stomach virus

Ugggh-- Jilly started the chain last night when she through up all over hers and Jordan's bed plus about half of the blankets that we own! Then the poor baby continued being sick at least 10 more times-- mostly just dry heaving. Anyhow-- it hit me this morning-- Jillian is acting much better but I am feeling nauseous and horrible still. Well, please pray for quick recovery and for no one else to suffer from this illness in my house. Dave has a bad headache but hopefully it's not related! :)

Christmas Fun 2007

Here is our Christmas Scene...
AFTER Santa visited and BEFORE it was discovered!

Jillian was so excited to have a "bike with 2 wheels and training wheels!"

Thank you Uncle Mike, Aunt Jennie, McKenna & Jackson!
Love the NY hats & especially the "Webkins"!!!

Thanks Grandaddy and Grandma Jan--
also Uncle Charley and Aunt Susan & Chris!!
Josh now has a literal Arsenal of Nerf Guns!!! We had a blast playing together!!

We got Dave a "headlamp" as he is the Scoutmaster for the Young Men at Church!!
Now he can set up his Tent in the dark!! :) LOL

Josh is exploring his stocking!!
Santa brought Josh a Jr. Set of Golf Clubs with lots of practice balls and tees!
We all made lots of divets in the front yard yesterday--
It's a good thing our yard is mostly weeds!! LOL
(please ignore my yuckky carpet--it will be laminate floor come Feb. :))

Ahhh-Thank you Aunt Kathy and Uncle Gary for the Pretty Dress!! Jillian actually had snuck this gift into her room last week and then came out and told ME to close my eyes-- When I did she shouted..."SUPRISE!!" Anyhow-- We wrapped it back up and she RE-openned it Christmas Morning and LOVED it just as much as the 1st time she unwrapped it!!

Here is Jordan with her Santa gift... An "I-Live" A Karoake Machine that you can dock your I-Pod in and it will convert all your i-tunes to Karoake format so you can SING SING SING! In fact right now-- Jordan is singing on her microphone in her room "The Jonas Brothers...The Year 3000"

It's a Clementine ORANGE in my Stocking!!! LOL

This is Chris who doesn't like his picture taken-- I teased him about his 'Kid Rock' Hair!

Christmas Eve we spent with Aunt Connie & Uncle Bob--
You have to pronounce "Aunt" as "A'int"!!
I think she is so beautiful-- She gleams-- and is looking a lot like
Her mother& My Great Grandmother Mamaw!!
We ate good food and laughed and remembered!
I love Christmas Eves with My mother's family!

Here is a NEW FACE in the family!! Carolyn and John's newest addition....RYAN!!

Aunt Connie and Ryan-- This is a picture of Love to me!!

We had a wonderful Christmas!! Hope yours was as well!!!

Good Tidings of Great Joy...

December 25th holds precious memories of love and family togetherness-- I am so thankful for the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. I love to sing the beautiful hymms and celebrate His coming to the Earth!! 'Away in a Manger' and 'Oh Come All Ye Faithful' and 'Joy to the World'-- May you all feel the Power of His love in your life! Wishing you the richest blessings of health and prosperity this season! I'll try and post cute pics of the kiddos later but for now just wanted to Focus on the Real Christmas!! Read Luke 2 today with your family!! Love you all-- Thank you for everything!

Sing out with a joyful voice!

Jordan and Josh's Elementary school Choir at Firewheel mall- (It was COLD!)

Josh right before he was about to sing his solo..."The sleigh had reindeer in the front!" Then choir sings--"on Christmas Day on Christmas Day!" Josh: "They like to whistle snort and grunt!" then choir sings: "On Christmas Day in the Morning!" :)

Jordan back row far left and Josh is second row 4th in!

After I spent the morning with Jillian at her Christmas Program and party-- I hustled to Firewheel Mall to see Jordan and Josh sing! I missed their first performance at a nursing home. SO because I had taken so much video on my camera of Jillian-- my memory card went FULL right as Josh was about to sing his SOLO!!!! I did capture Jordan in her short quartet-- But I mostly just have footage of miss Jilly-(and it will make you laugh!)
(Check my blog later for more footage--Jordan's quartet is still coming! It's taking a long time to upload!)

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Busy December-ness

This month has been a blurr thus far-- lots of working and school activities and church responsibilities and shopping and so on and so on! I finally have an opportunity to share the latest of happenings in our busy household!! Jillian's preschool had a Christmas program today! It began by all the kiddos walking single file holding a teddy bear-- Dave was sitting in a chair under a humongous Christmas Tree and I stood off to the side slightly behind him-- The kids each gave their bear to the COP-- (Dave) My job was to take them from Dave and place them under the tree--well, the kids handed them off to him so fast that it was hard to keep up! Dave had armfuls-- It was comical. LOL Well, Then the fun began!! They sang and sang the most adorable songs!

Jillian in the Gingerbread house!

Jillian and Daddy!

Happy Jillian

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Grandaddy's Birthday!

This is my Dad! Today is his birthday. I have to say-- The Lord couldn't have blessed me more then by sending me to be his daughter! He is such a man of character and values. He is hard working and intelligent! He has a dry witty sense of humor! My Dad is a man of many talents-- he can fix things, recall facts from history, and make people feel at ease with his gentle nature. I have so many happy memories of him in my childhood! I always felt so secure and content. I love him so! I wish that he and I could have gone to "El Fenix" today for lunch to celebrate his birthday! BUT instead...across the miles--the kids and I called to sing "Happy Birthday"! We miss "Grandaddy" so much-- not just today -- I just grieve as my Dad is such an awesome loving man and my children don't get to experience him as I know him as our time with him is so limited!
The kids picked out some special birthday wishes for Grandaddy!

From Josh...

From Jillian

From Jordan

Black Friday

WHAT WAS I THINKING???

Thanksgiving afternoon...I sat down with the big Dallas Morning News paper and scoured the ads! There was a few things that caught my eye but nothing really screamed--- "DEBBIE you must wake up at the crack of dawn to HAVE THAT!" Well, I woke up around 6AM for my usual bathroom awakening and couldn't go back to sleep-- It was so dang COLD in my house! SO, I decided... "What the heck-go shopping!" The crowds were comical to me-- People coming out the stores with shopping carts overflowing!! I found my treasure at Target (got the last one too!) and then went off to Wally World where the chaotic cart traffic jams and unhelpful employees and all the unavailable 'doorbusters' were too frustrating!! SO what do I do??? I'm such a sucker for the $5.88 board games--I drive to yet another Wal-Mart to see if they have any left!! The answer was NO!! SO, sorry kids-- no Connect Four or Life or Clue for y'all this year! LOL
Well my Black Friday improved as the day went on!! Dave and Jilly made Pancakes for everyone!! We relaxed all afternoon and then Tisha called to say that they were going to be at the Football Stadium right by our house during the evening--- She wanted to know if her little ones could come hang out and play while they went to the game to see her niece (The Drum Major) at the game!! SO, We had 3 friends help us put up our Christmas Tree!

Lft-Rt Casie, Josh, Tasha, Katana, Jillian, Jordan

Jillian was the most excited about the Tree and hanging Ornaments!!!

This is a Jillian "Row"!

Josh was excited to see "his" ornaments again--
He commented that he wants to keep "his" 4ever!

Our 11 year old Jordan with our 14 year old Santa Face decoration!

So, Black Friday rounded out to be a great day! Josh ended up sleeping on the couch to be near the tree! Jillian and I put a nativity scene under the Tree!
So...from Crazy Shopping to placing baby Jesus under our Tree with my innocent wide-eyed 4 year old-- It was a good day!!

An Enchanted Happy Birthday!

It's Jordan's birthday! -- It's been a busy day for me as I've run around getting "stuff" for the party. It was all worth it--- Jordan and a few friends hung out at Sonic and then went to see the new movie "ENCHANTED" that came out today! It was so much fun-- The movie was really cute and the girls all had so much fun! Here are some pics of the occasion...

The Girls, Karley, Jordan, LeAndra, Angelina, and Casie!

Eating 5 layer Chocolate Cheesecake! It was really rich and too good!

It's a fun case with lots of nail accessories-- including big ole long fake nails to glue on!! (THANKS ALOT TISHA!) LOL actually-- She LOVES it!

American Girl STUFF-- It's hair care stuff for her doll!

Fancy cute hip little purse-- she told LeAndra that's what she wanted!

Beautiful cozy gloves with some matching hair accessories-- It was freezing sitting at the Sonic table this afternoon and those gloves were coveted by ALL! LOL

LeAndra

Karley and Jordan and Casie

Casie eating her 5 layer cheescake!

Angelina was loving the chili cheese tator tots and fried cheese! LOL

Jordan is already planning out her NEXT birthday party!! It was a great day!

Jordan's Choir

Tonite the GISD 5th Grade Children's Chorus sang their hearts out --
My favorite was a Christmas song I had never heard before... "Come and See"!
"Come and see......The Baby in the Manger!"
"Come and hear....The Story of his Birth!"
"Come and know....The Way of Salvation!:
"God the Creator has come to Earth!"
"God the Creator has come to Earth!"
It is a powerful song with a penetrating message that filled the room with the Holy Spirit!
It was another wonderful performance tonight! We are so proud of Jordan and her talents!

Little Indians

Lots of little Indians this week at Mother's day out! These sweet kiddos had a "finger food feast"! I personally was the planner/hostess to 3 Thanksgiving feasts last week! LOL It has been busy busy- But it was really fun even though it was a bit stressful!

Here is little Indian Princess Jillian!

I got carried away taking pictures of her in her Indian vest that she and I made together!!

Isn't it lovely???? :)

She wore it all weekend-- everywhere we went she got smiles! She is so proud of her vest!