The kindness of others

As I stop to think about what this life is really all about I can't help but share this story. When Tyler was in the hospital I would call and check on her and make sure all was well and that Kristy was doing OK... Everyday the cute girls at work would ask how is Tyler, how is she doing today, everyday without fail. One day one of the girls asked me is Tyler's name was spelled the normal way without thinking I said yes, never thinking about again until one morning I was sitting at my desk and and all of a sudden in front of my face was a box with a very happy smile behind it, as Heidi spoke these words to me, remember don't look for the imperfections??? (we had talked about doing projects and how hard we can be on ourselves when they don't look just the way we think they should be) I opened the box and there was the cutest blanket that had been made just for Tyler with her name embroidered on it and a saying Sugar and Spice and everything nice...
I started to cry after I realized why she had asked me about how to spell her name? bless her heart at the MOST busy time of the year she had taken her time and her Aunts time (she did the stitching) to make this blanket for someone that she did not even know. Needless to say she made me stop and think about how everyday we can doing something that will make people smile. There truly is Great people that walk among us.

She grinned from ear to ear, Thanks to all of you that make someones day everyday!

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning started great we had 2 feet of snow and NO power so that means no heat,no Christmas music, and No breakfast.. We really did have a great Christmas and hope you did too.




Santa found us and I think he left way to much....
Brody was so excited to open his presents at first but it got old fast he just wanted to play with the sock monkey in a box.
Dax loved it all and wanted to eat all the paper,
Jon got the hat he wanted and was very happy to show it off.
Ray got an Ipod touch and was happy to get playing
Lindsey got diamond earrings and was more than happy to show them off
Tracy got a new lap top and is not sure what to do now..
Jamie got her favorite shoes but couldn't wear them because there was way to much snow
Jon got the game Killer Bunnies anyone up for a game?
Zach got new sheets and movies he is ready for bed and a movie...

Finding and Decorating the tree

Thank goodness when we went to find the Christmas tree it was pretty nice weather. I think we had more fun putting the kids in the trees.



After the tree comes home it is Rays job to put all the lights on..... Then the fun begins Everyone decorates the tree each person has to fine the perfect space.... (hint you find it more than once when Brody and Logan are helping.)



Zach finds the perfect spot nice and high so no body can touch it.



Doug finds his perfect spot.


Our little Santa.



Lindsey and Jon find theirs



Jamie needed hers to be just a little bit higher than Zach.



Even Logan finds his. We are very happy that he got to help us decorate the tree while his Mommy and Tyler are still in the hospital.


This was Mom's idea of helping to decorate the tree... (oh no they touched the ornaments again!!) We had a great time and a lot of fun getting ready to have tons of Christmas spirit in our home..

Pumpkin Carving and Trick or Treating

The time had come to carve the pumpkins all was well until Lindsey pulled the top off Brody wanted NOTHING to do with the stuff hanging off the top he was very happy to just sit and watch everyone else take care of the mess.

Ray and Jon having a little fun. I think Jon was hungry?

The finished pumpkins

Then came the time to go Trick or Treating... Brody was a Monkey and
Dax his banana.

My two cute babies. Once Brody caught on to how it all work he was ready to go and fill the bag... Candy, Candy, Candy!!

Dax was just along for the walk.

Auntie James brought the boys a goody bad filled will all sorts of fun things.. don't you just love teeth, we could not stop laughing, everytime we looked at them it all started over. They were good sports and let us take pictures and laugh.

But the best thing Brody got was his flashlight he held it like this all night even when he was walking down the road... We hope you all had a Great Halloween and stayed warm and safe.

Trying to find the perfect pumpkin

We went to the pumpkin patch to find the "Perfect Pumpkin" there was way to many

Brody found his right away

Then he got to ride

then Ray found his

and both boys were happy

I found mine and as you can see it took a long time it was getting so dark. I was a little scared I hate the dark I am always wondering who is going to jump out at me or what kind of rodent will get me

right after I took this picture Brody threw the pumkin an was done for the night.. Next up pumpkin carving... we will see how that goes.

Leaves are falling all around on the roof top on the ground

As we were trying to clean up all the leaves tonight Brody could not get over all the leaves falling off the tree and all of them on the ground he just kept running in them falling down in them and rolling around in them.

Then he wanted his brother with him

He thought it was pretty funny when Ray would blow them at him and he was throwing them at the same time.

He tried to get more off the tree but when it didn't work he went back to running in them.

Snow Globe.. and Snow?

The new toy. Saturday we went to Lowe's and while we were there we stopped to look at all the Christmas things, it was cool and rainy so it made it even better to be looking. I found this little snow globe and handed it to Brody he loved it his new best friend.
He played all day with that thing, it plays 11 Christmas songs over and over and over.
he studied it until I thought for sure he would be tired of it but he would not put it down
Even when he could hardly keep his eyes open he was holding it. Well worth the money. I was thinking it may have been a little to early for something like that but then we woke up to this....
Thank goodness not to much but enough for me and the middle of October.