It's a Guitar Hero, Sing Star Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas to everyone! Here is Alanna the night before Christmas in her Christmas Jammies. Riley is wearing her new blue collar.

Devon came for a visit on Christmas Eve and he opened his new jammies too.

Devon wasn't sure of the whole opening the present thing, we've been taking them away from him all month, and now we're giving them to him.

Regen is very interested in what mommy is holding.She loves eating the paper, everything goes into her mouth.She loves playing with her beads, she is rolling over and scooting backwards now.Isn't this going to look so cute on Regen?
Aubrey buried behind her mountain of gifts.
Alanna is jamming on her guitar, she can't wait to plug it in.
Ashley trying out the keys.
Alanna in her new jacket.
Sierra

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The whole group including Cameron.

Opening our gifts to them.
Debbie and Alanna trying out the Sing Star.

Kris trying to sing.

Aubrey and Alanna on the guitars, what a fun game! David and Alanna, look at the concentration.Alanna singing Kylee, Sierra and Kaleb singing.
Jamie giving it a try.

Graham opening his robot dinosaur. Ashley sporting her aeropostale jacket.

Ashley and Regen

April, Damon and Devon
Kirk and his new t-shirt. Regen wearing her new outfit from Alanna.

Regen enjoying Ashley's dinner.
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We love you all.

When it rains, it pours!!!

We are the proud owners of a new water heater. Our previous heater was leaking and so upon further investigation, Kirk said the bottom was totally corroded. When he removed it from the garage, he left a trail of corrosion and water heater all the way to the side of the house. We don't even know how the water was staying inside that thing, maybe the corrosion was piled up just perfectly inside to prevent it from all running out.....hmmm maybe that's why our water bill has been higher than normal lately.
Then I get a notice that my registration has expired....six weeks ago. Normally I get a letter stating it's time to register my car, not this time, so I go online to register the car and I find out I need to get the emmission test thing...so I carefully drive it to the emmission place and it doesn't pass....ugh!!! So now I have a 30 day temporary plate and I have to find a place to take the car for repairs and try to pass emmissions.
I still have a paper to write and a horrible math final on Tuesday.....argghhh!!!! I hope everyone else is doing good, I hope to feel the pressure lift after finals. Love to you all.

It's Finals Week

I only have two classes this semester, but good grief, they are so time consuming! My math class is killing me, it's statistics and every concept is new seeing that prior to this and the bone head math I took last year, the last math class I took was 9th grade math... 30 years ago!! My child development class is alot of reading and class presentations and essays. I have one more presentation and a math final to study for and then I have a month break. Maybe then I can finally get all the rest of the Christmas shopping done, Christmas card and letters written and mailed and day care taxes organized for tax time and maybe even rest....well I can dream can't I.

Regen is getting easier to care for and Devon is happy crawling around with the other kids. It's still hard to find the time to study though, maybe next semester will be easier. I'll be taking an on line computer class, and two education classes; The exceptional learner and Cultural Diversity.

I can't find my camera, the last time I saw it was when I took Kris and Jamies family picture. I hope I can find it before Christmas :( Enjoy everyones blogs. Write more, Love to all Debbie

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our family to yours. We hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend and Happy Thanksgiving. David is taking our picture. We had a fairly small group for dinner, but it more than doubled by desert.

Devon is 8 months now, he loves to feed himself, and notices if you have something that he doesn't have.

Devon loves sweet potatoes, and jello and turkey and stuffing and potatoes, he really enjoyed his dinner.

April is going along with her picture happy mom.

Here is Kirk carving our Turkey, it was so moist and delicious, we've practically eaten it to the bone, time for Turkey soup.

Kirk always makes orange rolls for Thanksgiving and Christmas. They are soooo good.

Aubrey makes this yummy sweet potato casserole with brown sugar and nuts for the topping. In the background is moms green jello.

Aubrey's plate full of Thanksgiving goodness.

Ashley's beauty salon is open....Kylee is getting her hair done.

Ashlynn after her makeover.

Sierra posing and Alanna shooting the picture, I wondered where my camera went.

Sierra, Tristen, Kylee and Kaleb playing an intense game of Guess Who?

We had two pumpkin pies, an apple pie, a cherry breeze pie and a chocolate cake. Kris and Jamie brought a pecan pie and a cherry pie....yum.

The kids are lined up in front of the pies, and can barely stand the wait. We had a fun day visiting with everyone and hope you all had a great Thanksgiving also.

Ashley and Graham move out!

Yes, this weekend our house grew a little more, Ashely and Graham found a really nice two bedroom, two bathroom apartment. It has a washer and dryer, dishwasher, microwave built in, and all only about a year old. The complex has an exercise room, and a heated pool. Alanna is so excited to have her own bathroom and she can't wait to move in to her new room.



Since I've been tagaged by Erica, I've been trying to think of things about me that are quirky and random, so here it goes:



1) I enjoy crossing the days off on the calender, it is very fufilling to see all the appointments or activities successfully completed. Along the same line, I'm a list maker, I love to make the list, then once again, cross off the completed chore or errand. Even if I already completed a certain task, I'll put it on my list, just so I can cross it off!



2) I'm a connisseur of fine french fries, actually, I'm addicted to them, they're like my crack(that's what I tell David). I know they're bad for me, but I love the hot, steamy, salty, goodness of those golden brown potato sticks. McDonalds beats all the rest, hands down.



3) I'm a bathroom reader, I always have a book I'm reading, just no one ever sees me reading them. I love my hour of total, uninterupted time to myself. I have this enormous basket filled with church magazines, word searches, and a variety of magazines along with my latest novel. It's awesome!



4) I can't cook if the counters are cluttered, if the sink has dishes in it, if the rug is askew or if there are any spots on the floor. It doesn't matter that by the end of me cooking, it will look that way, I can't explain it. If I'm going to wash dishes by hand, the left side is the hot soapy side, the right side is for rinsing, and then on to the right counter to dry, isn't that how everyone does it? You would think so, but such is not the case. Ask Aubrey how she does it.



5) I have to sleep by the door, even when we travel. I'm also a left sided sleeper, so sometimes that presents a problem if the bed is turned around and I'm forced to sleep on my right side.

6) I love to read cookbooks. I hate to cook, I like to imagine myself cooking all those yummy things, and "see my family enjoying thoses wonderful recipes", I'll make a menu and even buy the ingredients, but usually don't get around to cooking everything I planned. I have the most bizarre collection of condiments and spices for things I've never made. Maybe when my life settles down and I have more free time, I'll create some fabulous meals.

Since everyone except Jazmine and Jessica has been tagged, that's who I'm tagging. Write something funny or crazy about yourself.

I hope everyone has a fun Thanksgiving. We are cooking the big feast and Ashley and Graham will come for pie, but are going to his family for dinner, and Kris and Jamie are going to see her grandma who has cancer and is sick and her mother for dinner and then come her for pie and the whole gang will spend the night. Jamie and I and whoever else wants to, will go out on Friday morning EARLY!!! April, Damon and Ray and of course Devon will come for dinner and Davind and Aubrey and Alanna will be here. So we'll have 8 for dinner and 18 for pie! Love to you all.

My new kitchen

Here are my new appliances, the counters will be done next.

Alanna, as my own Vanna White.

Here is the finished kitchen, I love it! Next, we're painting the walls a warm taupe, and Kirk will put in recessed lights.

The Many Faces of Regen

This is Regen looking very somber. It's time for her three month picture with the bear. She is growing so fast. She is almost 12 pounds. She is long and thin.

This is Regen discovering her own reflection. She is starting to play on the floor a little bit more.

This is Regen concentrating on all the beautiful colors and crinkly sounds of the wrappers.

This is Regen sad. She likes to be held, alot. If she's not, this is what you get.

This is Regen very happy. We are having more of these happy faces the older she gets.