First blog in 2011

Today is Sunday, January 9, 2011. I got on to my blog so I can follow my brother and sister-in-law's blog. I haven't written on here for awhile so I guess it is time I type something. We just had Christmas and New Year's. The kids had a great time. They loved all the gifts they had gotten from everyone. We had a low key New Year's. Wes and I were sooo tired that we stayed in that night and the family watched movies and ate snacks. None of us made it to midnight. Up next on our agenda of fun is Lyndsey's birthday. Anybody have any suggestions for birthday gifts? Well, I actually have some but I cannot reveal it on this because Lyndsey will be reading this. I still cannot believe that we are actually going to have a teenager in the house. 13 years ago on January 14th, my oldest baby came into this world. Benjamin's birthday is following hers on January 27th. He will be turning 12. I just cannot believe how fast they just keep growing. Well, I got something typed in here for January. I hope to post more here very soon. Happy January!!

Ashley's birthday...

Well, September 26th came all weekend long for little Ashley who now is 5 years old. Where did the the first 5 years go? She had a great time by just looking at her. She was smiling soooo big.













She just absolutely LOVES her new wagon from Grandma and Grandpa. Uncle Chris and Daddy put it together.













Lyndsey pulled her around in the circle and even Biscuit had to get his ride in.





Ashley also got a swingset from Mommy and Daddy. She will always go over to the neighbors house to swing on their swings. We wanted her to stay in our yard so we know where she is at most of the time. Wes and I left to go get the swingset and when we got home, she was taking a nap. We hurried as fast as we could to get it together and when she woke up, she was soooo surprised to see it in the backyard.















Ashley had a pretty good birthday. She couldn't stop talking about what she had gotten.

Our first camping trip...

Where do I begin? I am so EXCITED that we finally got our pop-up this Summer. We had one before and I LOVED it but when I got pregnant with Ashley, I didn't think we would ever go again. Well, with lots of begging to my husband, we got one.
Our first camping trip was at Two Rivers. We had so much fun, it was hot, but we had fun. The kids went fishing and Lyndsey was the only one who had caught a fish.


I made some good food too. You have to have cheesburgers at some point of camping.

Biscuit had fun camping too. Although, I do think he got homesick. He hardly ate or drank on the trip. The second we walked in the door at home, he ran around like there was no tomorrow. He also ate and drank when we got home too.

It was Jonathan's birthday when we were out there. Our good friends had made Jonathan a gift out of duct tape. Lawn darts. It was sooo neat and safe. We had fun playing it.


Some of us got bike rides in too. Ashley really enjoyed riding her bike all around. She did really good at watching for cars that would come by.

That was our first camping trip. After this we did go to Louisville. It happened to be hot that time as well. I do have pictures of that trip but that will be another post. Camping out at Louiville didn't have any storms like the one we had at Two Rivers too. The kids had gotten scared and I will say that I was a little nervous with them also. The wind was really blowing around. The second night we had some cover to go to. Mom and Dad had brought out there mansion of a motorhome out so we were able to go in there for a couple of hours until the storm had passed. Great fun and Wonderful memories.

My Pogo Friend Jean...

I started playing pogo, WOW, many many years ago. 10 years ago to approximate the time. A friend of mine introduced me to playing Poppit on it. I would play off and on just to kill some time occasionally. When Ashley was born, one night I got on and I had an email for a 2 week trial membership to Pogo. So I tried it and well, I got hooked to working on badges on the games. It is nice to have something to work for even though it is games. I know!!! I would sit and play while I was getting Ashley to sleep. Anyways, I noticed people chatting and talking about joining leagues. I looked into it more and I ended up joining this league called "Whackos". Perfect name for me don't you think? Ha Ha Soo anyways, I met some friends on there who would make me laugh all the time. The league only lasted a year and a half but I have kept in touch with a few of the members of the league on Facebook and through Instant Messaging. We would always joke about getting together and well, we have!! In one of my earlier posts, I have gotten to meet Bonnie and Shannon and had a blast. I now have gotten to meet one more friend, Jean. She came to visit me for a week and we had such a good time.

We went out to lunch and dinner a few times. We went to Red Robin with another friend of mine, Michelle. We were laughing sooo hard and had such a good time. Another night we went to The Millard Roadhouse, yummy Chicken Fried Steak--mmmmmmmm


We went to see the movie, New Moon. That was AWESOME!!! We had both read the books and had seen the first movie already. We found out that both of us hadn't seen the second movie yet and well, it was decided with hands down that that was the movie we were going to see. Did I mention already that it was AWESOME!!!

Some of the time when Jean was here, we just sat around and got onto the computer (how ironic is that, HA) We played Skip-Bo too. Jean ended up going home with the score 6-6. We had fun just sitting around talking as well.


Jean with ANOTHER Skip-Bo card!!! (Don't ever tell her this but, I think she cheats) heehee















I cannot believe that we finally met and I sure hope that we get together like this very very soon. One of these days I know that Bonnie, Shannon, Jean, and I are going to get together and have One Big Smashing Good Time!!! THANK YOU Jean for coming and staying with me!

Ladies gathering tonight...

I am soooo excited to have another ladies gathering tonight. I have always wanted to start a night a month to have friends over to work on projects/crafts. I finally started it after last Thanksgiving and tonight will be the second gathering. I think I will work on crocheting a blanket for my neighbor who is expecting their first baby. How exciting!!! I hope she doesn't read this and find out what I am doing. haha Anyways, the house is all cleaned and I just got back from the store with some finger foods. I can't wait for tonight!!!

Wow another birthday has come...

Benjamin just had his 11th birthday yesterday. I cannot believe how BIG he has gotten. I just sat there on the couch and just watched him and remembered how on that day 11 years ago, when we brought him home, how so very tiny he was. AMAZING! He had his party with a couple of friends last Friday night. They pretty much did the same thing as Lyndsey did on her birthday this year. They each got to make their own pizzas and then Benjamin got to open his presents. He liked them all very much. Then we got to sing Happy Birthday to him while the candles were lit on his yummy, delicious cake. Benjamin and his friend stayed down in the basement and they told me they stayed up to 2am. When I had gotten up around 7am the next morning, they were already up. I sure hope they got some sleep that night.

Lyndsey's birthday and some Christmas pictures

WoW! Okay so Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's are all done. Now what? Oh, Lyndsey's birthday which is TOMORROW!!! I can't believe my baby is 12. She already had a couple of friends spend the night and they all had a fun time together. They made their own pizzas and ate cake. Then Lyndsey opened her presents and then had snacks later on in the evening. When they woke up, they had powered doughnuts for breakfast. I think that was a fun night for them. Now later on in the month Benjamin also has a birthday. He is also having a couple of friends spend the night. I sure hope that they will be just as good as the girls were. ;) Anyways, here are a few pictures of Christmas and Lyndsey's birthday. Benjamin's pictures will come later on.