Turkey Shirts!

So while Becky was getting ready for class, she couldn't decide what to wear... (it's a girl thing) :D

I piped up, well it would look reaaaaallly hot if you had a shirt with hand turkeys on it! (very festive, and attractive too)

So we decided that would be a Great thing to make with Devyn and Cameron!

(have i mentioned we LOVE being Aunts, and completly adore these children)

So we made shirts, (and socks) for Thanksgiving :)

they seemed to like the idea, and it kept them occupied... (although i think Becky and I enjoyed it maybe a little too much :P)

We did discover, that Crystal had forgotten how to make hand turkeys, so we put her to taking pictures (something she is well qualified for lol)

Devyn wanted to know why her turkeys were smaller than mine... so we had to hold our hands up to each others, so she could see how much bigger my hands were than hers :D (notice she is STILL wearing the pilgrim hat)

My Holiday Bling-age

:D hope you enjoyed seeing these! R.

Monday nights :)

So I know that some people really hate Mondays... But for me, Mondays ROCK!

We get to spend the whole evening with some of my very favorite people!

(this is Devyn's Pilgrim Hat she made in school... she loved it soooo much we had a hard time making her take it off for bed)

Proof that i CAN cook.... Lol

So after finally finishing up making supper i go to sit down, and the seat i was going to sit in has a little person thrown across the chair... And ever so innocently i hear... No! Baaacky is going to sit here... you can just sit by Cameron, or somewhere else... (oooh rejection) :D

Playing cards... Amazingly enough pretty much regardless of the card, Devyn always won... But hey... who can tell a 5 year old that you win all their cards...

So there's our Monday :) R.

Fun

In at Tommy's Hut, sometimes they put us up to sorting through

odds-n-ends to find what can be put into boxes. Perks of being there is

that we get to "play" a little too :)

Nice dinosaur... nice dinosaur... :P

Rudolph's got nothing on her! Awww, cute little buddy I found.

Tommy's Hut

It was that time of year again.

The last two weeks we've spent in at Tommy's Hut packing shoe boxes.

Enjoying it thoroughly.Half the fun comes from us being the youngest ones there :)

Getting to hang out with the "senior crowd". We pick on them,

they pick on us, and we all get some work done.

It's a joy to get to be around that wonderful group of people.

I feel blessed that I got to be around them, and am already looking

forwards to next year!

And the thought of all the children who are going to get a Christmas

present, and also that they are going to get to read about the love

that Christ has for them... :) I can't stop saying how grateful

I am for the opportunity of getting to be a part of this unique program.

Family Pictures

Here's a few of the best family shots we got a few weeks ago.

Although we do look a little stiff (or at least I think we do), I really liked

this one! This one's less stiff :)
These ones were really fun! It's not often we get to "pose" for photos and the
photographer tells you to "go stand wherever you want..."

This one is probably my all around favorite!

I like the pose for this one. We didn't quite pull it off like Crystal wanted us to,

but it is unique!

They make such a good little family! And look really good in pictures too :)

Can't have them all be serious!

The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life

sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding

shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting

pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending and

trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck~

Maybe a Christmas Card photo??? Or maybe not...

Hope you enjoyed these!

Family Pictures

A few weeks ago we went and took family pictures. We went down by

the riverfront in Dixon. It was cold, but we got some really fun pictures!

Here's a few of them.This one's probably my favorite of Mom and Dad.
Don't they look good together?? :)

We were making the "test shots" look good :P

We were trying for some good sibling shots. We were just kind-of

hamming it up and did this one. I really like it though! We don't look

too stiff and we all have natural smiles.

Perks to having the photographer sister is that we can use her camera equipment.

Perks to having a cousin is that he can come and snap from the tripod :D

Thannnnks Jared.

A little bit of dancin'.

My buddy's growing into a young man...

Gotta love the "accidental" shots that turn out awesome!We had to get one with the flowers...

:) For as much as they get on each others nerves, these two can have a

totally opposite side. They love each other so much. Its so precious to watch.

Heh, the loving, not the arguing...

Pictures? No. Way.

So, last night two of my favorite little buddies came over for a visit.
Of course within 5 minutes of their arrival they found their way to my
room and we set to work catching up. It'd been a while since they had
gotten to come over here, so we had lots of things to discuss.
I got designated to wear the safari hat that one of them had brought
along, and while wearing it we had a conversation about cooties. And just so
we wouldn't be too scared my other little buddy donned his headlamp and
decided to shine it in my eyes. :) I love the minds of 4 and 6 yr. olds!

Later in the evening, after eating the chocolate pieces out of the caramel corn,
we came upstairs to play dress up... Unfortunately, we don't really have any play
dress up clothes, but we made do with fixing each others hair, wearing halloween
spider rings, and then good ol' Becky got out her makeup and let them do a makeover
on me. Oh. My. Goodness! I had green, brown, pink, purple, and charcoal color from
my eyelashes to my eyebrows.

I love getting glimpses inside of children's minds. Their version of "beauty" is so
unmarred. They don't really care about physical appearances, they love color. They
just want somebody to listen to them. They get excited over the simplest things, and
the only thing that they expect from you is for you to listen to them.

I had a really good time last night. :) Sorry though, no pictures. No "Wow it looks
like she's got two black eyes."

~But Jesus said, "Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the kingdom
of heaven belongs to those who are like these children." ~Matthew 19:14