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.

Christmas With Kay And Eric

Christmas this year will be the first year ever to not be with my brother. He is going out to South Dakota with my Mom. I am a little sad about it, but there are many more to come. Kay and Eric will be gone this Christmas, so we celebrated with them on Sunday also. To see how much fun we had go here.

Good-Bye Kayla

Kayla left to go be with her soon to be hubby in North Carolina. Lisa had a open house for her so folks could come by and say good-bye. If you want to see this grand party you can here.

Breakfast With Santa

Breakfast with Santa is something that Jelly Belly in Fairfield offers for a very small price. You get breasfast, small gift bags, one on one time with Santa and he wife, Frosty, Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer, all of the other Reindeer, and Mr. Jelly Belly. They have a live kids band and Kelly the clown, she is great with the kids. Anyways I made a slide show and can't for the life of me figure out how to get it here it my blog. But if you click here you can , enjoy.

Candy Cane Lane

Good old Candy Cane Lane in Vacaville. It is funny how when you get older it doesn't seem to be as bright and long as it did when you were little. Ashton really enjoyed himself, he kept saying "wow, cool lights".

Wow, cool lights!!

What a Grinch this guy must be, the only house on the whole street to have ZERO lights or decorations.

Good thing they get a break on the PG&E for the season.

I miss Vacaville, but don't tell Daniel.

Ornament Making

My mom is great, she always did crafts with me, so I was trying to be more like her and let the kids make dough ornaments. Here is the first batch. The huge mess of decorating these ornaments coming to a blog near you.

Uncle Eric hard at work on a star tree topper.

Kirsten peeling off extra dough.

Uncle being silly, and making my kids do silly stuff.

What a sweet smile.

Yummy Levi's

My hubby love to wear short's, and I LOVE when he wear's levi's. His rump looks so sweet in them, what can I say, his milkshake brings all the girls to the yard. I asked if I could take of picture of it and he said yes.

And with his good humor he even did a second pose, I love him so much.

Sorry ladies he is taken! Yeah I am talking to all you lumber jack employess!!

It's All About Kirsten Tonight

Kirsten poop out because she can't hang with the big girl's.

The car wash is scary at 9 pm without your Daddy in the car.

Kirsten's picture of Mommy.

Mommy's picture of Kirsten.

Look how sweet she looks, but let me tell you looks can be deceiving. Kirsten is going though some educational times. She is doing what most kids do and this age or a little older but with Liese blood running in her veins. For those of you Liese's out there you know what I mean, let's just say it isn't the Brasher blood that seams to be the problem right now!! So Ricky had Ashton and Kelsey, so that left Jackson and Kirsten. I have really wanted to spend some quality time with Kirsten, and needed too. So after we ate at Ricky's and put the baby down it was almost 9pm. We left to go shopping in town. We went to Target and Wal-Mart, were all the tweekers were that night. We had a blast, it has been a while since I have been able to enjoy Kirsten, I always seem to be telling her what she can't do and arguing with her. She was PERFECT the hole night. We rolled up to the house at 12. She fell asleep on the way home so I had time to shock the whole night in before reality hit again once I walk in the door.