momof2redheads

Well I am sure most of you think we feel off the planet but we didn't. We are still alive and kickin'. I have to say Christmas was nice. Santa came and the kids got what they wanted. (well for the most part). Sarah got her laptop. Yup, she now has something attached to her hip and is on it whenever I say yes. Noah got his Rip Stix, he is now going to give me a heart attack if I watch him try to ride it. Becca got her Ipod in her favorite color, purple. And Ryan got a TON of gummy worms. The best part of Christmas is that we spent time together. Although Ryan was at his mom's we did talk to him and he was very happy. The rest of us played games, went to visit Great Grandma and Grandma. We saw Aunt Denise and Uncle Chris. It was a great day. Over the break, (which was WAYYYYYY TO LONG) the kids played the wii, played a few new games they got for christmas and spent time together. It was nice to just be a family. Wow can you believe how old the kids look? I am way to young to ...

Coming soon to your home. Our Christmas Card. Every year we try to come up with an idea for this special card. I really like the ones that I am not in. lol I thought we had out did the whole sit by the fireplace thing and last year was outside. For this year we stayed inside and sat on our stairs. We had to move the snowmen a bit but we all squeezed in. The one snowman looks like it is hugging Ryan. Demo is wearing his red shirt but you can't see it. He looked really cute. I got him a short sleeved one but he still didn't like it. Oh well, it is only once a year. We are going to finish decorating today. I have a few more things I need to put out inside but Mike has all of the outside to do. It is supposed to snow tonight. I hope he gets it all done today. I will send him outside in the snow to finish. I had Bunco last night and all the ladies asked about my outside lights. They are usually up by now. Oh well. They are coming soon. I'll take a few pictures whenever they get ...

Well, there is Mike getting ready to carve the Turkey. I was very happy that he was home to make thanksgiving this year. I learned alot last year about cooking a big meal but I really didn't want to do it again. I was happy to sit back and enjoy him cooking. I even slept until 7:50. My mom actually called and woke me up. That was funny since I am always up at 6:30. So I guess I needed a little rest. I had a friend come up from Maryland to enjoy Thanksgiving with us. I was happy to see Stephanie again. Her girls are very pretty and very well behaved. She is doing a great job being both parent s. Stephanie is always so cheerful and always sees things on the positive side. I always admired her for that. No matter what you are going through she can ALWAYS cheer you up. She always makes me laugh. I had a great time with them all. We went shopping in the weeee hours of the morning. When we were done shopping we went and got the girls and went to Christmas market. There was alot to see do...

I am not sure what kind of spider this little guy is but he sure is bright. Mike was mowing the lawn one last time this fall when he saw this little guy hanging from the tree. Mike says he almost ran right into it. I was inside doing some work when he came and got me to see it. It really is kind of ugly. He blended into the leaves. I thought it was funny that Mike came and got me just for a spider. He was definitely dressed for fall. Mike watched him for a little while and then moved him to the street. I thought that was funny because it crawled right back to the tree he took it off of. Hopefully it is home for the holidays and I won't see it anymore.

Sarah, my beautiful, sweet, precious daughter made HONOR ROLL!!!!! This is huge for her. As you all know she made the cheer squad and a rule that I told her right from the start was that if she wanted to stay a cheerleader she had to have good grades. I didn't say she had to make honor roll but she had to have good grades. Well, she showed me, and made it with 4 A's and 3 B's. When we saw her report card online she was smiling from ear to ear. This year Sarah really seems to know what she has to do and it is all clicking. She also has been doing a lot of "projects". Seems her teachers have something every month. She made a scrapbook of her life (including after college and marriage), made a man coming out of a bottle, a plant cell and something else but right now I don't remember. She seems to be liking the projects. Coming up with a bunch of ideas to do them. I try to let her do them just with a little guidance so she doesn't go over board. Honor Roll, WO...

Ok so I have neglected my blogging duties.... sorry. I have no excuse other than the fact that nothing has really been going on. I have been really focused on My Longaberger business and it is starting to show. My goal is to be a speaker at our national convention in July and by selling a little more I might just be able to. I can't tell you how good it feels to really have fun at a job and make some money. I enjoy it so much and look foward to meeting new people. If you want a catalog let me know I would be happy to send you one or even do a show for you.

I thought, as I always do, that once the kids are back in school I would have spare time on my hands. Well this year has been no different than the other years. No time. Laundry, cooking (I cook when Mike isn't home), cleaning, cleaning and more CLEANING. I hate cleaning. It would be easier if the people living in my house would put their things away when they are done with it but they don't. So there fore I must clean up after them. I think I should count my blessings as I have quite a few. One of which I don't HAVE to work. I think I might like to work but I don't have to atleast not yet. I have to say I love my Longaberger business. It is very fun to go out and make a few new friends and make some extra money. So if any of you would like to have a show I will travel! I should tell you that I did take a bustrip to Ohio in September. We had a ball. Ike came across Ohio and killed the electricity at the hotel for a few hours. It was funny eating by candle light. I was g...