Happy New Year

To celebrate the new year, we invited some of our closest friends over for a night of "Minute to Win It: Couples Edition". Using household items, we made a series of challenges (from here) that had to be completed in one minute or less. We had six teams and five challenges. We also had a bonus challenge after midnight. The games were hysterical!!!

"This Blows"- Blowing cups off of the counter with the air from a balloon.

Bill was a rockstar at this!

"Face the Cookie"- You have to move a cookie from your forehead to your mouth with no hands.

"Penny Hose"- Retreive a penny at the bottom of each panty hose leg without stretching or holding on to either side.

"Bite Me"- pick up bags of various heights using only your mouth.

Only your feet could touch the floor.

"Johnny Applestack"- stack five apples so that they stay upright for 3 seconds.

Bonus Challenge (didn't get a picture of this, oops): "Stack Attack"- stack 36 plastic cups in a pyramid and break it back down in 60 seconds or less.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Christmas

Christmas day was so much fun. Santa came!

I did a lot of this...

Reid loved this...

Then, we went to Mimi and Papa's for this...

There were a few moments like this...

and some like this...

But it was a wonderful day with lots of moments like this...

and this!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

After realizing that our favorite restaurant wasn't open for carryout on Christmas Eve, we swapped out the menu and ordered Chinese. Yum!

Sweet August didn't have any chicken fried rice, but he was full of smiles.

We told Reid this was a "General Tso" hot dog and he loved it.

Chinese food by candlelight, how festive. ;)

Will and I chowed down on some mac and cheese at the kids table.

Lunch at Mimi's with Mimi

While the boys went out for their annual Christmas Eve pub burger, the girls went to Mimi's with Mimi.

15 and Counting

This is mommy's posse. They came over for the 15th annual Christmas dinner. It was hard to sleep over the laughs, laughs, and more laughs that I could hear from upstairs. These special friends mean the world to mommy.

Let's do a timewarp to the posse in 1997...

The Best Day

We had the best day with baby Madison and Aunt Katie. Sweet Madison is soooo cute and cuddly!!

Reid LOVED baby Madison. :)

Naughty or nice?

Uh oh, did Santa tell Reid that he is on the naughty list?!

A Star is Born

We had breakfast with Santa! I gave him a BIG HUG and told him my Christmas list, a barbie and a pillow pet. Simple enough.

After meeting Mr. Claus, I joined a group of high school carolers to spread some holiday cheer. My singing debut made the local paper!

If I don't cut it as a christmas caroler, maybe I have a future as a country singer...

Ode to Brown County

Over the hills and through the woods,
to a beautiful cabin we did go...

What a wonderful place

to stay and play,
two weekends ago, OH!

Over the hills and through the woods,

Oh, how our fun did go.

With lots of good food,

special family time too,

and many fires aglow!

Over the hills and through the woods,
to have a first-rate play.

Oh, hear the oven ding,

the Pollyeyes are thru baking,

this made mommy and daddy's day!

Over the hills and through the woods,

"Let's go fishing," my daddy did say.

We threw out the line,

but no fish wanted to dine,

so we went back inside to play!

Brown County 2010

Buzzz

There were two bumblebees on the loose Halloween night...

Aquarium

When I turned three, it was all about me. Mommy and daddy took me to a special lunch all by myself. After lunch, we went to the aquarium. It was pretty awesome when the divers fed the sharks. We topped off the afternoon with my favorite dish... a scoop of "nilla" ice cream!