HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAE-O THE GREAT!

Happy Birthday to my younger sister Shae-b!

Things I love about Shae:

1. When we were growing up she was always more outgoing and brave than I was. She would always ask for more ketchup, get directions or do anything else I was too scared to do.
2. She once sang "Somewhere over the rainbow" to an entire movie theater, because we dared her to.
3. My girls LOVE their Aunt Shae-b. She is always fun and energetic with them. She even lets them watch Enchanted in her "big bed".
4. She is good at saving things. When we were little she had a "candy drawer" where she kept all her treats. We knew that if we wanted a treat we could find one in her drawer. :)
5. She is up to date on fashion, and is willing to give her older less fashionable sister advice. :)
6. She is tough- she once ran a half marathon with me in the rain without really training so I didn't have to do it alone. :)
7. She is CRAZY! You can always count on Shae for a laugh, a funny face, a strange outburst or a funny story.

Happy Birthday- We love you!

December Recap

Tiny P got an award for being an "Amazing Artist". She was very excited. She gets her creative talent from her dad, NOT her mom.

Santa came and brought lots of stuff. The twins got robes and slippers, now they don't have to steal from their big sister.

P with her Pet Shops, another popular item.


Santa also brought scooters. At first it was a bit controversial because the twins scooters had three wheels and P's only had two. We had to explain that was because she was OLDER she could handle the more ADVANCED scooter. :)


Ariel also made an appearance Christmas morning! She also makes daily appearances after nap time, after breakfast time and any other time she feels like it.


We got to hang out with family, that was great.


Me and my cute girls.


M and E now have degrees in Nursery Sciences and have moved on to graduate degrees in Sunbeams.
Do you think this top is "church standard"?

** Oh and in case you care...I just bought a few new strands of lights and put them over the ornaments and broken lights. **

Lights OUT!

We got our tree this weekend. We came home and I put the lights on and then we decorated it. It was comical because all the ornaments the girls put on are at the very bottom of the tree, sometimes multiples on one branch (I secretly moved them later). Since I am tall, most of the ornaments I put up are at the top of the tree, again, I balanced that out later. Everything looks great. This morning before church I turned the lights on so we could admire our work. A little bit later the lights were out, I thought Bill turned them off, he thought I turned them off. I changed plugs, nothing. I put other lamps in that socket, they work fine. So... I have a beautiful tree all decorated and NO LIGHTS! I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DE-DECORATE (is that even a word) THE ENTIRE TREE to put up new lights and then re-decorate. Things could be worse, I know, but I am still sad.

What should I do???

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND

We started the day by going to Bill's parents. A bunch of AZ Bullock's were visiting and so was Bill's brother.

Poor cousin Josh got ATTACKED by my girls. That guy has A LOT of energy! I wish he lived closer!
Then we headed to the Slack's for Thanksgiving dinner. Ronda always makes such yummy food. The girls had a great time going on the trampoline. Here are Chase and Bill looking very excited.
Me (very pregnant), Shae, Pat Pat, and Breezy


The next day we went to the beach with Bill's family. You gotta love it when you can go to the beach in November. Bill went surfing and the girls made friends and found creatures in the tide pools. It was a good day.


Here we are after a long day of fun on the beach.

Thanksgiving Feasts

Both schools had Thanksgiving Programs. First I went to the twins pre-school to see them dressed as pilgrims. After a quick tour of the classrooms to wish everyone "Happy Thanksgiving" they headed into the gym for a feast.

E as a pilgrim

M as a pilgrim

Then I went to P's school to see her Thanksgiving play. She was a piece of corn, too cute.

Girl's Night Out

A bunch of my girlfriends and I went out to dinner on Friday night. Then...we went to see the Twilight movie! We had been planning for weeks. Yes, we are all fans, kind of embarrassing I know. We stood in line with all the teenagers and fought with them for good seats.

A beautiful self photo of Denise, Teisha, myself (double chins and all) and Jenny! Check out our totally cool Twilight necklaces. Angela's girls made those. We had a great time, we laughed so hard we cried-not at the movie, I just think we hadn't been out in a while.
Until next time ladies. :)

HALLOWEEN

Halloween in our neighborhood is a big deal. All the neighbors decorate their houses and sit on the porch and hand out candy. We invite family and friends over for dinner and to trick-or-treat. It is always a lot of fun. Here we all are on the porch. M wanted to be a witch and E wanted to be a kitty. Can you believe it, they are not dressed the same!Aunt Shae-be, M and Pat Pat. A few years ago Pat Pat came dressed as Chiquita Banana and it has become a tradition. The girls won't let her come as anything else.

Baboo Sherwood was in charge of the candy most of the night- he is dressed as a vampire chef. I don't know how he came up with that.

Mamoo as a witch and Baboo Vic as Robin Hood.

Pat Pat and Chase, this is the first year Chase could join us. He was proudly sporting his Danny Zuko T-birds jacket.

Tiny P wanted to be a "black widow" spider. She designed the costume all by herself, with a little help from mom. :)

Billy and I. Bill actually had on a costume but apparently he got hot. I wore my traditional Halloween t-shirt- this year it says "Mummy Tummy". I can't believe next year we will have one more trick-or-treat- er.