Happy 50th Mom!

Fun on the beach!

Okay, it was cold, not nearly as cold as it is in Utah!!! Around 45.....but this was a great day!

Look at these cute munchkins!

Cold couldn't keep Haley out of the ocean! We had to drag her home!!

Where's your coat crazy boy!....Whose your mother?!!

Hey cutie pants! Your adorable when your not throwing things or spitting! (he's pointing at a moving truck!)

More Christmas!

A very sad moment. Fortunatly the kids made it there the day before it burned down. No word yet on if they will rebuild. There was a nice article in the seaside signal this week about it.

Dad! You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!!!!

If this had sound you'd hear "Garbage Twuck......"

Okay, I messed up and am too lazy to fix it. Lean your head to the right!.... hehehe..

The Proud papa and his little woman, and little GIRL!!! Yeah!!! I can't wait to sew little dresses!

Christmaspalooza!

So, Christmas was amazing! I LOVED spending time with my family I NEVER get to see! The kids got WAY too much and Crazy fun gifts! Here' s the bikes!!

Jamie and Alan got bikes as well, and we're completely happy!

Jet lag shawn all partied out. Christmas Eve at the beach house, by this time we figured out the circut breaker and turned on the heat! Yeah! We didn't completely freeze as it was not that cold outside and there we're portable space heaters about. All in all a very memorable christmas!

Dad telling his christmas stories! I want to write them and have them published! Christmas Stories to Make You Cry.

Little Marky, the Jedi Shephard. He was great!

Oh Mary...How adorable you are...

My Beautiful Babies

Okay, every mama thinks her kids are the cutest. But I have to say, mine are. Hehehehe.....okay, roll your eyes now. As long as their heads are not spinning, and mostly when they're asleep. But they're good kids, at least 59% of the time! Here are some fun pictures we took at the beach. Haley helped me "touch" them up. We had a good time!

Here's Haley, in her eternal 'arn't I the cutest' pose.

This is Marky's personality--exactly.

Come on, you have to agree, they're adorable!!

Make's ya feel all warm and fuzzy eh? (heheh)

Notice Shawn...without shoes...the kid won't keep them on!! Even in the grocery store..

and the dentist...

and everywhere!

And again. With the eyes. I should take this photo and blow up haleys face.

For later.....

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When she's a teenager...

and rolling her eyes is not nearly as cute as it was when she was 6!

Fairy Houses

This first house is on a tree outside in the backyard. There is a cute little window you can see on the side of the tree and a chimney. I'll post more pictures later of the bridge over the water.

This one is under a desk upstairs. Both houses have tiny little lamp posts that work and we just added a tiny piano to one. Haley is thrilled! She knows fairies like chocolate chips so she'll leave some by the door and check every once in a while to see if they have been picked up!

These fairy houses popped up all over my parents house. Dad is so great! The doors all open they are very authentic! He's planning on selling some custom made on the internet! Order yours today! I know I want one!

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!

Yes, this is the play our Ward put on for the christmas party. The abbreviated version lasted almost over an hour! Little Marky was the main boy, Charlie and Haley was a baby angel. I was a gossipy woman on the phone and Daddy was a fireman. It was a hoot. We did get a video of it, we're working on moving it to a cd so I can post parts of it. It's too long to post the whole thing! Anywhoo, we forgot half the lines but if you remember the real play it doesn't matter. It all managed to look great in the end. My job was to get the kids on and off the stage and shuffle them where they needed to be, whisper an occasional line, and help dress the baby angels. We also we're slated to decorate a table with our christmas dishes. It was a completely full house and we even had chairs lining the walls. Haley remembered her lines and was adorable, Marky remembered his lines and even tripped for emphasis (not in the play, but it looked good!) Daddy was hysterical and when it was all over and we we're cleaning up I think Marky and his friend Kobe stayed in character. They we're teasing each other and Marky got angry and they started a fist fight in the foyer. Needless to say I was astounded, there we're a few people mulling around the halls cleaning (Including the bishopric) and I, not thinking, screamed at them to stop all the way down the hall of the church across all these people. This lead them all to laugh and titter at me. What other option did I have, here was my usually calm baby punching another boy in the church! Both boys we're scolded and Marky was severely grounded. His dad now plans a Father Son outing so they can discuss violence. And here I sit, feeling like the worst mother ever. Oh well, now we have to move!

love ya

ER

I have technology on the way!

You will all be pleased to know that I have used my visa reward points to purchase a digital camera. Yes, applause is welcome. I will be posting more pictures after this! Tada!

ER