basically the same every year. My friend Sara has the MOST amazing trees ever and I just love to sit and look at every little detail of them....they are beautiful and a work of art!! Mine is not the case....ours is beautiful in a very different way, but still cute, lots of artwork, pics of the kids in ornaments from every year, a Hallmark ornament from their 1st Christmas with a pic too. Lots of pics....in fact, I'm thinking if I have a pic from every year for every kid, our tree will be GIGANTIC by the time I am 50...oh well, it'll be super cool then!! And we'll be able to afford a big real tree by then, right?!

Em's Family Time

I call time with my family a 'family fix'. Man, do I love my family?! They are just really fun and super easy...and helpful too:) The only little hiccup is that Thatch sliced his foot when he was jumping a rock in front of my uncle's house...fortunately he was a surgeon, so he took really good care of him....I mean, he looked like he had a mini cast on...so awesome!!

My sis from Chicago was in town, so I decided, with mom's help, to go and see her! We had a wonderful time laughing and chatting til the wee hours of the night!! Just still weird to think she's an adult...I mean, she is 25 now!!

My older bro, Jesu who I adore and my nephew Seth....hilarious

Soo happy together!

And these are just the younger gkids!! missing 5 kids!

Mom & Dad are Ottawa Univ alum and Mom actually works there now! We stopped by the gym to let the boys run around....Barrett is ready to watch a game, so cute!

Every game ends in a wrestling match...every game.

Oooo...I just love this pic...so fun:)!! Lil sis Alea & Barrett!