Cole & Ashlee 2/09 Cole's Birthday


Gabe's self portrait 2009



Dylan's studying for his ASVAB
3/2009

Our new spare room. I have some touch up
painting to do and I need to get the bed
frame up and paint the dresser but other than
that this room is done. I still LOVE the colors
in this room.



This is Cole and Gabe's new Room. Gabe
picked it out the color. I have to say I was
a little worried when he first picked it out.
But I love it more than I thought I would.



I love the size of this room. We have the
two dressers in one closet. The Bo-Flex,
Tread Climber, 2 beds and 2 shelves, and
a ton of room in the center for them to
Jam on their guitars or work out.

So we have been teaching the boys to cook. Every child should know before they get out on their own right. Well my kitchen usually looks like a hurricane hit it, I guess you could say the that's true X's 3. Hurricane Dylan, Hurricane Cole & Hurricane Gabe, in no particular order. LOL. So they have their favorite things to make, but last week Gabe decided he wanted to make Quesadilla's, while he was looking for the tortilla's he placed his pan on the stove and started to heat the pan. In the mean time he calls me because he can't find the tortilla's. Mind you I am on a call with a customer at work and can't get to the phone when he calls. I send him a text a little later and let him know if we have any where they will be. Turns out we didn't have any, man what a drag. So Gabriel goes and finds something else to do, I believe he went to watch TV. Now I know all you parents out there are thinking ok what about the pan on the stove. Yupp he COMPLETELY forgot about it. Now about an hour or so later the boys are all watching TV and they hear a big CRACK! Yupp our nice fairly new flat top stove shattered. I can imagine the tension in the air, poor kids. I am surprised he didn't have a heart attach. After discussing having to put $300 -$400 plus into replacing the flat top surface and the last thing we wanted is another glass top that will possibly break in a week or even another 4 years, we decided to buy a gas stove. I have to say I have a little apprehension about using gas, but I love the way it cooks so I am really excited as well! Well, Gabe will be able to tell his story forever he will always be able to say ya when I was 13 I cracked my parents stove and I survived. We did get a very nice set of Ginsu knives out of the deal so he is very excited about that! Crazy kids. Gotta love em, they keep you on your toes and keep life Very interesting! What we do with out them.






Jason had SO much fun putting this together!

Our cute little Dobie!!


Dylan in his new Military Fatigues. (digi camo)
He bought them with his Christmas money.
Thanks Grandma & Grandpa!



Look how cute we are. 19 years this May. Wow!

Thank you to all of our friends and family that made this Christmas the BEST Christmas we have EVER had! We have had an extremely tough year. We were not able to get the boys anything this year, but our wonderful family and an anonymous friend blessed the boys & Jason & I with a wonderful Christmas. The Christmas Spirit is always alive and well around the Holidays but this year more than ever thanks to wonderful Friends and Family.

Family Christmas Party

My boys went home with a tone of clothes! My sisters spoiled them rotten. They needed it desperately! They were so excited! Thanks guys your the BEST!


More Games



Jason reading The Night Before Christmas.... Or should I say a REDNECK night before Christmas. We laughed so hard. I am not sue who went home with that one.




Tucker & Casey My Very cute single little Bro!

LOL Don't shot me Casey! Love ya

This is our annual Family Christmas party. All of (well most of) the syblings get together for Christmas. We have this awesome game we play every year.

This year everyone was pretty broke so we did white elephant gifts. You all sit in a circle and the gifts are in the center. Everyone takes turns rolling the die. If you roll a 7 or an 11 you put on the oven mitts and choose a gift. Its is not quite as easy as it sounds and we all know what we are doing so we use extra tape. When the next person rolls a seven or an eleven the previous player has to stop unwrapping. The player that rolled the die now chooses if they want to take the present the previous person was unwrapping or get a new one. And so it continues, its makes it interesting because you can also steal someones open present. So if someone gets something you want you can take it when you roll a 7 or 11. But each present can only be taken 2 times.

So we have a lot of fun!

This is tucker giving it a go! He did a great job!

Gabe, He got a special car waxing kit. Sorry kiddo be a few years before you can use it on your car, but I think my car could use a wax.

Rachel, getting a pair of Cookie Lee earrings.



Jason M. He got a crepe maker.

It took Jason a few to find what was in this special big box, but he got a DVD, the Sandlot.

Gabe kicking back on uncle Brian's chair snuggling with Brilee's pink bear. Aaah.

Tucker playing with his Dinosaurs.