It's a new year

And boy do we have so much to be thankful for! They boys went camping from Monday to Wednesday of last week and had an awesome time! They went with a few guys from church and camped out on our pastors land! Here are a few pics for you to enjoy.

He's a little lion!

Jayce was sitting on a log that is over a little stream.

We ladies stay home and had our own little slumber party! And we forgot to take PICS! Err... We had an awesome time! We played taboo, skipo, catch phrase, etc. And I think we laughed more than we played! HAHA It is so nice having ladies in the church like we do to enjoy such great fellowship!

I will write another blog tomorrow. I am so slacking. And it will also include pics but it will be some from the new year! They will be worth waiting for!

Merry Christmas

My snowman cake (Green Velvet)
Jayce with all his gifts

Jadon with all his gifts

And their BIG gift

So we had a good day today! We are so thankful for the birth of our saviour first of all and for the Lord giving us another year!

Here are some pictures from today. We went to the Gore's house for lunch today and I made green bean wraps, dressing and a snowman cake. It was suppose to be red velvet but Walmart was out of Red Coloring so I made it Green Velvet. LOL

Yesterday my neighbor Jenn and I were in the kitchen baking away. Deanna came over for a little while too and was so kind at washing all the dishes!

We had an awesome time though!

We made cinnamon gems, shortbread candy canes, rocky road fudge, oreo balls, buckeyes, rice krispies, and PB Chocolate Oat Bars.

Our Newest Addition

This is Tigger.

We got him on Saturday! The boys are absolutely in love with him. Eclair loves him too but Reese on the other hand is getting there.

Alot of you know I have never liked cats well.... My neighbor Jenn got two of the lil rascals as kittens and I have fell in love so now we have one.

We now have 2 dogs, a cat, a hamster and a fish tank. The fish tank is in the making! It will be all ready for some fish next week! Josh is so excited! This is his little project. Well I am going to end here and get some more cleaning done!

Here's some pics as promised

I made this cake for the Young Adults Christmas Party! I think it turned out quite well! Its made with graham crackers not cake mix!

The cutest little rocking Santa around!

Jayce's shirt (Genesis and Jadon's are so sweet too but we left them at the school to dry)

Their Pine Cone Trees

Can you tell they had a little to much fun!

Jadon decided to paint himself too!

It's been a while I know...

Man oh man. You guys need to kick me in the back side and make me blog more. There is always so much to say but finding the time. What was that! I said TIME! HAHA

Anyways I am so excited for CHRISTmas! All the decor is out and the boys and I have been doing crafts at home! We made pine cone trees the other day and today we are making ornaments with flour and stuff!! I will post pics real soon I promise!

We have been real busy with the holidays around the corner! We have a party Saturday for the young adults at church and we are excited! We all go to the Copelands and play white elephant and its a blast! ;) I am making a new recipe out of the new Festive cookbook from Pampered Chef! I am excited about it!

We have decided we would go home to AL the weekend before. It will be a fast trip though. We have our Church Christmas Party next Friday then we'll go home Saturday morning to do Christmas with my family then Sunday we will be with Josh's mom!

Today at preschool the kids made the cutest shirts ever! For the head of the reindeer they used one foot and the ears they used their hands, then we painted them! I came home and made one for Jayce. We made Genesis one too and her shirt also says Silent Night... YEA right! LOL

I have been going through alot lately also! Pray for me please! It's kind of an unspoken!

We are trying to get Jadon POTTY TRAINED for the billionth time. He doesnt pee in his pants at all anymore. Just to get the poop down! ;)

Well I will close this here but I am sure I'll blog again tomorrow! The ornaments are ready to be painted! ;)

TAGGED

~6 things about me~

1. I love to scrapbook!! Both boys have a few books each but here is the kicker! This past year with the new business and baby I haven't been able to keep up! I am probably about 6 mos behind or more in each of their books! I need to look myself up a few days and catch up!

2. It drives me crazy last minute planning. Well I guess more so now then it used too. I mean I tell Josh give me all your Christmas party dates for work so I don't book Pampered Chef shows on those days and do you think I have them yet!? NO!!

3. I used to be like OCD about a clean house. I mean I am still half that but wish I were more like I used to be. But I tell you with Genesis and my brother living here it is just so hectic and busy all the time!

4. When we were in Misawa I was so ready to come home! But now that we are back stateside I think about have big of a STUPID choice that was!

5. Even I go to bed at 9pm every night I am still extremely tired the next morning so why not stay up til midnight! LOL

6. Before Josh joined the military I didnt do as much cooking. It was mostly box and fast stuff! But now that I cook all the time giving me a box meal makes me sick to my stomach!

Well, pretty much everyone has done one of these recently, so I won't tag six people. Just two:

Shauna
Jillian