Christmas

Well this Christmas was a good one :) Thursday night we went to my grandfathers house and the kids got to open 1 gift and we ate and just had a good time. Then after that we ran over to my moms house and let the kids open gifts. We usually do this Christmas Day but with other kids their we have to wait until everyone leaves and everything seems so rushed so we just decided to let them open the gifts that night.

Ian


Bradon loves his hot wheels racetrack.


My Niece Arial and her cute doll.


Bradon


Ian was very excited to open this gift he wanted it so badly.


Then the next day was Christmas day and Santa still decided to come even if the kids were not so good this year. I know the kids thought when they first seen all the gifts that morning that Santa had been extra kind. Santa only got them a few things and the rest was from hubby's extended family. They always have a thing Christmas Eve but because of some family issues we don't go. So they had a lot of unwrapping to do that morning. Chip's Grandmother had 10 kids 8 that are still living. When you get all of them and all of their kids and they all have atleast 3 kids each then you get alot of gifts. I am still opening gifts and my house looks like a toy factory exploded. I guess it is about time to go and get rid of some of their old toys.

Then after we opened all the gifts from Santa we got dressed and went to my parents house to eat lunch and then after that it was off to my in laws to eat and open more gifts.

Then we took a little family photo at my in laws house. Can you tell that the kids are just loving taking a picture.

New Award :)

Well I have a new award called the Lemonade award.

This award was giving to me by Ann over at Halesbelles thank you Ann :)

Here are the rules

1. Thank the giver of the award and link the blog

2.list 5 things about yourself

3.Link 5 new recipients and notify them.

Ok 5 things about myself

1. I just got lightroom and love it!! I am in editing photo heaven

2. I will be 29 in Jan.

3. At 20 I weighed 85 lbs! And no I eat just always been very small.

4. Right now I think I am getting a head cold.

5. I am now in love with Stefan Salvatore' off of Vampire Diaries and I would leave my husband only if Stefan would wake up and realize that he loves me.

RULE BREAK! RULE BREAK!

I am now going to break rule 3 and give my award to everyone that reads my blog. I love you guys have fun :)

Iheart faces week 49 PETS

This week on Iheartfaces is all about Pets. This time I decided to us a picture I took about 2 months ago It is a tree frog sitting on my hubby's hand. I will mess with the toad frogs but tree frogs are just a little to gross for me.



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Sick again

Yep that is right Ian is sick again. Friday he started running a fever well by Saturday night his fever had gotten up to 103.5 so I took him to the ER. He has something called Pharyngitis. I will be so glad when my little man gets better and stays that way. In the past month he has had a eye infection, flu, and now this. I guess you can also add ear infection to that because when he had the flu the doctor also said it looked like he had a ear infection on top of the flu. He can't go to school until he has not had a fever for 24 hours and I took his temp just a few min ago and it is like 99.1 so we will see where that goes. I have never had to take Ian to the doctor so much. He usually only goes to the doctor maybe like once a year if that but here we are now going to the doctor 3 times in just a months time. Time to get well Ian and stay that way PLEASE!!!

Seven Layer Taco Dip

I found this recipe on allrecipes it sounds so good. I just love dips and especially anything that has the word taco in it. I think I will try this recipe next time we have a party somewhere like at church or something. Some people leave out the lettuce because it wilts fast so I might do that. Well if anyone has made this or makes this let me know how it turns out.

Seven Layer Taco Dip

prep time 30 min

ready in 30 min

makes 56 servings
Ingredients
1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
1 (16 ounce) can refried beans
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
1 (16 ounce) jar salsa
1 large tomato, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 bunch chopped green onions
1 small head iceberg lettuce, shredded
1 (6 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions
In a medium bowl, blend the taco seasoning mix and refried beans. Spread the mixture onto a large serving platter.
Mix the sour cream and cream cheese in a medium bowl. Spread over the refried beans.
Top the layers with salsa. Place a layer of tomato, green bell pepper, green onions and lettuce over the salsa, and top with Cheddar cheese. Garnish with black olives.

I Still Have My Hair :)

Well I decided to take the kids pictures for our Christmas cards. I knew it would be a task and at least 1 of the boys would not be into it. Well it was Bradon that was really not wanting to take the pictures and gave me a very hard time.



Well After all these pictures and many more I got 1 yes 1 picture I could use. So this is our Christmas card this year.



Then I just got some of them alone. I must say my little boys are just way to cute!!

Christmas Decorations

Well this year I got up all my Christmas decorations up fast. Ian would not leave me alone until all the decorations were out. Every year I try to get a new ornament for the kids. I guess I must have slipped some years because I can't find 2007 or Ian's 2004 ornaments. This is our tree this year. I say every year I am going to get a new tree but as soon as Christmas rolls around I decide that this tree can last another year.

My ornaments that I try to get the boys every year I like them to have some kind of meaning for that year. Really I try to get a ornament for something they are into for that year.

Ian's Ornament for this year is deer antlers. I seen this at Walmart and knew I had to get it since this year was his first year to go hunting.



For Bradon this year he got a candy ornament. It so fits Bradon he just loves candy more than anything it seems.



A very special ornament that I got this year was from a very special blog friend Marianne over at Family American Style. It is so beautiful :)



Christmas ornaments over the years starting with Ian.

2002



2003



Guess I didn't get one for 2004 :(

2005





2006



Once again dropped the ball on 2007 :(

2008



Now for Bradon

2006



2007 :(

2008



Oh and last year since we got Lady that year I got her one for 2008 :)

Week 47 Tooshies

This week on I ♥ Faces is all about Tooshies. This is my

Bradon on the beach of Gulf Shores, AL 1 year ago.



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To You All

Happy Thanksgiving :)

All About Pets

Kelly's Koner Show Us Your Life this week is all about pets.



This is my sweet heart Lady. We got her at the end of last summer after a couple of months of Ian saying he wanted a dog. I found her on pet finder at a shelter in Monroe, LA. My husband as soon as he seen her he wanted her but I didn't. Oh I thought she was a cute little thing but Dachshunds have back problems something and with 2 little boys I didn't want to have to worry about the dog. So we made the trip down to Monroe and she was the first one we seen as we walked in. Her and her brother that was 5 years older then her were in a pen together. I stopped and looked at her then went and looked at all the other dogs. Oh I could have gotten them all they all made me so sad. After awhile of looking we were all drawn back to her. I decided that since she was a young dog only 1 year old and she was house trained and crate trained that we would take her. I can't believe how great of a dog she is. She loves the boys with all her heart and has never gotten mad at all the times they try to smother her with love. She just takes and and seems to love it. She is just a sweet heart and I couldn't see life with out my lay-lay.

Lady and Bradon getting some love

Lady outside

Lady in her thin days when we first got her with Ian

What A Week!

Well I think it is safe to say that this week has been a bad week. Why was it bad? Well let me tell you.

First what does this car (being my car)



And this car (being hubby's car)



Have in common? Well Let me tell you they are the only cars we have and both are not working. That is right first my hubby's car went down and needs a new bushing or something like that and my car needs a new bearing. Oh let me tell you it is so great not having a car that works. NOT! I would just give up on cars all together and get a horse and buggy but I am sure the horse would die on us or something.

Then to top all things off old Mr. Swine Flu comes to visit.



I guess the only thing good about this week was that no one else got sick and I pray that it stays that way and that Ian is back to his old self. Thank You Lord :)

H1N1

Well I guess that is what my little man has :( My sister got a call from the school today and they said they were shutting down the school for a few days because a couple of the kids have tested positive for H1N1. I cried and cried when I was told this today. I was so hoping that Ian just had the seasonal flu and not that mess.



Today for him has been a better day. He has not ran a fever since around 7 this morning. He has been playing with his brother and seems to be back to his old self. I pray with everything in me that Bradon doesn't come down sick.

Please keep Ian, Bradon and all the other sweet children with this sickness in your prayers. I am so very worried.

Ian and the Flu

Well today I had to take my little man back to the doctor. He woke up last night with a 102.6 temp. Well today he started throwing up, dry cough, sore throat, and still running a fever. So I took him in to the doctor. They made him wear a mask in the doctors office and well he was not to happy about that one. The thing was as big as his face. Well the doctor said he has every symptom of the flu but was not going to test him for it since the test can give alot of false negatives. He doesn't know if he has Type A flu or H1N1, but he thinks he has Type A. He can't go back to school for the rest of the week and is on Tamiflu and a antibiotic because his ears are a little red. He is still not feeling very well but is happy for no school for the rest of the week. Just pray for my little man and pray that my other little man doesn't get it.

Blog and Frogs

Well as you can see I have changed my blog again :) I like my old background but didn't have my bar thing at the top and that was driving me crazy!

Well Saturday and Sunday was a busy day for frogs. We found 2 big ones on Saturday and 1 on Sunday. The one on Sunday Bradon fell in love with and wanted to keep. He was a very unhappy boy when I made him let the frog go. This was his first time I let him hold a frog all by himself. I am always afraid he is going to hold it a little to hard and hurt the poor little frog. The frog on Sunday was a big one and didn't seem to mind being held. Bradon just talked to it he was just so sweet to his little frog.

Ian Update and Halloween

Well I took Ian to the doctor Friday and the doctor said that his eyes are infected because of serve allergies. He has to take eye drops in both eyes 4 times a day for 7 days. I was not looking forward to this but he is doing very well with the eye drops. For Ian that is amazing since he hates even getting water in his eyes. Both eyes are doing much better and he was able to go to school today.

Well Halloween went well. Ian was so looking forward to trick or treating. We all had a great time just alot of walking. Not many house were doing the Halloween things this year and that was a little sad. When I was a kid every house was giving out candy. Then we went to my mom and dads house for a weenie roast. It was just a fun night of eating and seeing family.

Here are the kids all dressed up for Halloween.

Ian as a pumpkin slash grim reaper

Bradon as a cute little Lion.

This is my niece Arial, Ian, and Bradon ready to go trick or treating.