here's my niece katie singing, "mary had a little lamb" (you'll have to turn my blog music off to listen to this video - the blog music's located on the lower left side of my blog towards the bottom)
here's some pictures from last night & also from this morning as the girls opened their gifts - they got everything from dolls, candy, dora camping tent, robes, books, cd's, leapsters, etc. & seemed to love just about everything - kiara's most favorite thing was the polly pockets as she's been playing with them all morning since they were opened - ruby's favorite was her leapster & her dolly that santa gave her - karleigh loves her leapster, but HATES one of her items & will walk all the way on the other side of the room, just to get away from it & what is this item you may be asking... A PEN! - it's apparently very scary as she's petrified at the sight of it - below's a picture of the pen in question & next is a picture of karleigh's face when she sees the pen (how funny!)
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just wanted to share what's we're going to be doing over the next few days - spike & i went shopping for all the 'last minute things' this evening - we're now done (we think) - we're taking all 4 girls out tomorrow night as they'll be buying for us & brittan will be buying for all her siblings - then on saturday we've got a funeral showing to attend out of town (spike's uncle) so we'll be traveling to/from on saturday - we've got church on sunday, brittan will work the 4y old class & kiara's got a christmas program, then it's home to begin (yes, i've not even started) wrapping gifts UGH - on monday (christmas eve), we've got to pick barbara up at the airport at 12:20pm, then we'll be heading to my parents where we'll enjoy christmas with my side of the family (barbara, my parents, my brother & his wife, 2 of their girls (5y & 3y), us & our 5 children & whatever friends stop by) - we'll then head home late to catch some sleep, then it's up in the morning on tuesday (christmas) around 7:30-8 to spend the morning with our kids (all 5 of them!) - we'll then all get ready & it's off to grandmas house where there will be tons of people (barbara, spike's mom, spike's 3 siblings, their spouses, their 8 children, their spouses, their 12 grandchildren children, us & our 5 children, my parents & whatever friends stop by) - we're then off to take barbara back to the airport so she can head out to visit her daughter in NY for a few days before heading back to haiti to get 'more kiddos out'! - so maybe on wednesday we can... rest?? *wink* (angela, when we planning on getting together??)
these were taken by a friend of ours just last week - how sweet they both look!! thanks bob for taking them & passing them along so quickly!!
we took all the girls to see this movie tonight & it was so cute - they all had a blast as did we - when you ask kiara what we went to see, she yells, "ELLLLLVIS & the chick monks!" - the entire movie she kept asking, "is that elvis??" - it's so funny how they can hear something & it sounds so different than what was really said
here's karleigh's christmas program & she'd such a wonderful time - up to that night, she'd told me that her class was NOT doing any christmas song & was NOT doing any songs with hand movements (hehe) - she's so funny! - after the program i asked her about why she told me that & she said, "oh mommy, i was just teasing" - isn't she adorable!!
the other day i was on my way to moms house & i'd just gotten a new camera & so i decided to take some pictures - it was snowy & all, but i drove by the house where i remember growing up - we moved there just before i started school & lived there for a few years, until we moved into the 'big house' where my parents still live - just thought i'd share! 
well, he's at it again - my dad's gotta stop as he's very embarrassing to all that's around him when he begins saying the things he's been saying - not long ago, my parents were at the supermarket & mom overheard dad saying this to the man at the meat counter - dad said, "excuse me sir, but can you show me your all beef wienies" - mom quickly grabbed him & out the door they went - we've all be telling him that they're hot dogs, not wienies!!! - then, this past week, he called as he was on his way home from work (he delivers parts for an auto company) & said that he was so thrilled as that particular day, he had the short route (one he normally doesn't have) - he said that when he has this route, he stops at a local restaurant & eats lunch - he said, "yeah, i pull up there & yell into the speaker, i want some of your sweet wienies!!" - i said, "dad, you didn't!" - laughingly, he said, "yes, that's what they are" - he said they're coney dogs with a sweet sauce, but that he calls them sweet wienies - i said, "then why don't you say coney dogs with the sweet sauce?" - he just laughed - he grew up in a family where they called them wienies & he's one that apparently won't break tradition
