Merry Christmas! This was taken after Baylor's pre-school Christmas program where they dazzled us with their songs! "Mary had a baby, my lord" is my favorite as well as Baylor's. He sang it all the time for us at home. Also, "3 wise men" sang to the tune of "three blind mice". We all loved it!

Yes, This just happened") See, last night we had gone to Costco for a few things, and ended up bringing home this box of chips for lunches. I put them on top of the freezer so the little boys weren't able to sneak eating them all in the next couple of days, and today, I have Gunnar, Kody and Baylor here. Well, Gunnar comes in from the garage and tells me, ummm shelley? Baylor is stuck on top of the freezer. Of course I knew why he was there, walked in and couldn't help but bust up laughing. Once I could compose myself, I said to Baylor, you got caught huh? Why is this wrong? Of course, he knew, and felt very terrible. I did make him stay there while I took his picture. That was punishment enough. Well, and I didn't give them any chips. They all got to learn the lesson of taking part in the crime") So, when I let him down, I hugged him and kissed him and he said, "Mommy, I won't ever do that again". He is my baby")

We went to our favorite spot for a Christmas tree...St. Joe's church across from the stadium. We have gone over there for the last 6 years, and find a great tree each year. At dinner, before we left to buy our tree, and on the way there, we listened to my favorite Christmas album! Mitch Miller, which we will be singing along to at the "Borgen Family Christmas party" this year! We got into the spirit singing along! Ryan was the one who found the tree this year. It was the first one he saw and it was it! Of course, I had to look around for a bit, but all the boys wanted this one. We brought the tree home, pulled out all of Christmas boxes and started to string the tree. You think we would know by now, to test all the strings before we start! Well, at least the ones on the tree worked, but by the end, we were 2 strands short! Ryan rushed to Walgreen's at 8:30 at night to get some more, while I stayed home and continued to go through boxes. And wouldn't you know it...there were 4 more strings in the bottom of the last box!!! OF COURSE THERE WAS! And yes, they worked! Oh well, Jenner took the extra stings and put them up in his room! He loves it! We took Stacey & Dan's lead on the placing of the Angel on the top of the tree. Ryker won "rock, paper, scissors" and got the honor. We also watched the Polar Express and went to bed a little late! Jenner ended up sleeping on the couch that night. It was always one of my favorite things to do too! Fall asleep to the lights of the tree") Merry Christmas!

My mom & I threw my cousin Erica a baby shower over Thanksgiving weekend for baby #3! She is having a girl & is due the 1st week of Jan. but is hoping to go early. Her husband, Andy, has his birthday is right after Christmas so maybe she will be his birthday present! They will not reveal the name until she is born, which drives me crazy! But, they like to make the name decision on their own. They have done that with their other 2 kids, and they did a great job, so I'm sure we will all love this little girls name too! We can't wait to see her! We played a couple of games. One game was the "candy bar" game where you play "memory" with funny words that go with the candy bar. Like "night of conception" = Score candy bar") The other that was pretty fun, was the balloon pregnancy game! You split the party into 2 teams, each take turns blowing up your own balloon, then put it under your shirt (pregnant) and once everyone has done that, the 1st person pops their balloon any way they can with out taking it out of their shirt. This is how they "give birth". The team that gives birth first, wins! It was so funny watching people laying down on the floor trying to pop that balloon! So funny!

We kind of like cookies in this house! We were all needing a cookie, so Ryan and Baylor made us Oatmeal cookies, this way they are healthy, right!

Baylor and Gunnar get together 3 times a week! I usually have Tuesday mornings, Grandma Beauchamp has them Wed. after noon and Gloria, takes Thursday mornings! It's a great life isn't it! This Tuesday that we had Gunnar over, it was raining outside so I thought I better find something for them to do! we made giant sugar cookies and frosted them.

Halloween 2008

Ryker's pumpkin is this EKU one, in case you were confused") Well, Halloween was really different this year.

First of all, I have a high school student. Guess where he was. I know what your thinking, but Ryker, is a better kid than Ryan or I") HA! He just hung out at the football game down at lampson stadium, watching Southridge games, both Freshman and Varsity. Came home and got ready to go duck hunting with his friends, Troy and Casey. They came up empty handed, no ducks.

Jenner, 6th grade, middle school. HE was at the party! Past his curfew no less, oh, and forgot his phone. He was a Crazy Mariners Fan. Crazy being the wig")

Baylor was a cowboy. Don't you love the pose! Ryan and I took him trick or treating around the neighborhood across the street. It took about an hour and he was done. He ate 3 snack Hershey crunch bars and went to bed. He got a 1lb zip lock full. Not bad this year. I don't think we'll get fat of this candy...last year we had enough candy that it lasted us through the new year!

Ryan and I watched "The Strangers". I was so excited for this movie because I love scary movies. Ryan, not so much. He watched it with me, but the next day, well the next night, after I let the kids watch it, cause they like scary movies too, he informed me it was giving him nightmares! Not terrible ones, but the movies freak him out. It is based on a true story, so it freaked me out too! But not, night mares! I felt bad. I promised to never make him watch one again! The boys didn't think it was very scary.

So like I said, different. I only had one costume to put together, and how much easier could it have been? Jenner came up with his on his own. Ryker I didn't see that day from 7am - 10pm! I think my kids are growing up.