CHRISTMAS DECORATING

SEE THE LITTLE RED DOT ON THE ROOF ...IT IS JOE HANGING LIGHTS!......LOL HE WAS VERY MAD AT ME AT THIS POINT...SHHHHHHH! HE IS SCARED OF HEIGHTS!

JOSIE WAS ALOT OF HELP.....AT TIMES! WHEN SHE WAS RUNNINING OFF AND............

HIDING IN THE ARCHES OF THE HOUSE...SEE HERE UP THERE IN THE CORNER!

AND JOE GOT ME MY FIRST REAL TREE THIS YEAR. IT IS 9 FT TALL AND SOOO PRETTY....PICTURES OF THAT AND THE OTHER 3 TREES I PUT UP ARE COMING SOON!

JOSIE HOWEVER THAUGHT IT NEEDED SOME MORE TRIMMING THOUGH...SHE WAS HAVING TO MUCH FUN!

OUR THANKSGIVING

THIS YEAR FOR THANKSGICVING, WE STAYED HOME AND I COOKED. I DID IT TOO! WE HAD TURKEY, HAM, GRANDMAS STUFFING AND EVEN A HOMEMADE PUMPKIN PIE!

JOSIE READ US STORY ABOUT "THE TURKEY" AND THEN DANCED AROUND TELLING US TO EAT BEEF! IT WAS FUNNY!

MY GREAT FRIEND SAM AND HER SON CARSON JOINED US ALL THE WAY FROM ULYSSES! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH THEM.

JOSIE AND HER NEW GLASSES!

MY TURKEY! IT WAS SO JUICY AND YUMMY! I WAS VERY PROUD OF MYSELF!

Josie Making Spaghetti

Josie is learning to make her first batch of spaghetti...She did really good... I was so proud of her! She is growing up so much and is alot of help. Now if she would just do dishes!!!!!

MY BABY IS 10 YEARS OLD!

YES IT IS SO ... JOSIE IS 10! I HAD A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY THAT DAY! JOE AND JOSIE LAUGHED AT ME SEVERAL TIMES THAT DAY. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT MY LITTLE 7 POUND 14 OUNCES 21 INCH BABY IS NOW 10! JOE AND I WOKE UP AT 1:27 AM AND TOLD HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

SUNDAY AFTERNOON FISHING

WE SPENT A AFTERNOON OUT AT ONE OF JOES BUDDY'S FISHING AND JUST HANGING OUT. JOE DID RATHER WELL FISHING HE CAUGHT A 5 POUND BASS...AND IT WAS YUMMY! JOSIE ON THE OTHER HAND WAS CATCHING PUPPIES INSTEAD OF FISH...SHE IS BEGGING FOR A NEW PUPPY NOW, THEN JOSIE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE LAWN MOWER. I THINK SHE BURNED A WHOLE TANK OF GAS, SHE WAS EVERYWHERE. ALTHOUGH SHE SAID SHE COULD NOT GO FAST ENOUGH, SHE WANTED SOMETHING FASTER!

BFF'S

THIS IS JOSIE AND HER BEST FRIEND SYDNEY! MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW SYDNEYS MOTHER WAS A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE AND PASSED AWAY LAST SUMMER FROM CANCER. SHE IS GREATLY GREATLY MISSED! SYDNEY HAS SINCE THEN MOVED TO OPIE AND LIVES WITH HER DAD, HOWEVER HER GRANDPARENTS LIVE A FEW BLOCKS FROM US, SO THE GIRLS HAVE STILL STAYED IN CONTACT. THEY GET TO HAVE A FEW PLAYDATES EVERY NOW AND THEN. LAST NIGHT THEY SPENT THE NIGHT AT SYDNEYS AND PLAYED 80'S GIRLS...YUP MY CHILD...GO FIGURE! THEY HAD COOL CLOTHES, MAKEUP, AND OF COURSE BIG HAIR! JOSIE TOLD ME SHE LOOKED LIKE HER MOM! HA HA HA HA! WHEN YOU GET THESE TWO TOGETHER IT IS HARD TO GET THEM APART, THEY HAVE SUCH A GOOD TIME!

MY HAIRCUT

OK SO I DONT TAKE GREAT PICTURES! THAT IS WHY YOU DONT SEE ME IN VERY MANY I WOULD RATHER BE THE ONE TAKING THE PICTURE... I GOT UPSET THE OTHER NIGHT I WAS SUPPOSE TO GET MY HAIRCUT AND WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT, CAUSE OF KIDS GETTING PICKED UP SO I WAS MAD. I STARTED CUTTING....IT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT PRETTY GOOD I THINK. I CURLED IT HAIR AND FIXED IT AND IT LOOKED GREAT UNTIL I WENT TO TAKE THE PICTURE AND THEN THE HUMIDTY GOT ME...AS USUAL. ONE OF THE FEW DOWNFALLS OF LIVING IN EASTERN KANSAS..THE HUMIDITY! BUT I REALLY LIKE IT AND GUESS WHAT MOM, IT CAN NOT FIT IN A PONY TAIL, SO I HAVE TO FIX IT EVERYDAY!!!! YEAH!!!