To be Fair...

To be fair, I had to put a picture of the "other" important person in my life. I realized that I had talked about Jimmy and the girls and left out a very important person...my boyfriend. He is the sweetest little boy..all boy...but such a lover!!! It is funny how "proud" he is that he can call me his girlfriend and how proud I am to call him my son aka boyfriend!!!

A Few of My Favorite Things

Like the song goes, here are a few of my favorite things. I love my husband. He drives me crazy, but he is all mine. I thank God that he is the one I get to call "my man". He told me this morning that I am his excitement in life. Technically, he said me and the kids. I took that as a great compliment, hopefully, that is the was he meant it:)! Boy, is he mine.

This also another of my favorite things. I only have one sister in this world, lucky for me...she is also my coworker, neighbor, scrappin' girl ect. She (like my husband) can drive me crazy (ok, I see a pattern...yes, it is me!!!), but at the end of the day I also thank God for her. She is my "go to girl"!

Ok, this picture is extra special. It includes the most important girls in my life. These four girls love me unconditionally, as I do them. I am so blessed to have a mom that loves me...no matter what...and has always made that known. We have our moments of disagreements, but at the end of the day, SHE IS MY MOM!!!! I hope to be half the mom she is. My mom is a very strong woman, she has gone through a lot in life, but has always managed to keep love at the top of her priority list. These are my girls. Through thick and thin, I would do ANYTHING for them. They help define who I am...a daughter, sister, and mother. Minus wife, these three "definements" are the most important thing to me...so are these people!

This is the first family picture taken. We have been talking about getting a professional picture taken for years and I thought why not get one right here and now...in the basement! Thanks to Steve's cool lens, we could all fit in the picture! Of course, Isaac thought he would be "funny" and keep his eyes closed in every picture. You know what, it doesn't matter! I have a picture of my family to treasure forever! All of us, in one spot, celebrating together...now that is what I call Christmas!

I love Girls

I love this picture of the girls in their matching dresses and CURLS. I take my job as a mom of girls very seriously:). I make sure they are dressed for Christmas (church) from head to toe. Ok, the curls maybe more for me than them, but I just love them. As long as they let me do their hair, I am going to. How can I resist?

My Angels

Getting ready for Christmas Eve

The kids were too cute! I found the girls dresses in October when I was shopping with Jodi in Holland. There they were 2 dresses in a 2 and 4 just waiting to come home with me. I thought I would have plenty of time to find Isaac something matching. Let me tell you, they don't make dark brown things for boys. I found some cords at the Gap and let him pick out a "Christmas" tie. I had given up! The battle was not over. They do not make brown shoes for little girls at Christmas time. EVERYTHING is black! They could not wear black shiny shoes with brown velvet dresses. Needless to say, I had to give up on that too. Ashley actually picked out the glitter shoes. She thought they were beautiful. They had brown bows and the glitter actually was the same colors as the polka-dots on the dresses.

I loved Alli's tights. She is so skinny, she could not even fill them out!

Good Job, Jimmy

Good job, Jimmy! Not only did he take a picture of me with the kids, he actually got me and the kids. He is notorious for "background" pictures. We tend to be a VERY SMALL element in the picture, the wall (or other background item) tends to be the subject. Not bad Jimmy, not bad at all!!!

Christmas pj's or getting ready for jail????

I am not sure if we are getting ready for Santa's arrival or getting ready to do 20 years. The pj's are actually green, red and white, but look more like jail bird outfits if you ask me. The kids, once again, thought it was the greatest thing ever to have ALL matching pj's. Brady was adiment on wanting to be in the picture, but once he got on the sofa (for the first time) he could care less about the picture. Typical!!! It is always a treat setting my selftimer on the camera and running to get in the picture and have everybody ready in 7 seconds. All in all, not bad!! Merry Christmas!