Ladies Night!!!

Ladies Night 2009

On the Monday before Patty left, Natalie, Kendall, Mom, Gammy, and Patty had a girls night out. Kendall had Girl Scouts. We dropped her off and went to Picnic Pizza (yummy) for some dinner.

We enjoyed pizza, french fries, and chicken tenders with hot sauce (Mom's favorite).

When Kendall was finished with her Girl Scout meeting, we picked her up and headed over to Friendly's for some ice cream. Kendall ate some cheese sticks first and then had an M&M sundae. Natalie got chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup (her favorite).

After our fun night out, we posed for some pictures and called it a night. It was a blast!

Cristmas in February!

Oh yes, we managed to stretch Christmas out all the way into February this year...compliments of the kid's godmother, Patty. She came to visit us and she certainly brought Christmas with her!

It is always a treat when Patty comes to see us. It is nice just to see her, but somehow she always manages to spoil the heck out of my children the entire time she is here.

Patty, Aunt Teresa, Uncle Dennis, Aunt Dani, Uncle Chris, Natalie, Kendall, Nolan and Mom all met up on Saturday at Gammy and Gampy's house for some donuts, coffee, and Christmas.

Patty got all of the children some hot chocolate to have with their donuts...they felt like such big kids.

After breakfast, the unwrapping began...

Nolan wanted to unwrap every present as fast as he could...after he had opened a few of his presents he started playing instead of the crazy unwrapping.

Kendall and Natalie both opened some pretty awesome gifts. They were both very happy and promised to take care of their new electronics. Kendall got a Nintendo DS and Natalie got an iPod Shuffle.

Patty also brought gift for the big kids, including a Coach purse for each of us!

Aunt Teresa also opened a couple gifts for Tater Tot and a new maternity wardrobe. Her belly is getting pretty big!!!

We hung out for quite a bit longer and the kids played with their godmother and their new toys. We had an awesome time together for "Christmas in February".

It's Time...

Yesterday, Nolan was trying to put my hair clip in his hair. Seeing as it is so big, I figured it would never stay in. Well, it did...because he has needed a haircut since before Christmas (Daddy, too). Aunt Cassie will be cutting his hair on Saturday...

Here are some pictures I took of his ridiculously long hair

For some reason he wouldn't open his eyes in any of the pictures

My silly little boy

Happy Birthday Andrew!!!

Exactly a week after Kevin's birthday is his son Andrew's birthday. He turned 12 this year. We celebrated his birthday with him on Tuesday (his birthday was Wednesday), and we had a blast. Everyone loves when Andrew comes over, he's such a good kid! He is saving up for a Nintendo DS, so we gave him money for a gift (that was what he asked for).

After playing for a couple hours after school, we had Andrew's birthday dinner. He chose spaghetti and meatballs. Everyone LOVES spaghetti in our house!

After spaghetti, we had Andrew's birthday cookies (his choice). Andrew got a special, extra large cookie. We still couldn't fit close to 12 candles on it (it ended up being 5). He said it didn't matter as long as he got a wish. Nolan helped blow the candles out and took all of them out of Andrew's cookie for him.

Natalie wasn't feeling well that day (or so she said...), so she saved her cookie for the next day. Everyone else scarfed down their cookies because we were in a hurry for Andrew's basketball game.

Andrew played so well at his game. He is a star on his team. He had several good passes and 1 basket. Last game, he had 8 points! It was so cute to hear Nolan yelling "Go Andrew, Go Andrew" for the entire game.

We all enjoyed watching Andrew play basketball. His team won...by one basket! We were so proud. It was a very nice way to end his birthday celebration with us.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREW!!!

A Super 3D Experience

Yes, thanks to Kristen, we had 3D glasses for the halftime show in the Superbowl...

Mom and Dad enjoyed a very good game but the girls were looking forward to the halftime show and not very interested in the game.

Kendall wasn't feeling well but she hung in there. She was jumping at all of the 3D stuff coming at her during the show.

Natalie and Kendall have never seen anything in 3D before...

The verdict: The LOVED it, so did Mom and Dad. We watched "Chuck" the next night, that was awesome in 3D too!

Kevin's Birthday

It's been a while, but don't worry...We've still been busy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!

January 28th was Kevin's birthday. He got just what he wanted and even a little more. It was very snowy on Dad's birthday. Daddy LOVES the snow (he even loves to shovel it). It was so snowy on his birthday that both Mom and the girls had a snow day (no school). You'll notice the girls have "snow day" looking hair-dos (after I found out there wasn't school, brushing their hair dropped down to the bottom of my priority list).












The girls and Mom did a very good job keeping Daddy's birthday presents a secret. Even though they weren't wrapped, Dad enjoyed his presents. We gave him a new sweatshirt and a new t-shirt (Dale Earnhardt Jr....no comment). We also gave him Mario Kart (for the Wii) with 2 steering wheels, and a Wii soft sports kit (for Wii sports; it's a bat, a golf club and a tennis racket made out of Nerf material). So, for the rest of the day we all took turns playing Mario Kart.


Nolan even tried to play












After a big dinner (A roast with potatoes, rolls, and corn), everyone was ready for dessert. We sang "Happy Birthday", Kevin blew out the candles, and we all enjoyed some brownies.

At any birthday party, Nolan always tries to be the birthday boy. He stole the candle off of Dad's brownies and put it into his brownie.

The day after Kevin's birthday we went over to celebrate with Grandma Cruise. We can't have just one party around here...

Here's Kevin trying to blow out the candles on his Texas sheet cake (it's so good). As usual, Nolan is blowing them out during the "Happy Birthday to You" song. Kevin thinks that when we look back on this picture we might think it is Nolan's second birthday party.

It was a very nice time at Grandma's house. We had dinner with Grandma, Kristen, Shauna and all of the kiddos. Grandma made Italian chicken and she made Kevin a meatloaf (which he never gets because no one in our family will eat it). After dinner we ate Grandma's famous sheet cake (in case you didn't notice Kevin LOVES chocolate). The kids and Dad hung out with Kristen, Shauna, and Grandma after cake. Mommy was stuck upstairs typing a paper for school because our computer broke on Kevin's birthday and I had a paper due on Friday. Unfortunately, I didn't get many pictures because I was upstair for most of the time. As for the computer, it's out of the shop (minus 17 viruses and plus a new virus scanning system) and working perfectly (so far...)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN