As promised, some pictures

From our Christmas party, the fabulous, horrible sweaters!


The whole family getting into Guitar Hero 4. My mom was even dancing. And we got her to sing once. She got so into it that she hit a button and stopped the song, ha ha.







Asher loved the microphone. He carried this spare one around with him and "sang" all the time.



We all had a blast with the Wii fit. The second pic is of my mom cracking up at Tim as he tried to do the exercises and it measured his BMI.



Overall, it was a lot of fun. Asher was grandpa's little buddy. He ran around the house saying his name the whole time, much to my dad's delight.

Christmas

I have been so lazy lately.

We had our Christmas party on the 20th. It was a lot of fun. I had a prize for the worst Christmas sweater, so it was fun to have people show up in theirs. Even though not everyone participated, it was still a good time. We had good food, lots of fun people and family there, and did the usual gift exchange. My brother came from Idaho, and my cousin was there for a bit. I have a picture of the sweaters, but I will have to post it later because the camera is all the way over on the bookcase right now.

We came up to Idaho on Christmas Eve, thankfully managing to avoid every single snow storm on the way. It's been a pretty fun week. I am awesome at vocals on Guitar Hero and Rock Band. We also got some awesome pictures of my dad and even my mom playing with us. My brother got me a Wii fit, which may just be the best present I have ever gotten. (I tend to always get overlooked or gypped somehow) Now I just need to save up the rest of the money I need to get my Wii I have Matt holding for me at Blockbuster. I am trying to get it without Tim knowing, so without using the bank account. Which is a little difficult when you don't have a job, lol. Only about $100 to go though, woo hoo! Anyway, it has been a lot of fun watching the various people in my family try to play on the fit. My mom got a real kick out of it, especially when it told her she was at a normal weight. The mean old thing called me obese, so I'm not reslly sure how I'm feeling about it anymore.

We head back home tomorrow, as soon as we are able to pack up and leave. Then, Tim returns to work on friday, but only has to be there until noon. He's had a nice little vacation.

Also, I can now officially say that I am pregnant. We told my parents when we got here so we can now officially tell everyone else. I just calculated my due date and I am officially due on July 21st. I go see my doctor in a couple of weeks for my 12 week appointment and will get to see and hear the heartbeat. I will feel much better once I know for sure that there is only one baby in there. Mara started saying a couple of months ago that she has twin sisters that aren't here yet, before she knew I was pregnant. So I am a little freaked out about that.

Other than that...nothing really. I will post some pictures of all the funtivities when I get them off my camera.

Winter fun

It has been a while since I posted. There isn't much to say, so I am just going to post some pictures I have taken this week. I finally have a camera. I bought it used from a friend. It's not my dream camera (oh, to have an extra $600, lol) but it works.
We took advantage of the snow and decided to go play in it. Here are my two kids, and Starr, a girl I watch during the day, all bundled up and ready to go play.


Having fun in the snow




Mara loves to make snow angels. :) They had a lot of fun. Asher wasn't sure what to make of it, but I think he started to enjoy himself after a little while. If I were to take him out right now, I'm not sure he would be able to walk, there is so much snow out there.

Today, the girls and I made a gingerbread train while Asher napped. I cheated and just bought a kit, but it was still fun. Monday we are making candy houses with graham crackers.

One of those days

Yes moms. You know what that means. Yesterday was one of those days. My kids were downstairs in the playroom. Not unusual. They usually play there for about 15 minutes in the morning after they wake up until the girl I watch gets here. I was in my room and I hear Asher start screaming crying. I ask Mara why he was crying and she said it was because he probably got thorns in his feet.
ME: What do you mean he has thorns in his feet?
It's about here I realize that his feet and hands are red and freezing.
ME: Why are his hands cold??
MARA: Because he was outside.
ME: What do you mean he was outside??
MARA: We were outside playing.
ME: How did you get outside??
MARA: We climbed through the window.
ME: WHAT?? It's freezing outside!!! You climbed through the window?? Brother's hands and feet are FREEZING!
MARA: Well, I put gloves on.

So she took the time to put boots and gloves on herself, maybe a coat. But they were out there for who knows how long (although it couldn't have been THAT long. I'm not negligent.) The playroom is in the basement. The window is by the ceiling. She constructed a tower of sorts on top of the couch to climb up and out of the window, helping Asher get out too. They played outside for a bit before climbing back IN the window.

So that was the morning, all before 9. Then they were just wired, Asher especially. Running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Fast forward to later, when Asher wakes up from his nap. Usually he comes out of his room by himself, but instead he was crying. I go in and there is a poopy diaper on the floor and Asher is standing by the door shivering. He took his diaper off, went back to sleep on the floor and then peed and started to shiver because he got cold. Seriously??

Then the rest of my day was spilled drinks (4 of them!!), crying, fighting, tattling, and just extreme neediness. I was about ready to lose my mind.

Blah. I haven't been posting anything because it's so boring without pictures, and my camera doesn't work. We have just been kind of hanging out at the house, spending time together when Tim comes home. Nothing really exciting. I am not really looking forward to Christmas, as it is shoved down my throat before Halloween even gets here. I haven't even decorated yet and I don't really want to.