Well, I've been slacking just a little bit, huh? Kind of gave up on the blog thing for a while, I guess. I can't believe it's been since August that I've posted! To see Carlee's birthday wishes on WAOW that aired on Monday, click here:
You may get asked to download a plug-in...go ahead, it is safe. And don't forget to make it full screen (2nd button from the right at the bottom corner.) :-)
Below are just "some" of the pics from the party. I know, I'm a little crazy with pictures. :-)
Carlee's steer birthday cake Aunt Shelly made.
Grandma Nadine's drawings set by the Oreo cookies. (Needed black and white appetizers.)
The only picture I took that shows the banner. Our wall looks pretty bare without the bench sitting there.
Emma
Birthday Girl
Carlee playing in her kitchen.
Miss Hanna Banana
Look at that face that Miss Madi gave me.
Matt & Ang
Bobz
Our cake without one leg. When it came time to light the cake, we found out Grandpa Larry had stolen its leg. So we replaced it with oreos for the time being. lol
She was so shy!
Angie and Larry
mmmm mmmm good!
Terri & Nadine
All these presents for me?
hmmmm....what's in there? I love how Hanna and Emma have to look too. :-)
Carlee in her new John Deere hat.
Caleigha after a couple bites of Oreo.
The night before her actual birthday.
Time for Carlee to come out of her room.
Her compact Hello Kitty brush.
Daddy stopped by The Country Store in Eagle River and picked this up for her. He also had it FILLED with candy!
Doc McStuffins
Carlee getting ready to leave for her birthday breakfast with Daddy.
Her newest addition...."Red" the other steer. She loves it! Oh oh....a new toy! (It makes me think of Woody & Buzz in the movie "Toy Story"...ya know when Andy got a new toy for his birthday.)
Well, I probably won't be posting until Carter's birthday, so I hope you enjoyed the pictures and videos. :-)
Catching Carlee and her baby all curled up watching cartoons.
Carter with the house he made out of magnets. Didn't he do great?!
Here is a pinterest inspired sign I did for Carlee's room.
Here's Carter's.....
This one I did for our front entry. It's not hung up yet, but can't wait to see how it'll look on the wall.
Grandpa giving Carlee a ride.
My dad .... :-) Love the smile, not his stretched out hat he won't replace.
My adventurous father getting ready to go down the hill on a snowboard. Even at 56 years old, you can still have a good time with your kids and grand kids.
Jordan
Jared
Carlee took this picture of Uncle Bobby, Jared & Grandpa
You'd never guess their mom is standing on her tippy toes behind the boys just to get the bunny ears on them.
Jordan (trying not to smile) and Jared
Miss Hanna Banana
Carlee curling up with Auntie Angie after Grandpa scared her.
Hanna and Carter
Emma and Carter
Carter trying to lift both of the girls.
Miss Emma and her rosy cheeks, after enjoying some sledding time outside.
Emma
The kids being goofy.
Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Believe it or not, I haven't taken many pictures this month. I've been working on the signs you see above, and last week I decided another room of our house needed to be gutted. I took the suspended ceiling and paneling down by myself and then I started removing the plaster on Friday. With Jay's help on Saturday, we were able to finish taking the plaster off and removing the lath, as well as taking down another wall on the other side of our stair case. We're slowly getting to an open concept. I've gotta say, we've made it through building a house in Medford, and now remodeling a house (WITH TWO KIDS ALWAYS AROUND, might I add). It's a miracle we still like each other! :-)
Sunday was a great family get together at my dad and step-mom's. We went sledding at the Ogema school with the kids. They had a lot of fun. Although, I think Carter was disappointed it wasn't as big of a hill as Perkinstown was a few weeks ago. It was great seeing my sister. She seemed happy with all the maternity clothes I'm borrowing her.
Happy Monday y'all! Start preparing for the blizzard heading our way tomorrow night. :-) Will it be a school snow day on Wednesday, finally??
Below are some short videos I took yesterday. It was more of a time to laugh at the bigger kids than anything. :-) Don't forget to pause the music at the bottom of this blog before hitting play.
Check out this clip of my dad trying to snowboard.
Take 2........ He may not be able to do it yet, but he sure had a good catch here.
Jordan and Jared racing. They can't stay away from each other. :-)
To view Carlee's slideshow, click the following link: http://www.photodex.com/share/bevholte/b9p4pmg4
