Skyler is (not) Famous

Our neighbor Jan got hooked up with a lady in New Zealand and she has been sending pictures of Michael doing some projects and crafts. Well, Skyler got to be in this one and here he is.

Christmas at Kelly's

The kids had a blast, not everyone made it in because of the weather. They had such a good time playing with each other and of course the food was great too!

Christmas cookies

We made cookies and they turned out great. This sugar cookie recipe was from the Pioneer Woman. She has a website that is absolutely hilarious. Go visit. The kids had a blast!!

Christmas Kitty

Lillypumpkinhead under the tree.

Gingerbread House

Miss Jan invited Skyler over for a day of putting together a Gingerbread house and here is the masterpiece.

8 IS GREAT!!!

Skyer's 8th birthday was a hit!! Skyler, Lilly, Eli, Michael, Dylan and Lynley spent the day at the movies watching The Tales of Desperaux. Then it was back at the house for pizza cake and more family and friends. Jan and I got a lesson of Bakugan101, I still don't get it, but Sky loves these guys. Grumpy,Granny,Grandma Joan,Aunt Lisa,Aunt Livey,Aunt Tracey,Miss Jan....it was a housefull of fun!!

Here ye!! Here ye!!!

The blog has been updated!! I will try not to let it go as long as I have, enjoy the new pics!!

Recent pictures

We were on our way to Granny and Grumpy's for Thanksgiving. Cleaned up and ready to go what a great opportunity for a picture. You will probably get on as our Christmas card. I can't believe they are 8 anf 4. Where has the time gone!!

Wii Fit Rocks!!

If you have a Wii and you do not have Wii fit, run right now to the store and get it. It is a lot of fun and it is excercise, believe it not. Ski Jumping and Yoga are the kids favorite. I like the hula hoop, sorry no pictures, for obvious reasons. It tracks your minutes. There is also step aerobics, soccer, you have to head butt the balls, running, solom skiing, and lots of other fun stuff.....Thanks Ellis family for the tip!! We love it!!

What is a Yert on might Ask??

Our first overnight camping trip with the Cub Scouts. We went to Chilo. About an hour from us on 52 East. Chilo use to be were the dam was located until 1964(great year BTW!!) when they built Meldahl Dam. I am guessing there was about 60 people there. Half of us stayed in 2 Yerts and then there were 9 tents out in the open field. The first picture below is actually the original building which is now a museum and it has tons of stuff about the original dam and river facts. Cool!! There was a nature preserve as well. We hiked for about 3 miles and Skyler earned his hiking stick for doing it. We had hot dogs and mac n cheese for dinner and pancakes and sausage.

We heard barges and trains all night. This one is heading to the dam.
This is the inside of our Yert. It has a wooden floor and a wood burning stove. It was actually warm in there with the fire going. But once it went out in the middle of the night, no one wanted to get out of their sleeping bags to start it back up again. We borrowed sleeping bags from our neighbors and special pads for underneath. Lets just say for me, it was a long cold night, but we had a blast!!

This is the yert we stayed in and we had a big fire behind this. Skyler and I actually got to see a flag burning ceremony. Awesome and touching!!

Halloween UOPstyle

We had to dress up for work and someone said something about a laundry basket full of dirty clothes. And of course Ihad to take that to extremes. I made a washer and dryer out of a box. I was the washer and Nicole was the dryer. She kept sneezing because of the box of dryer sheets in her face. Kim was the laundry basket of dirty clothes. Anneli was sock magnet and Trish was static cling. We called ourself the Laundry Ladies.

Maryann was the cat lady. Everything she had on had a cat or cats on it!!

Jon was Flavor Flav, if you have seen MTV you know who this crazy dude is.

Happy Halloween!!

What a great night for a trick or a treat. We actually had a princess, a ninja and a pirate(imagine that one). We all stayed together this year. The princess actually kept up with ninja and the pirate this year. We were missing one of the threesome, he went to his friends house to get his stash of candy. We also had our local police officer handing out candy from his cruiser. That was a first for us. A great time was had by all!!

Happy Birthday Lynley!!

Can you believe she is 4?? Wow, were has the time gone. She enjoyed her day with family and friends and of course her "Balmation Cake."

Shaw Farms 2008

We made another yearly visit to Shaw Farms this year to see all the pumpkims, mums, hay and displays. We came home with car load. It was warm too!! This is always a favorite for the kids, they love it here!!