Are you still there?

Well we are here but we have been busy and I have not been playing on the computer as much. Well the time I was playing was spent on facebook. I uploaded these pics 12/12/08 but never wrote anything so I will just tell you what they are. We have been busy getting our "stuff" growing for the nursery this year. I hope to write more on that later.

Brittney and Blaine playing in the snow on their way to school after a 2 hour delay. Boy I sure do wish we could get a big snow for them to experience.

Brittney's Thanksgiving program and lunch

Tiger in my glass cabinet which is now full since Mike got me some new glasses for Christmas.

Brent & Emily coloring on our trip to get Grammy & PaPaw's Christmas tree

Blaine & Brittney playing on the bed up top.

We have stopped at the same parade for the last few years so the kids can load up on candy and be put back into to a moving vehicle???

Brent & Emily's masterpiece Blaine's haul from the parade

Riding the horses where we get the Christmas tree!

Yes, the Christmas tree was so big that we had to ride home with it in the RV...now that is funny!

Putz presentation

Brent coming home from his first trip driving by himself after getting his license

Our tree that did not look so big until we cut the strings!
The kids will their Grandparents after we decorated the tree. If my Grandma had made it all of them would have been in the picture.

Brent & beautiful Emily

WHOA!! I am six years old

Opening presents on her birthday from parents and grandparents after we ate pizza. Brittney says that you have a birthday week not day. Blaine was more than happy to help her.

Ok, we saved the big cake for the birthday party but she still wanted to blow out candles. I am not sure which one of these two enjoyed the cupcake more.

I so wish you could appreciate this picture more. She was "the stuff" the next day wearing all her stuff to school. Yes I let her go to school not matching and wish I had got a better picture.

We like to move it!!

Or should I say dig it. We had a busy day today and Brittney and Blaine had a blast. We started the morning around 9am by getting the shovels (kid size) and wheel barrow at the nursery. We loaded the wheel barrow down with bulbs and headed to the bed on the side of the road where the nursery sign is. Our first goal was to remove all the dead annuals from spring and get a few weeds that had snuck into the sides of the bed. The kids worked hard at doing this. Then they got to do the fun part of digging the holes. It was amazing to see how much they could do with those little shovels. The wheel barrow maybe small but they overfilled it three times. When I would step in to help and finish getting the hole ready for the bulbs they would get so aggravated. At the end of the day we were all tired and we will now anxiously wait for spring to come and bring to us blooms of the crocus, hyacinth, daffodil and tulip bulbs we planted. Of course Mike wanted to know if we measured and made sure everything was right... well of course I stood back and the kids counted out the bulbs and tossed them in the hole. I assure you these will be some of the most beautiful flowers you have ever seen... if the squirrels do not discover them. Enjoy the pictures below!!

I had already pulled them all up not thinking how fun that thought would be.


I hope they do not wet the bed tonight after all the bottled waters they drank. Check out that wheelbarrow and in this picture they are putting the dirt back it was over the top.
Got to pack the dirt back down

Break time...these were their second apples that Papa brought them. Apparently they gave them renewed energy. You will love this short video.

And if they didn't then their happy meals did, of course so much hard work deserves a happy meal!!

Blaine do not stand up in the wheel barrow.... it will fall over!!

I will finish off with some more of Blaine's famous pictures on the way to Grammy & Papa's house tonight and end with yet another famous picture of his shoes. I believe we have really got our money out of these!

On a funny thought they kids should be settling in right now to watch the 9pm viewing of Madagascar 2 with Grammy & Papa. They went in their pajamas and I can see them now breaking out into to dance when the music starts. Have a good night and a wonderful day of worship tomorrow!!