My first stitches!

Besides the C-sections of course! WARNING: These photos are not for the weak stomachs!

I had to get a mole removed off the back of my leg and ended up with 7 stitches. Yikes! I couldn't believe it.

Yuck, I know! I just had to share my pain. I have to keep it moist and wrapped and the stitches won't be taken out for 10 more days! Joy!

Playing Beauty Shop

For Christmas I gave Josie my long haired maniquin (I can't think of how to spell that right now) head. She loved it and has spent lots of time learning to braid, clip, curl, ect. the hair. Here are two of my favorite pictures of her and the doll.

Christmas Day:

But the FUNNIEST one is this one:

A fun weekend!

The kids didn't have school on Monday, so we made a fun trip home! We hadn't seen the Wrights since Christmas so we stopped there to say Hello and pick up a few Christmas presents. The kids loved their new jackets from the grandparents and the toys from their cousins!

The rest of the time there was spent visiting, eating, making bows and headbands, and a doing few haircuts! Cali's was the most drastic, so I have a few pictures. (I didn't take pictures while I was there, so I borrowed these from my sisters. Thanks guys!) Here is the picture that sums up our day.

CALI'S BEFORE!

AND AFTERShe even did it the next day and it looked as good as when I did it! Way to go Cal!

Thanks mom being a wonderful hostess and babysitter. We really appreciate it!

New Hair Bows!

I think I am going to start another blog just for my cute hair bow creations, but until then, I will post a couple pictures of the newest items. I think they turned out dang cute!

New Goals!

I am excited this year to do better on my food storage and use more coupons to get smokin' deals. My friend posted about a new website that is amazing. Food storage made easy, The obsessive shopper, and Everyday food storage have combined in one great website. Check it out at funwithfoodstorage.net They have some awesome give-a-ways this week, so wish me luck. I'm goin' for it!
P.S. Even if you are not interested in food storage, they have some great ideas for emergency prepardness!

New Years Day 2009

Happy 2009 Everyone!! We had such a blast on New Years Eve. We got together with 5 other couples and played games, ate yummy food, laughed, and visited! Midnight came so fast, I couldn't believe it. We feel so lucky to have such great friends/neighbors.

I hope all of you are safe and happy. I have several new years resolutions to work on and hopefully it will be another great year!

Christmas Day 2008

We had a great Chrismtas morning. Tyann loved her Princess books, videos, and Cd set.
Lacey loved the crinkling wrapping paper but neede a little help opening all of her cute new outfits.

Josie and Kody got new MP3 players and they think they are awesome!

The kids each gave each other movies for Christmas this year and they loved it.

Micah got a new leatherman for Christmas so he got it out to help the kids put all of their new things together.

I got a new nice black coat for Christmas; however, being the picture taker in our house, this is the ONLY picture of me on that day.

We are healthy, happy, and glad to have a job. It was nice to take a little time to remember the true meaning of Christmas and the reason that we celebrate it this year.