The Holidays are Upon Us!!

It was that time of year again to go out and find a tree. We went to our favorite little Christmas tree farm and Braden got to help cut it down, since he wouldn't be around to decorate.

In other news...

We went to the kids' Christmas program last night but since we sat in the nosebleed section, the only pictures I could get were of spectators. They liked it.



This morning, the baby demanded to have ketchup on his cereal...



And we're working feverishly to make sure Bill doesn't become the crazy cat lady... Just kidding. I'm just jealous because the cats love him more.



That's about it from this end.

Snow!

We got snow on Tuesday! We don't get snow a lot here, so when we do, everything shuts down and the kids go outside.

As you can see, we didn't get a lot. In fact it took most of the snow from our front and back yard just to make the snowman.

Baby's first snow...



Flamingo's first snow...



Rolling a snowman...



He should be in Denver with that getup...



The finished product...



Yes, it's spitting spaghetti...



All the kids, er, I mean artists...



And by 2 p.m. he'd lost most of his hair...

Thanksgiving pictures and others...

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! We did. I thought we had more pictures but really just a few. Here they are...



Boys eating




Tagen and Grandpa




Best buds




Hannah



The kids

And here is the kitten, Zoey, who is now a month old, eating solid food and using a litter box. No more mommy Shelley feeding and peeing and pooping the kitten. Yay!!

Believing In You

Hello out there! I hope you all had a great holiday and safe travels!! We went to Bill's parents' house. It was nice. I promise I'll post pictures as soon as I have time to take them off the camera.

So I have exciting news... Cafepress is holding a Hottest Products of the Holiday Season Contest featuring only 200 designs. One of mine made it into the contest! I'm very proud because there are thousands of designers on Cafepress. This is the design I've entered. Wish me luck!!

A little of this, a little of that...

Sorry for no update in awhile. Things have just been kind of blah here. Lots of rain and not a lot of anything else. So since we have nothing really to share, we thought we'd share some fun things.

First of all, if you are getting too much done in your life, you obviously haven't played Line Rider, and are in dire need a new computer program to waste time on. Think you're good at it? Check this out...



Then there's this which has nothing to do with anything but is just funny.



And just for Braden and Paul....

Mayhem and munchies

10 kids, 3 babies, a little kitty litter and a bucket of gunk... fun was had by all.

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Halloween prep and more

The big Halloween party is tonight. I have a long list still of things to get done... and I have slime to make. The kids did alot of the prep stuff yesterday but Tagen sat around and ate tootsie rolls in his new glasses.



More pictures to come.

Kitten update: Asha came in and fed her once. Lucy won't have anything to do with her now. Sara and I are the new mommies.

One of those mornings

I was thinking last night about how I really don't have anything exciting to update on here. Be careful what you wish for?

Asha, who is our psychotic, feral-ish, outdoor cat had a kitten last night. We weren't overly surprised as she wasn't fixed and we haven't even tried to catch her to get her fixed. She rejected it, which also didn't surprise us a whole lot. Like I said, she's not all there anyway. Thankful that it was just one, this morning I ran to the feed store and bought a kitty feeding kit and replacement milk all set to revisit interrupted nights for feedings.

Lucy, our other little white cat, had a litter a few months back and the last 2 kittens went to a good home a week ago, so we were going to call today and make an appointment for her to get fixed next week (2 weeks for milk glands to normalize, etc). Lucy was mourning her 2 last kittens pretty badly and has been wandering around looking for them still.

Unsure if Asha was still having kittens, we put Asha and the kitten in our bathroom last night. No more kittens and no interest in this one. The kitten cried all night, and Lucy, hearing it cried from the other room all night.

This morning we let Asha out and she was gone in a heartbeat. Lucy was interested and licked the kitten but kind of stayed away. But now that I've fed the kitten once, Lucy is pretty interested and keeps moving it and cleaning it. I think it even nursed but I don't want to get too close yet to find out for sure or she'll move it again and she's eyeing the ledge above the kitchen cabinets.

The vet said that Lucy is the best replacement and that her milk will come right back. We can still suppliment her feedings if she's having problems.

It's interesting that Lucy has taken over. When Lucy's kittens were 5-6 weeks old, Asha spent a lot of time with them. She kind of took them over. Lucy fed and cleaned them, but Aunt Asha snuggled with them and played with them the rest of the time.

The funny thing is that I find myself sitting here thinking of everything I haven't gotten done because of my exciting morning.

Hi there!

So I was asked why I have a ghost blog but don't have my own personal blog, you know, the type with family photos and all. I used to. And it was a fun way to keep in touch with friends and family. But unfriendly, unhappy people frequented it too and I stopped posting. Now that unfriendly or unhappy people don't matter much anymore, it makes no sense to not have a blog. So here it is! I have a myspace page too that anyone is welcome to visit me on if you are over there.

Where to begin... I guess where we are. Oregon - getting ready for Halloween - enjoying the totally wonderful fall weather we've been having. We are having a halloween party for the kids and their friends on Friday. Halloween is supposed to be scary. What's more scary than that?

Here's some pics of the kids that I took at the playground.







And then there's Sarah driving. Scary really. Okay not so much. If you've not met Sarah, she's our 17 year old neighbor/adoptee.



I have great pictures of them all (and Braden) at the beach. I'll post them when I scan them in.