Congratulations Stefanie and Jason

I know you have wanted a baby for awhile. According to the new birthday calendar, it looks like one is on the way.

Tracking Santa

Well even though it is still daylight here for us in America, many kids around the world are sleeping, waiting for Santa to come. Santa has been a busy little bee already today. You can track Santa at a fun website. Click on my link and it'll take you there. Remember, you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout I'm telling you why, Santa Clause is coming to town TONIGHT!

Our Cat Dog

Yes, this is Roxy. She thinks she is a cat. She licks herself all day long and somehow thinks that its ok to take her big body and lay it across the back of the couch. She came to us this way, this is not the corrupting of a pet from naughty children (adolescents). We love her anyway. Jolie, here is your picture of Roxy.

Christmas Dresses!

So Jolie got a Christmas dress and looks way way cute in it! Shelley asked me to post it since I havent gotten around to teaching her the ins and outs of the blog...I will sometime this break lol. She looks way cute!

The same scene from this morning.....

IT IS POURING DOWN SNOW!!

O MY GOSH! IT IS SNOWING!! RIGHT NOW!! RIGHT HERE IN PALMDALE CALIFORNIA!!

snow, Snow, SNow, SNOW!!!!!!!!

Its Snowing!!!!

I don't believe it will stick, it looked like it was going to stop a few minutes ago but nows it sending down chunky flakes again. Oh how I love snow!!!! Bring it on!!

Lauren's Party w/ the Lamberts!!

Okay, I thought I would share the 20th birthday with you all. It was fun with the Lamberts and my friends! Good times. I will try and put up some more of the Lamberts. Love ya all!

my birthday cake! it was WAY tasty and way cute!

Opening presents. that is ruth next to me.

Ruth being cute, Tim being his crazy self and Sam. I love them!

Ruth, Tim and Sam. I hang out with Tim and Sam like all the time. Good times.

Michelle, Bree, Me and Ruth. I love these girls!!

That is Jared and Bree (they are engaged) and Michelle. Michelle and Bree are my old roommates.

Kendell dancing in the kitchen

McKay with a chip in his mouth. He was a good helper getting ready for the party.

Jolie being her way cute self!! She is SOO much fun!

Posing in her cute outfit she picked out.

My Birthday outfit, a treat to myself!

The cute sign the Lamberts made for me for my birthday!

Love you all!

Snow Angel

Happy Birthday, Lauryn!!!!

Happy birthday, Lauryn.  You've finally escaped your teenage years.  Congratulations on making your parents feel old!

A month ago or so, somebody sent me an email with only one question:  Why do zebras have stripes?

Lauryn, for your birthday, I give you the stripes of a zebra.

1.  Zebras are black animals with white stripes, not white animals with black stripes.

2.    Stripes are vertical on the head, neck, forequarters and main body, but horizontal on the legs and rear end.

3.  No two zebras have the exact same stripe pattern, and zebras can identify individuals in the herd…useful in deciding if you like boy zebras or girl zebras.

4.     When injured, the stripes do not repair themselves…scars will be visible and will influence zebra choices in mating matters.

5.  The stripes are camouflage, which seems ridiculous to us, but their primary predator is a lion….and lions are color blind…and confuse zebras with tall grass.

6.  The stripes coincide with a fat pattern beneath the skin, thus serving as a thermoregulator for the zebra, meaning that the zebra can control it’s internal temperature thru the stripes.

7.  The disruptive color variation negatively affects the visual system of the Tsetse fly, a rather unsavory bug.

So Lauryn, I love you very much and am so glad you're in our family.  We think of you and pray for you all the time!  Happy birthday!!

Love, DAD

Snow Bunny

Paisley is just too cute! She loves to play in the snow and go outside in the freezing cold. She was disappointed we couldn't make a snowman yesterday, but soon we will have plenty of snow for a whole snow family. She sure is a cute bundled up little snow bunny.

Finally the First Snow!!

I am probably the only one who has been anticipating this moment for weeks! Last year our first snow came on Thanksgiving, so we are behind! It is so windy the snow isn't falling beautifully, but I'm glad that it is here. I'm going to bring out the apple cider for me and Paisley to sip as we watch the snow this morning. Isn't it lovely?

On a side note, yesterday Jason got called to Kansas City on a business trip where he is currently trying to solve one problem after another. Having Jason gone puts me in a funk so I have not yet organized any pictures of the cruise to post on the blog. Hopefully my honey will get back today and we can pick a couple cute pictures together to post! Happy Winter!!

Cruisers?

So did the boat sink or what? I found out half way through that it was a week long cruise but you are all back now and we await your reports and pictures.