Christmas Gifts!

James bought me a #1 mom necklace.
Our James is so considerate.

James gives david a hug while
looking at the calender that Jax
gave to us.

Millie opens a present.

Jax loves her sparkly pony!

A transformer for James.

Thermal underwear and tech
decks for jacob (mini-skateboards).

Millie bought ruth a baby.

Jeff squeals over a motorcycle.

James buys dad a giant calculator.

Ruth gets a dolly stroller for her babies.

Jacob opening new winter coat and
snow pants and gloves.

James helps ruth get her babies.


Jax is excited to see her barbie carriage.

James and Jeff get excited about transformers.

Millie's first mp3 player.

Jake gets a Playstation game.
Our friends gave us thier old unit.

Ruth hugs her bear from her stocking.

Everyone shows thier stocking treasures.

Playing with the stuffed animals.

Winter Fun!!

Our version of the nativity story
Here is Millie our angel.

Mary and the donkey.

Here is Mary and Joseph.

Mary and baby Jesus...

Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus.

Jake, our wise guy...

Ruth has a habit of twisting
her hair and sucking her thumb.
I caught a picture just before
she did it. He he.

Jeff helps put the tree together.

Jax helps put it together too.

Jeffy is stayin on his task.

Our finished product!

In getting ready for Thanksgiving
we made these treats.
Here is our finished product.
It is a imitation thin mint. Mint
flavored chocolate over a cracker.
Millie, Jax Jeff and Jake helped.

Jeff shows his excitement.

Jake and Millie are tasting it.

James carefully places them on
the cookie sheets.

Jax is our product inspector.
Yup, passes inspection.

Kids Christmas concert

This month in december the elementary kids (Millie,James, Jax) had thier Christmas concert. Karen did millie's hair and a tiny bit of makeup, (mascara and lip gloss and shimmer powder. They felt so grown up! I did Jax's hair. James brushed his own. They did great and afterwards Nana came over and brought choc. popsicles for a treat.