Christmas 2009

A few pictures for you from Christmas 2009

Eddie got a lego kit to make this front loader from Judy and Marty. It had over 1000 pieces. He put it together in 3 days! He did a good job.






As usual we went to church on Christmas Eve afternoon and then came home and opened presents from Grammy, Pop, Aunts and Uncles.


































Ed and I got the kids a new Wii game, Ultimate Party Challange.










Ethel is all ready for Santa to come!













The kids helped me cut out the sugar cookies. Each child cuts out one gingerbread man and then the rest is their choice of the Christmas cookie cutters.













Unfortunately we still have not decorated the sugar cookies. I guess we will have to do that this week!













Eddie even tried his hand at rolling the dough out and did a good job.













Eddie was a big help with baking most of the cookies with me. He did alot of the scooping, moving around in the oven and taking off of the cookie sheet.

















Shelley came a couple of days before Christmas to spend it with Dustin. How do you like Eds hat? Helps to keep his bald head warm. He now shaves his head every day. Just like Pat!







Cheers to everyone for a very Healthy Happy New Year!

Fred the Elf has Returned

Fred, our mischievous elf has returned for another Christmas season with us. Eddie wrote a couple of notes to Santa asking for him to come back to us. Since Fred is one of Santas best elves he was busy helping Santa and his returned was delayed. But two nights ago, he returned!

The first morning Eddie found him hiding behind the Nesquik in the cupboard.






This morning Fred was hiding again and Eddie had a hard time finding him! He was hiding in the freezer!! He was a little cold when he came out, but he did have a hat on, so at least he is a smart elf!









I took a couple more pictures of the tree with out the kids in front of it so you could see the whole tree. We have tons of ornaments on it and even some that we dont put on it because there is no room. Every year I threaten to get another smaller tree to put up, but I have not done it yet!

Here is the tree in the dark with just the lights on. We did multi colored lights this year.

Christmas Tree Decorating

We put up our tree yesterday and put the lights and garland on it yesterday, but Kelli was not feeling well, so we did the ornaments today. The kids did a good job with them.

Ed always puts the angel on top!

Kelli decorating the tree.

Eddie decorating the tree.

Kaila decorating the tree.

Senior Night and Performing at the GA Dome

Tonight was Kailas last football game Color Guard performance. Before the game, they introduced all of the Senior football players, cheerleaders, band and color guard members and their parents. There were 45 senior band members! Ed and I escorted her across the field.






Kelli was in the stands taking pictures of us as we crossed the field.









Last weekend, Kailas band performed in competition at the Georgia Dome in the Bands of America competition. They performed on Friday night in the preliminarys and made it to the finals and performed again on Saturday night. Ed and I went down to watch the Saturday night performance. In the Preliminary competition the band placed first in their division, and got awards for best music and best general effect. On Saturday they placed 8th in the finals out of 42 bands! In this picture, Kaila is the middle flag that you can see.




Kaila was exhausted when we got home around 1am! She recieved another medal (she has two on, wore the one she got last year as good luck).

Next week they head to the Grand National Band Competition in Indianapolis! Stay tuned for those results!

County Fair

The County Fair is in town this week, so we took the kids to it today. Ed and Eddie rode this ride twice. The car spin around and upside down.








Kaila had a friend that went with her. Kaila was upset that the Steelers were not on TV in our area today. But after riding a few rides with her friend, they found a TV at the fair that had the game on and they sat in front of it for while to watch it.









Kelli and Eddie rode alot of rides together.







I rode one ride with Kelli while Eddie rode a ride with Ed. It was a beautiful day for the fair.

Letterman Jacket and Mini Golf

Kaila got her Letterman jacket this week. The one shoulder has the Flash of Crimson logo for the band. The other shoulders has her graduation year and "bars" for years in the band.






The "F" on the front is for Forsyth High School. She can't wait for the weather to turn cooler to be able to wear it.












Shelley is in town this weekend. We went yesterday to play miniature golf at the Pirates Cove putt putt golf course.







The kids posed with the pirate












It was a nice day and a nice course. When we left there we went to Taco Mac for dinner.

This and That

It has been a busy couple of weeks since school started.

Ed and I spent a weekend in Helen, GA. Dustin watched the kids for us. We left on Friday evening and got to our cabin around 7pm. Our cabin was a one bedroom with a screened in deck. It was in the woods, but thankfully we had airconditioning because it was a warm weekend. We went to into the town of Helen on Saturday. Helen is a German town and we had a great dinner at a German resturant. We left Sunday and went to Anna Ruby Falls in Helen on the way home. The falls is the result of three rivers that come together. We walked the half a mile up to the falls.



I planted a tomato plant on the back deck along with some herbs. The herbs did really well and I cut and froze them all summer. The tomato plant finally produced some tomatoes a few weeks ago. They were not the prettiest tomatoes, but they were tasty. I still have a few green ones on the plant.







Ed and I became a great aunt and uncle again the end of July. Catharine was welcomed into the world by Ed's sister's daughter and son in law, Carrie, Jeff and their daughter, Claire.







Kelli made the volleyball team this year and started practicing before school started. She had her first game a week ago. They did not win, but it was the first game for most of the girls.

Kelli had several good hits, but doesnt like to serve at all, so she needs to practice that.





Dont pay attention the the number on her jersy because they had a mixup with the numbers and her number is now 30!

So now everything is caught up. Kaila has her first football game on Friday and Kelli has another game tomorrow, so I will try to update again soon!