On The Tenth Day Of Winter Break...

Kelsey will come to me,

and ask "what does New Year mean?".

On The Ninth Day Of Winter Break...

the girls will come to me,

and ask if they can be pretty little ballerina's for me

Baby Snuggels

I LOVE baby snuggles.

Tissue Culprit

Ashton's nose is off the hook right now, just a continous stream of snot. He is a good little boy and will wipe without even being asked to. However, he doesn't put his used tissues in the garbage, he puts them behind the speaker. We have been watching him, he will wipe, then look from side to side to see if anyone is watching and drop it behind the speaker and carry on. Well at least he is wiping right.

Jackson Wayne Workout Program

On The Eighth Day Of Winter Break...

the kids will come to me,

and say what a good time the had with Lexi.

Fishin With Papa

My Dad has taken the kids fishin on several occasions recently and I wanted to share some of the pictures and videos he has taken. Ashton seems to like fishin, and that really makes Papa Wayne happy.

On The Seventh Day Of Winter Break...

Kirsten will come to me,

and ask if I will clean up the poo poo and pee pee

Kirsten was pet sitting for the neighbor, and she went up stairs to find one of the dogs in action on Ariel's face. So I cleaned it up for her and in return she changed all the kids poopie diapers all day.

On The Sixth Day Of Winter Break..

Kirsten will come to me,

and tell me over and over how bumbed out she is that her sleepover failed

Funny Dog Video

This is just funny, Riley is my brother's dog. I am not an animal fan, but this dog is cool.

Ashton Get's Hurt Again

Oh boy, boy's get hurt so much more then girls, at least this one does. All the cousins were having fun in the front room, ruff housing. The little guy comes into the kitchen and is crying and saying his mouth was hurt, Daniel saw a little blood but didn't really look that closely. Later in the night, Lisa noticed how swollen his face was, he looked like the people off the grinch movie. He face was starting to black and blue around his nose too, so we were trying not to wipe it constantly, as seen in the picture below, (and I wanted Donna to see the green snot, lol). So we were told that he hit his face, on what, I am not sure. But he chipped both of his front teeth and jammed them into his gums. He isn't looking so hot right now, lets just say that. As of now, he is pretty sore, he isn't really into eating because of discomfort, and he is talking a little different. The swelling is starting to go down a little after it has been a little over 24 hours since it happened. So we get to go to Lincoln again to see what the doc says, I hope his grill isn't always going to look like this. And mostly that nothing further is wrong.

On The Fifth Day Of Winter Break...

the kids will come to me,

and ask when we are going shopping.

(the gifts cards were burning a hole in there pockets)

Presents With Papa And Grandma

Thank you so much for the gifts, the kids really are going to enjoy them. And I can't wait to make pancakes.

28 Weeks Old

Baby Jackson basically can sit up for about 3 minutes until he uses his stomach as his stilt, dose that count for sitting up? Sure why not.

On The Forth Day Of Winter Break...

the kids will come to me,

and point out what a mess we made, oh geez.

Happy Birthday Jesus!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

We were lucky enough to have my parents and Ricky's family come over for some good food and good times.

The boys talking about boring boy stuff.

Some little people waiting to eat.

What a cutie. One set of my wonderful parents.

Thank you so much Dad and Lisa for all you do all year long, we are so glad you are in our family's life, I love you both so much.

Santa Came!!

Santa came, I wasn't sure if the kids were good enough in his book, but apparently they were. The kids woke up at 4 am to see what Santa brought, including Ashton.

Ashton got a awesome bike that looks like a motor cross bike, and a flashing helmet to match.

Kirsten got just what she wanted, and iPod shuffle.

Kelsey wanted a guitar, but not an electric one. The little baby got a really cool train toy, but he didn't wake up till 8:30, so he missed the photo opportunity.

107.1 FM

I found this house next to my brother's, too bad the kids weren't with me.

Present Time!!

Nana made the boys precious little bean dogs, Jackson snuggled right up to his and fell asleep.

Kelsey made me an adorable ginger bread house at school.

A warm coat from Lala. Kirsten loves pea coats, thanks Lala. Baby Jack's first present, he seemed to be interested in it.

I want to thank so many of you for shipping your gifts to us. It was nice to be able to have presents for the kids to open.

Christmas With The Oroville In Law's

Cheers!!

Daniel's family, Kathy, Robert, and Tasha.

Grandma Kathy enjoying baby Jack. Daniel being a big baby.

We like to keep it simple around here, nothing fancy.

On The Third Day Of Winter Break...

the kids will come to me,

and ask how soon they can go to sleep.

(because we all know Santa doesn't stop unless you are asleep)

Just Different

Out of all my 27 years, I have never not been with my Mom or my brother for Christmas. It wasn't that I am didn't enjoy my time with other people I care and love, but it just was different. I missed my Mom and brother terribly, and they missed me and my family. My brother sent me some picture mail on my phone which was nice, and I just wanted to share them.

On The Second Day Of Winter Break...

the kids will come to me,

and ask if they can vegg in front of the TV.

South Dakota View

This is the view out of Eric's bedroom window, looks nippy huh. He is staying at my Mom's in South Dakota. It has been REALLY cold there lately, 4 degrees sound cozy, not so much.

On The First Day Of Winter Break...

the kids will come to me,

and ask if they can eat on the trampoline.

Who?!?!

So I have this tracker on my blog to see who visits, how long they stay, where they link from and all other kinds of cool stuff. Lately I have noticed states that I don't know anyone, and they are staying on my blog for HOURS..Creepy huh!! So what I have decided to do is go private. What this means is for those of you that want to be able to view blog and have my permission I will invite you, which means I put you on a list with your email address so that you can get access to the blog. You will have to sign in every time, but it really only takes a second. I just don't feel comfortable about complete strangers visiting for hours on end, it makes me wonder why. So if you would like to be on "the authorized list" drop me an email, andrealiese@sbcglobal.net. This will be in affect in one week, the last day will be open to the public is 12/28 at 12:00 am, so don't waste time, sign up now.

If You Dare

Try the Bean Boozled Beans from Jelly Belly. It is a fun game where the good beans and the gross beans look the same but you don't know till you bite into it. Ear wax is one of the flavors, as seen on the jumbo size q-tip with wax on it in the Jelly Belly store. Nasty, they have vomit or peach, baby wipe or vanilla bean, grass or juicy pear. The kids like the game, but I think I will pass.

A Cute Story

During Kayla's open house on Sunday a lot of people were coming and going. Sam Barry is a close family friends daughter. She had introduced herself to Ashton "Hi, my name is Sam". Ashton waits for a few seconds and turns his finger around pointing at himself and says, "Atin". This is how he says his own name, it is so adorable.

Ashton And Lorraine Liese

Daniel went to visit his grandparents who now lay in rest in Fairfeild. The pictures were just recently added, he was very moved by them and wanted to share them.

Santa's Belt

The girls had made a craft and had some of the belts left from Santa's outfit. Kids have such a good imagination, it was funny to watch them come out with a different idea each time.

Kelsey and her gangster stash.

Ashton and his furry eye brow's.

Kirsten's black eye. Didn't get enough sleep apparently.

The french man stash.