More Presents .......

Meet my newest best friend.....the UPS truck. He comes on a daily basis, sometimes twice a day. Girl dog doesn't even bother to move off the front porch when it arrives. They just stack the boxes around her. Maybe Sherrill won't be so depressed after all this Christmas.

Eli, come on out after Christmas. Grandpa will be having a BIG bonfire!

Seth the Pizza Boy

Mandy made it to Mississippi safe and sound. Seth is already with his Grandpa Don making their dinner. No Papa John's here.....just Papa Don!

Mandy's gone

Mandy left this morning. Need I say more?
I miss her already!

Ready to Munch?

I just can't seem to keep Sherrill OUT of the kitchen. Mandy brought in assorted snacks, and he just can't stay away.

I thought about fixing some of these cockroach clusters and see if they will work. It is simply a popcorn ball with pecans on the outside. As Kathy would say....."How cute is that".

Sto Baby ! ! !

I just stole this off Kat's blog. Look at my handsome grandson. I sure wish I could have been there for his concert. My baby Sto singing!

Eli at Sto's Concert

Kat just sent this from her phone. They are at Chris' concert tonight.

Murray Christmas

I just saw this on Facebook. I just knew everyone would want to see it. That Cameron and Olivia are just as cute as can be!

Isaac and the shoe

Just one more picture for today. You can tell it has been a slow day for me, and I have plenty of time. I decided to steal a photo from Isaac's blog. This is one of my recent favorites. Isaac just loves to chew on shoes. Maybe we should all send Isaac one NEW shoe for Christmas!

Where's Eli?

Tickets for all Santa trains were sold out. We decided to walk up and wait just in case...and someone gave us four tickets. Eli is in heaven!

I just got that email from Kat. So the question is.....Where's ELI?

Church Day

As you can see some went to church, and others didn't. I stayed behind to keep Meghan. She is NOT the sit in church and be quiet type of kid. She would definitely fall under the "Holy Roller" category.

Mandy is walking around in her jacket because she is FREEZING here....and it's only in the 50's today.

Jacob McEwan

So, here's a picture that ONE sister sent the OTHER sister. Then the OTHER sister had to send it to mom. Not mentioning any names. Guess I better be thankful I got one at all!

I'll stop complaining now.

Party at Grandma's House

Mandy made it back from Elizabeth City yesterday. She was able to see Aunt Debbie, Travis and Kelli and their daughter Sydney, and Tristen and Brittany. Grandaddy Joe had Seth and Meghan driving the riding lawnmower this time. I guess it was too cold to pull out that tractor again!

After Mandy got back we decided to have a Party at Grandma's. The neighbors came over and the fun began. By 11:00 pm Seth was telling ghost stories, so Grandma slipped off to bed. By 11:30 everyone in the house was asleep, except Grandma of course.....time to watch CNN.

6:45 am Carter is awake and eating chocolate with Grandpa! This is the life.

Home alone

I'm home alone for a little while. Sherrill left this morning around 6am to go to my parent's house to paint. Mandy followed him in her car. She is going to spend the night, but Sherrill will be heading on back. So, it's just me and the dog.....you know how much I like that!

No news to report. The house is really quiet without Mandy's kids. It just doesn't seem the same. I think I miss them.

Hi everyone

Hello everyone. As you all see, I'm alive and the kids are having a blast. Mom and dad are having fun I think but they now see how much of little monsters my kids can be. We are getting ready to head back out to grandma Cats this week for the second time. The kids loved it there. This trip I'm going to go find Aunt Debbie since she was working the last time we went.

It rains like every other day here. I was planning a day trip to DC but they are suppose to be getting 18 inches of snow. Thanks for sharing it Christy. :)

Well Child Check

Well we went to the doctor today. Luke, Catherine, and Jacob had well child check ups
Catherine is 24 lbs and looks good just on the low end of the scale.
Luke is 36 lbs. and is also on the low end of the scale
Jacob is 12.9 lbs and is on the upper end of the scale.

The boys got picked on today, Luke got 4 shots and Jacob got 3. Catherine just skated by with just a look over. I did not do this all on my own, Kurt was home and I made him go with me. I am glad that he did, but all he did was complain about how long it was taking. It only took 1 1/2 hours. He's just not us to doing doctor visits

Oh Kenneth got out of it by going to school. But he needs his H1N1 booster. YIKES!! He does not do well with shots, gotta hold him down or sit on him.

All is well, except of the 6 inches of new snow we just got. The kids had a blast playing in it.

Little Chilly here

Seth and Meghan spent part of the day today outside with Grandpa. He was getting up leaves.
Seth can now drive the lawn mower, and ride Meghan. I don't know why Sherrill hasn't pulled out the four wheeler.

I spent the day in Greenville with Uncle Rudy. Mandy got to spend the day with dad.

No other news.

Gingerbread House

This is what Seth, Sherrill, and Mandy did yesterday. It was cold and rainy, so they went to Lowe's for some free entertainment. Seth made a gingerbread house. The top actually opens on one side. Meghan stayed home with me and slept. She had been up since 3:00 am the previous night.

Going to Grandma's

Saturday we went to Grandma Cat's. Mandy and I loaded up with the four kids and off we went.

Sherrill stayed at home.....still sick. We had a great time. Dad's birthday was a couple of weeks ago, and Lauren thought she was going for a birthday party. Mandy went out and got cake and ice cream. Then Lauren refused to eat the cake because it has lizards on it. She did eat her strawberry ice cream though!

Seth and Carter were eager to ride the tractor. Meghan didn't want to at first, but once she saw the boys, she was ready to go. Lauren is too much of a lady to want to ride.

We had a great time, even the stop in an empty parking lot for Carter to pee!

Oh the joys of Grand kids!

Meghan and dress-up

Today is a rainy cold dreary type of day. Meghan is inside playing dress up.

Sherrill is still in bed sick. I'll see if he will let me take a picture.

We will be going to Grandma Cat's on Friday.

Kids at work......or play

Mandy had some free time today and decided to let the kids help her make some cookies and pretzels. You should have seen all the finger licks and nose rubs. We divided out the pretzels

so each kid could have their own. With all the colds and coughs we decided to play it safe.

Grandpa is the only one suffering right now. He's been in bed all day!

Have a good week............and take some time to bake some cookies!