This little girl loves milk & scowling. I get the milk thing, but what is it with the scowling? Maybe it has something to do with living in a house full of rough, tough, mean boys?

Here's a glimpse of our Christmas...

The boys were glad to get some Bronco gear in preparation of their upcoming trip to Denver for a Broncos game.


Josh has had enough of dolls & spending a couple of hours putting a plastic kitchen together. Off to more exciting things like wrestling with t on the mat downstairs.
Our favorite...slush punch.
B ate a whole turkey leg!
E spent the day sneaking goodies out of everyone's stockings.
Riding in t's bus that is actually a book.

Hope you had a Merry little Christmas.

While the big boys in the family are asking for expensive gifts...B just wants an electric pan (for pretend cooking, he says), or a hug. I love that boy.

http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/3a61632dae46e5b8ff263e353b6d6571

My husband got a message from the man in the red suit!

I am linking up with the Holiday Virtual Tour of Homes @ Tip Junkie.

I like to keep my decorations simple & kid-friendly

due to the rough-housing that ensues with 4 boys & a little girl.

The majority of my decor (not just Christmas decor) is 2nd-hand, homemade, or repurposed.

Welcome to my home...

My favorite ornaments are the clear 1$ store ones.

I put pics of Santa & the kids inside them.

My freezing front porch (-15 with wind chill).

Talk about staging a picture...I had to crop closely to the wreath

so as not to get the dead mouse my dog just caught.

"Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."

Merry Christmas, Everyone.

This week in review

I took some family pictures, you know the kind where you hurry & push the self-timer button, run back to your family, squish yourself into your spot, set a child on your lap, and smile like you're having fun. t cried the whole time. Nothing brings the love out of our family like family pictures!

I have been having too much fun with photoshop (refer to above pic). I took this pic of E right before the "photo shoot." I just set her behind one of my old empty frames...she wasn't that interested. Anyway, I just added a random pic of roses from the internet & made the whole thing look like a painting. I could have erased her sippy, but that would be like erasing one of her appendages...she always has a sippy.

C's 2009 wrestling season came to an end, today. He got 5th place @ the state tournament. Josh said that he did great. He lost to the kids who got 1st & 2nd.

T's basketball season started Friday.

It has been so cold this week, I'm ready to move to Hawaii!

And there you have it.

Holy Moley, I almost left out one of the biggest things that happened this week. Josh bought a wrestling mat that arrived on Friday. Our basement is an official "beat the tar out of your brother room!"

I hope that your week has been fun-filled!

And there you have it.