Bridget funny

We were outside getting the mail.
A bird flew over making a loud bird sound.
Bridget proceeds to start running across the yard going......

"CAW, CAW, CAW. Mom-- I speak bird"

What's going on around here

I have been very busy with some family obligations. My gramma has not been well and I have been helping out my mom and aunt a little bit. Gramma has been moved to a nursing home for the time. Se is technically there for rehab, but whether or not she will remain a resident is still up in he air.

Today, I am getting together with my life-long bestest friend Norma. She only lives about 30 minutes away but for some reason, I have not seen here in about a year! That is just terrible. She has 2 daughters that are each a year older than Bridget and Becca. We are going to Crown Center for a kids interactive exhibit today. Should be fun (except for the stupid rain).

Then it will be back here to clean more. Bridget will be 5 on Monday! Did you hear that--FIVE!!!! The five year thing is freaking me out a bit. Suddenly she seems so big!

We are having the annual family party tomorrow here at our house. Bridget is so excited! She loves birthdays! I honestly do not know where we will put any more toys though.

Weekend fun!

This weekend I met some of my friends and we had a scrapbooking retreat. We stayed at a nice hotel suite and set up our tables and got to work. I stayed up way too late both nights, but I got to sleep in--and that is exciting for me.

I got a lot done too. There was a lot of laughing--lots and lots of laughing.

Some of us did a Valentine's sweetie swap. The super talented Lisa had my name. She gave me the most beautiful canvas creation. I'll get a picture on here in a bit.

Bridget

I think my soon to be 5 year old has been possessed by a teenager. I swear that she is a 15 year stuck in that 5 year old body. The stuff she says to me blows my mind and makes me fuming mad at the same time. Maybe she will mellow as a teenager? Is that possible? I know, I know....I'm dreaming.

Do you want to see more Sawyer?

These were my favorites of the "few" I took today. The one of the new parents changing the diaper cracks me up! All that fuss over a diaper change.

I got to visit him

The roads are cleared up a bit now. It is still so so cold! On the way out there the radio said it was 5 degrees out. That poor baby is not going to like leaving the hospital. I mean you go from mommy's warm insides, to the semi-warm hospital room to FIVE degrees outside--Yikes! That is a shock to the system.

Sawyer Douglas Greenwood

My sister in law, Amy lives close to the hospital, so she got to see Sawyer and she got some photos of his cuteness!

I have a new nephew!

I am so sad that the weather is so icy and dangerous and I cannot get to the hospital. My sister delivered Sawyer Douglas tonight at 8:15. He was big, coming in at 8 lbs 1 oz and 21 inches long!

Congratulations to Kristin and Mark! I can't wait to see him!

Some new layouts

Having Trouble

Sorry for the delay in updating my blog here. I have been having some troubles with some updates Schaun did. I'm working on it still.

Catching Up

Well, Christmas came and went. It was a great time and we received LOTS of wonderful gifts. Christmas Eve we had dinner at Pam and Dan's. The girls, especially Becca enjoyed the evening. Becca was so happy because she didn't have to share the toys with her cousin Kynzie. (That's the Christmas spirit, right?) Scott, Tonya, Delainey, Kynzie, and Max do other family things on Christmas Eve, so they were not there. We ate dinner earlier than in the past, which gave us more time the remainder of the evening. After watching a bit of A Christmas Story we headed out to look at some lights. The girls started getting sleepy, so we were home and had them in bed by 8:30.

Christmas morning.....Would you believe it--the girls didn't wake up until 7:30. Amazing! Every other day they have me up before 6:30. So we had to rush around and that really sucked. We saw what Santa left and opened a present, but we had to be back to Pam and Dan's by 8:30. We got there a few minutes late, but no big deal. The presents were all still there waiting for us. There was soooooooo much over there. It is like this every year, but it never ceases to amaze me. After we hung out there for a while, we made a drop at our house and headed to my mom's house. It is a little more toned down over there. We ate a bit there after gift opening, then headed back home for naps. But naps didn't happen. We spend the next four hours opening toy boxes.

Why or why do toys have to be packaged like they are? It is just horrible! All the tape and wires and the Barbie hair is sewed down. It just sucks.

Then it was time for left over dinner back over at Pam and Dan's.

We were tired when we got home, but it was fun.

I am not very good at the photo taking during these type of days. I'm too busy trying to help the girls and not really able to be taking their photos. And Bridget is just plain tired of me snapping the camera at her. She just runs off. So, I have a few and even fewer of Bridget.

(I typed this up some time ago. I still cannot get my photos to load. So you know the story, maybe someday soon I'll get some pics to go with)

My recent project

I saw this project in a magazine and I had all the things needed to make it, so I made it. It is a cute advent calender. It is just thick enough to hold those chocolate coin candies. Each of the little circles lifts up for the treat.

Playing in the Snow

It amazes me that the girls want to go out and roll around and eat the snow. It is so cold. They must be numb. As I stood and shivered, they laughed and played. Becca was much more into eating the snow than Bridget was. Bridget wanted to make snow angels and throw it all around.

"Decorating" the tree

So it seems we are not doing this fast enough. We got the tree home and put the lights on it. We don't have the decorations out yet. Soooooooooooo my dear daughters decided to decorate their own way. Look close at that tree. Yep, that is a shoe. Yep, a swimming pool intertube. Yep, necklaces. Yep, measuring cups. The were very proud of themselves and I was cracking up.

Chrismas Tree

Last Friday we went out to get our Christmas tree. We ususally wait until about a week before Christmas, but since the girls are old enough to get it now, we are starting early this year. The weather was so nice. We didn't even need jackets on.

More Thanksgiving photos

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was nice. I was sick, but I went anyways. I didn't eat anything, but I still enjoyed being there. Bridget and Becca were PERFECT all day. At my family's meal, they played with each other so quiet and they actually ate. I was very thankful for that. After that, we went home and napped for a couple hours. Schaun went out on his bike and rode over to his parents. Dinner over there was great as always. I really love Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Tradition

I know there might be one or two that I don't remember, but all Thanksgiving meals for my family take place at my Aunt's house. Oh wait, a couple years back, my brother hosted at his new house. But traditionally, it is at my Aunt's.

It used to be simple. The adults sat at the dining room table and the kids sat at the kitchen table. Nowadays things are not that simple. We have grown in numbers and it is a little crowded. We manage though. Not everybody is sitting at a table, but it is all good.

My family serves a lunchtime meal. This has turned out to be perfect for my marriage. When we finish our meal here, we make a pitstop home to let the dogs out, then we are off for our next meal at my in-laws. They serve a dinner.

The numbers are growing over with this side of my family too but it was always large, so it doesn't seem so different.

Both meals are yummy. I am so glad that nobody expects me to cook too. I don't know what my favorite part is. I love the turkey, mashed potatoes, the stuffing, and my mother in-laws cranberries are so good.

I can't wait for this meal. Got my mouth all watery.