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.

Family photo day

One of the days my husband dreads the most. Well, it happened today.

Other than Becca's hair being totally out of control, it went just fine.

Oh my goodness

Oh my! I didn't give thanks here for anything all week.

To sum up this week, I am very thankful for my van.

For many years I drove a Mazda 626. It was fun before kids. It was a 5 speed, with a sunroof, and I really loved that car. But getting kids out of carseats was just not fun. It was too low and was hard on my back. So last Christmas, Schaun received a fantastic bonus and I got my van!

It is not brand new, but I love it. I so love the remote controlled auto sliding doors and the locks. They really makes things easier.

I was running around all week, first looking for storage containers and then looking for coordinating clothes. That van is so comfy and makes running around seem not so bad.

We are having a family photo taken today. I'm off to get us all ready. I'll post the photos later. Hope everybody cooperates.

The garage

This may seem silly to some, but I am so thankful we have a two car garage.

Since Becca was born and needed a bedroom, I lost my scraproom and got booted to the basement. So, thankfully the girls like to ride tricycles and play in the garage while I'm in my area down here. It works out nice.

Date Night

Schaun and I needed a night out. We were snapping at the girls and I hate that. I called my mom. Very thankful that she is usually willing to come over and babysit.

We went and had dinner at the Longbranch. We had some decent steaks, deliecious baked potatoes, and I love their cheese bread. It was early, so then we went to the Mall. We are having a family photo taken soon and we need some coordinating clothes. I didn't have any luck with that, but I was thankful to just get out and just be with Schaun for a few hours.

Children's Mercy

Today I am thankful that we made our last trip to Children's Mercy.

Becca had many appointments for the hemangioma below her eye.

Now that it is almost gone, there are no more concerns, and no more appointments.

Yippy!

Thankful for my Friends

Today I met my friend Shawn and her sweetie pie, Bethany at a special little craft show. Our friend Anna told us about it. Anna's mother has this show at ther house each year. She has a beautiful home and she takes out the furniture and sets up tables for all the great Christmas goodies.

I came home with the first of my Christmas shopping!

Thanks for telling me about the good stuff girls!

Beautiful day -- Take photos

November 8

It is November 8th and the temp is predicted to be 81 today!

Yep. That is what I'm thankful for today.

Chinese Food Tuesday

Today I am thankful for Tuesdays.

For the last few years, on Tuesdays, I meet my Aunt and my Gramma at China Star. I used to take Bridget with me and all of the staff and the owner know her. Now that Bridget is in school all morning, I take Becca. She is not as friendly to strangers as her sister, but she sure does eat better.

It is nice just to have time to chat and laugh about things each week.

Thankful in November

I'm not sure who started this, I got it from Shawn. Post something positive everyday in November. I'm going to make it things I'm thankful for.

Today I am thankful for several things.

1. Bridget seems to be better today.

2. That we have two tv's with cableboxes. (Yes I know it shouldn't be a babysitter but somedays you do what you gotta do).

3. Online banking.

If I were different

I would be more understanding.

But, I am just me.

I hate unreasonable self-pity and monumental temper tantrums.

Halloween photos

Halloween

I know you really want to see pictures, but I'm having some problems with blogger, so I'll have to try and post them later.

Since early this year, Bridget knew she wanted to be Rapunzel for Halloween, Since we already had the "official" Barbie as Rapunzel dress, we just needed hair and poof, she was ready. Becca was not that easy. Before I had even thought about what she would be Schaun had convinced her she wanted to be a scary monster. Well, they don't make monster costumes in her size that I could find anyways). Sooooooo, I decided to make one myself. I bought this soft, pretty fabric and a pattern. I really do not know how to sew. I enlisted the help of my gramma and on Monday we sewed it together. The pretty fabric turned out to be very difficult to actually sew on, but we managed.

We started our adventure with a trip to Schaun's office. Then we went to my mom's and got some goodies there. Next we went to Schaun's mom's. The girls were a little sad that Papa was not there, but they got over it when the candy started flowing. We trick or treated over in Gramma's neighborhood until we were just too cold. Bridget was so good when people would tell her to take one or two pieces. Both girls were so polite, thanking everybody. It was a fun night, even if it was cold.