Looks are deceiving

I have this photo hanging in my dining room. I get compliments all the time. My sister in law loved it and didn't even wait until she went home to California to take one of her little one's tiny toes. I laugh when I think of all I had to get through to get the shot.

I was trying to make it for Jim's birthday. It took two adults and a lot of sweat and patience. I don't know that I had any patience...but finally I got the shot. Remember, I had a 10 month old that wanted no part of sitting still, let alone under a blanket, and a two and a half year old...and the terrible twos were in full bloom.And finally the money shot came...and even then I had to crop out the top left corner to get the picture.

But apparently it was well worth the hard work with all of the compliments that I get. I love the picture...and the little tootsie toes.

Flashback Friday..Posted on Saturday

It was Christmas...what can I say.

In the spirit of Christmas, I am posting this picture of the boys from years ago. It's not exactly the one I was looking for, but it's the one I did find.

Happy Holidays to all!

Christmas

I tend to get too into the holiday to remember to take pictures or video. That and the fact that my new camera picks up any little movement and makes the items blurry. That doesn't make for very many good photos. With the excitement, the boys are also too quick for me to keep up with. So I tried to get some when Auntie brought their gifts over.

Video games are big on Christmas day. We had PS2 but got them PS3 all together. Jeffrey was testing out the UFC video game (also big in our house..both the show and living room brawls). Joshua was trying out his new DS dirtbike game.

Man what a mess it all leaves behind. Luckily we have the stairs to the new basement right there so we threw the boxes and packaging right over the railing. Otherwise we wouldn't find toys or eachother.

Jacob wasted no time getting in to all of his toys. Thank goodness for big ole scissors with all that plastic crap they hold the toys down with.

I actually got a smile and almost full face for a photo....score!

Jacob set up his new wheels. I'd love to be able to sit on a shoe box :) and have it not turn into a pancake.

Now we wait for the arrival of our cousins from Tennessee!!! Mommy's favorite present!

Big Belly for a reason

Santa came and enjoyed some treats on his stop.

Jacob was a little disappointed. "He barely ate anything. I worked hard on those cookies." He made them on Christmas Eve at a family gathering. Made two for himself and two for Santa. I had to remind him that Santa stops at lots of houses for snacks and has to watch that belly.

Flashback Friday

A day late, but well worth it. They say what goes around comes around...and this picture proves it in more than one way. The first being style. Old styles just seem to keep recycling. Call them bell bottoms or flare or bootcut...hip huggers or low rise, it keeps coming back. Hair is no different. That is why I for one am holding on to my 80's/90's big hair. It will make an appearance again one day soon. The other thing is that parents always wish for their kids to have kids like them :) Well Jim now has a son who has hair like he once did, and he is beside himself as I'm sure his mom once was as well.

Flashback Friday

This was the weekend Jim said he fell in love with me. Do you think it had something to do with the bikini????

Busy Beavers

Joshua loves to go to the Monarch's games. Jacob...not so much. He just doesn't have the attention span for it. They had a little coloring contest and gave kids free tickets just for entering. Jacob ended up doing pretty well and made the hole game.

This is the little blimp that flies around dropping oil change coupon's and such. I've never seen so many kids excited to get an oil change coupon :) (I'm sure there are some free fries coupons too)

This was a busy weekend. Jacob started basketball practices. I think he will do well with this as they are moving most of the time. That and there isn't any dirt to find bugs in :)

He is number 33, my favorite hockey player's number....and some famous Celtic Player :)

Joshua was itching to get in and help. He didn't want to play on his own since he would be in a different age group than Jacob. After practice he had Jacob go up and ask the coach if he could be a helper. He said yes. The kid cracks me up.

We also had our first real snow, if you can call two inches real snow. That didn't stop Joshua from being excited and wanting to go out. When I came down in the morning, this was what I was greeted with on the kitchen floor.

Flashback Friday

This is my gram and grandpa. My grandfather died in 1997 right at the start of the year. He was such a funny, well loved and incredibly generous man. I loved spending the little bit of time I got to spend with him. They lived in Florida and would only come up in the summer, and then I was only with my dad every other weekend. I used to love to sit around and listen to the stories they would tell about my dad when he was yound and adopted him and about all of the parties and guests they would have at the camp. My grandfather had a 'claw' that he always tried to pinch us with, he loved globs of butter on his Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies and toast burnt right over the flame. He hated to wear his false teeth but that never stopped him from eating anything! He in fact tried many times to barter them for something he found more useful. He loved my grandmother to pieces and always wanted to help her even when he could no longer move on his own. "Leave the trash there, 'Cil'. I'll get that for you". He was always working on his 'girlish figure' (as witnessed by all the butter) and proclaimed every meal 'another job well done'. He loved to give and provide to all he knew and didn't. Tearing up many bills for money people owed him.

He is greatly missed everyday and every year that passes!