Back in Business!

Hey look at me, surfing the web like nobody's biz!! Computer is fixed!!! Works like a charm, and I learned some valuable stuff along the way.

**First of all always do the update things your anit-virus provides. But here is the clincher, only do the updates that you initate. If something pops up telling you to to update....DON'T DO IT!! Make sure you go into your anti-virus and tell it what to do.

***Secondly, do the updates EVERYDAY!!! They (smart people) are constantly update the anti-virus software to combat the never ending supply of viruses out there. So updating their stuff everyday to keep your computer protected. Updating is different than scanning for viruses, updating is preventative.

***And Last, I learned that I spent to much time on the computer. I kinda enjoyed not having it to be perfectly honest, except that now I do have quite a bit of work to do!! But I did get my girls photo albums all caught up, yeah!!!

Oh and while we were "out with a virus" something sweet happend.
Preesley turned 6 months old! Here's how she looked on her 1/2 year Birthday.

Call Ripley's...

Marley got a trampoline for Christmas. Smart one on the part of Santa because now she has a new way of ridding herself and energy! Anyway, for Family Home Evening we had a competition to see who could jump on one foot the most times. Marley's first record was 397 jumps, then last Monday she crushed that record with 813 jumps on one foot. We were so happy for her! She is fun to watch. Good job Marley. For the record none of us came even close to her...try it!

The long and short of it.

Okay so the highlights were these, Paige a ripstick, Marley an indoor trampoline and roller skates, Ally, a Pee baby, and roller skates, and Preesley, the most adorable little elephant you ever saw. The ripstick and roller skates kept these girls entertained just about every second of the day. At first I was wondering if the skates were a good idea, I mean the were falling (hard) and crying and crying. But they just woundn't quick trying, and now after about 6 days of practice in the house, they are doing really good. Paige is awesome on her ripstick too! I'm just not sure how much more of the noise I can take, I mean they haven't quite mastered the gliding on their skates, instead it is the the thunk..thunk...slam into my cabinets sound! They are only young once..right? Anyway, and the second highlight was their baby dolls and the beds that grandpa Binnie and their dad made. Linda and I made the bedding for them. So cute! Picture tour below...






What the...have you ever seen a cuter baby? Okay, maybe your own, but other than that?

Is it really over?

How our Tree looked on Christmas Eve.


How the baby looked on Christmas Eve.


How the girls looked in the aprons I made them.


How the girls looked making cookies for Santa.


How the girls looked waiting on the stairs before they got to see what Santa brought. (can you almost feel their excitement?)

Stocking Tradition

Here you go Trina, thanks for posting about how our homemade stockings got started. I didn't know that, it makes me love our stockings even more. Thanks Rosanne!


Hope everyone has a great Christmas!!! We love you all so very much! I will have to post pictures of what I made for the girls after Christmas, I hope they enjoy them. Love to all!

The REPLACEMENTS.

I had to post this picture of Preesley. While we were at the Brookbanks on Marley's birthday, we toured all of their lights outside. When we came to their Nativity, they told us that someone had stolen their baby Jesus. So we decided to put Preesley in it as a temporary replacement. Doesn't she look sweet? Don't worry she did fine overnight, we bundled her up good. Kidding.

Marley said..."The Best Day Ever!"

Today was Marley's 6th Birthday. It consisted of tons of fun! To start out with she opened presents in the morning, while we read her "fan mail." I did a spin off of the Disney show i Carly, and did an i Marley Birthday for her. I made these little computers that had emails on them from her fans, (grandparents, sisters, mom and dad) telling her why the loved her. Almost all of her "fans" said something about her being so sweet! And it is true, she is our sweety bug. Then she was off to school, where I later came to help out her class with centers and to bring a treat for her class. After centers, I took Marley to Sonic for lunch, corn dog, fries, and a grape slush! After that we headed home. She kinda patiently waited until 5:00 when her grandparents came for dinner and presents! She had a ball opening her presents, (what person doesn't?) Some highlights included, new clothes, money, a diary, lip gloss, and a pretend toaster. After presents we bundled up and head to the Brookbanks. They invited our family over to check out their Christmas lights, and Brother Brookbanks train. We all loved it, they have quite the train set up. The kids had a ball looking at the little village set up and watching the train. Not to mention how cute and cozy their entire home was decorated for the holidays. And the best part was that they planned without us knowing for a visit from Santa!! They were shocked, Marley was so happy, Ally was freaked out, and Paige was giggly and a little bashful. It was just the coolest thing! We really were touched by the fun evening they planned for us. Thank you Jim and Jo!!!
So needless to say Marley had one memorable 6th birthday, and we had a blast too! So check out the picture tour below! (Ally not pictured with Santa, he rates right up there with Chucky Cheese! Intimidated by both)