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Way to update that blog, Momma!

Our Annual Bowling Extravaganza

Each and every year we have gotten together with my family either at Christmas time or in January depening on when my brother and sister in law come "home" for Christmas and bowl. It's been our tradition for at least five years that I can remember. I have pictures of four month old Emily hanging out in her stroller in the bowling alley. I have pictures of me 7 months pregnant with Elle bowling away. We bowl a few games, share a few pitchers of bowling alley beer and eat a few too many assorted deep fried bullshits (the name we lovingly call all the deep fried yummy, artery clogging food that the bowling alley serves) Seriously, it might very well be one of my favorite days of the year.

This year Emily and Elizabeth bowled. We got them their own lane with bumpers and a ramp thingie and they had a blast. Especially Emily. I am thinking bowling league when they get a little older. :) This year we also tagged along two babies. Cecelia wanted nothing more than to walk down the lanes and Lucias had fun hanging out in the exersaucer. (How white trash, right? Taking an exersaucer to the bowling alley. I think its rather funny myself)

And for the record, the first game, I beat EVERYONE except my dad. Not too shabby. I was only 2 pins below him, too. I could have beat him, but I choked my last frame. The pressure was too much. Haha.

Merry Christmas!!!

Our beautiful family.

Cecelia opening her first (and favorite present) a new cell phone just like momma's. Hopefully she will stop dialing mine and start using hers.

Emily with her Frosty ornament. Every year we buy ornaments that have special meaning. This year we watched Frosty a zillion times, so it was fitting.

Elizabeth with her favorite ornament. Again, we watched Rudolph a bazillion times and it was always her first pick for movie time.

I love this picture. My Dad has a huge train and all the grandkids have a car for the year they were born. The kids were all just sitting and watching the train. I have about three pics of this and it actually shows their heads moving to watch the train. ADORABLE!

I like to call this one MISCHIEF

This is what happens when you leave Cecelia alone in the bathroom with the toilet and a roll of toilet paper.

Then Emily got the Aces Award for Academics

I am pretty sure I cried a little. I was taking video and crying at the same time. I am proud of all of my kids all of the time, but I was EXTRA proud of Emily that day.

Here they are...the first post of pictures...

We went to the Parade Company for our first Daisy Girl Scouts field trip.

First Post of the New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I swear that I will update the blog soon.
So much has been going on the last week and a half that my head is spinning.
The girls are going to my mom and dads for the night tonight and the day tomorrow so maybe I can download some pics and get caught up. MAYBE.

So for now, Happy New Year to you and yours. I hope 2009 finds you happy, healthy and full of good things.