my birthday girl

sweet saylor lillie turned four on the 4th.

Ringing in the new year

We had a last minute get together with just a few friends since we could not land any babysitter's on New Year's Eve.

the retired teacher brought over ALL kinds of projects

we fired up some spectacular fireworks that were leftover from July

and all the kids (somehow) manage to stay up PAST midnight. Unbelievable.

Happy New Year - 2 weeks late.

birthday girl

her future is so bright, she's got on the shades. Happy belated birthday Keely B. Here's to the next 30 (plus 2) years.

warm day = park and sand

and a mess.

handy jen

santa bought me a new facet for christmas but he forgot to stick around to install it - can you imagine that plumbers crack...:)

Thus, I called in my dad who ended up watching MY kids while I INSTALLED the new facet. Although, I did have him throw in a little muscle to tighten up my bolts.

family night ride

I figure if I update 5 times a day I should be back on track in a week.

Here's a few of our favorite houses on our light tour.

christmas take three

same hair style...

my dad's VINTAGE L.A. Gear that he has worn for years - we updated him with a new pair but I forgot to capture that.

Lilliebean loving the new outfit.

sassy sis.

christmas take two

our house, christmas morning...

the stalkings.

our tree.

the presents.happy faces.

overwhelming joy.

and the speed racer.

christmas take one

as usual, I'll let the pictures do the talking...

santa visited our extended family x-mas party on christmas eve. Saylor was a fan, Sophia was not. book worm?
cookie junkie?

CRASHED

I started off the new year with a cleansing situation - my pc CRASHED. I just picked it up today but it's completely program free. Now my organization needs to kick in so I can remember where all my program cd's are to reinstall. What a 'cleansing" nightmare.

One positive - I'm over my blogstalker addition.