Merry Christmas

As I sit here writing this post, it is 2:40 am Christmas morning. As you can see, Spencer is busy figuring out how to put together a new toy for Brittany who by the way has been throwing up this evening. We don't do Santa Claus with our kids, but we like to have a couple of surprise presents sitting out for them. Now if we can only get ourselves up later this morning.

Taking a Break

Give me a few days and I will have more to write. My sister has a friend staying at our house, and we are busy. Just to entertain you, I will tell this little story. In preparation for this friend staying at our house, I was thoroughly cleaning the bathroom. I got up on our puny counter, and evidently it is not fastened to the wall because it tried to throw me off. Does that really surprise any of my college friends? NO!!! I didn't think it did. I won the battle though. How do I know??? The p-trap of the pipe under the sink broke, and started dripping water everywhere. Of course Spencer had a little job to do when he got home. After many harsh words to the sink, a couple of trips to Lowe's, and a few exclamations of how much Spencer hates this house, he finished up right before my sister's friend got here. There was just once glitch though. The faucet to the sink no longer works, but the pipe drains great! I guess that means more work for Spencer later.

The Real Laundry Pile

You know that laundry pile that I posted about a little while back? A friend and I were talking, and she mentioned that the picture of piled up laundry was too neat. Well, I found a picture of my true pile. Did I mention that I finally did get it under control? Did I also mention that I would love to have a laundry room as nice as the one in the previous post?

I learned a little secret. The kids can fold and put away their own clothes. Wish I would have thought of that sooner!

The Making of a Family Picture

Well, everyone is smiling, but there are a few technical problems.

A few tries later......

STOP singing and look AT THE CAMERA!

I SAID...........

OK. Now, y'all just look _______ (you fill in the blank)

Finally!

Mr. Allen

This is Mr. Allen and his wife. She's a litte miss handy woman in the sewing and craft department.

Spencer presenting a gift basket to our pastor and his wife. Notice the pastor's tie. It plays music. One time he wore it to church and it kept going off during his Sunday school lesson and when he was preaching the Sunday morning sermon. There's also someone else in this picture, but I will not mention his name. You know who you are! 

Family

My mom and mother-in-law

My mother-in-law and father-in-law

My brother-in-law, Cameron and his girlfriend, Miranda.
(Notice the guy in the background. That's Mr. Allen from our church. He helps Spencer with the youth group. He also reads this blog pretty often. Hi, Mr. Allen! He told me to forewarn him if I ever put a picture of him up here. "Well, here's your warning! It's up here!)

 

Pictures from Sierra's birthday

It finally took a little help from Momto get the candles out.

Isn't Papa supposed to be feeding Sierra?

All the kids in front of the snake tank. Sierra seems to be preoccupied with taking her shoe off.


We had Sierra's 2nd birthday at a children's museum. It's a great place for the kids to run around when there is cold weather.

 

I've Been Tagged With This

A - Available or single: Available...only to my husband
B - Best Friend: Spencer
C - Cake or Pie: Pie
D - Drink of choice: Lemonade
E - Essential Item you use everyday: Dishwasher
F - Favorite color: Lavender
G - Gummy Bears or worms: worms
H - Hometown: McAllen, TX
I - Indulgence: Buying clothes
J - January or February: I really don't care
K - Kids & Names: 3, Zach, Britt, and Sierra
L - Life is Incomplete Without? The Lord; Friends
M - Marriage Date: April 2000
N - Number of Siblings: 3 sisters and 1 brother
O - Oranges or Apples: oranges
P - Phobias or Fears: Falling backwards down stairs
Q - Fave Quote: Can't think of one
R - Reason to Smile: when someone does something unexpectantly nice for you
S - Season: Spring
T - Tag 3 or 4 people: DJ, Davida (when she gets back online), and Mema (you need to put something on your blog!
U - Unknown Fact about Me: I don't think I have any unknown facts. I talk too much.
V- Vegetable You Don't Like: Peas
W - Worst Habit: Staying up late and Sleeping in late
Y - Your Fave Food: Too many to list-Cheese Enchilada's, Breads, Granny's cooking
Z - Zodiac Sign: No clue

Legalism

My sister wrote this post on her blog, and I thought it was pretty good. http://ourfamilyporch.blogspot.com/2006/12/legalism-chain-that-binds.html

The Story of My Life

This picture definitely explains why I haven't written anything lately. No, that's not me up there, but it could be. I have been doing piles of laundry. I washed my final load this morning, and will be putting it away shortly. (I think!) 

Remodeling

We have two very seventies looking bathrooms. At the moment, Spencer is remodeling the smallest one. It's coming along nicely. We now have 12 inch tiles on the floor waiting to be grouted. I'm sure more will be done by the end of December! :) As soon as the tile is done, I will get to work my "magic" on the walls. Not quite sure what I want to do with them yet.