We wish you a Merry Christmas!

So it was time to put up the Christmas tree and all the kids were extremely excited.  I got to take the pictures to today so you will get to be treated to a rare showing of the amazing one and only Mandy!

Mandy all grins...happy that the Christmas decorations are going up

Zach sporting a cool spike hair do with the rocking jammies

Even Charlie got in on the Christmas spirit by confiscating Zach's recently vacated bed!

First Day of School 2010

The kids all started school today. Abby in 2nd grade, Bethanie in Kindegarten, Molly in 3 year old preschool and Zach in 2 year old class. Whew! What a morning! But it was a great day for all! I told Julio from now on we are taking the first day of school as a vacation/mental health day, heck, after all it takes to get them ready these days, we deserve it!

Here are a few pics of the happy bunch:

Here's hoping for a happy and successful school year! And a regular routine...I am soooo ready for it!

Saddle up!

So Papaw (my dad) got back from a two week trip to Mexico and brought back gifts for the kids. Hats and shirts....cowboy (girl) gear to be specific.   So this morning we took a bunch of pictures...

The Girls' New Room

Over the past few days I have been collecting items to make Bethanie's bed fit in with Molly and Abby's. Today I put together my hard work and below is what resulted. It is a little tight, but I think it will work. We hope to eventually put in some sturdy bunk beds for Abby and Bethanie but in the meantime this is what we have:

The girls also all have pillows with their initials on them to signify their own special space:

All things considered I think it turned out ok. 

Also, I thought I would share a few photos of Zach's room:

And a few others that I really liked from our last visit:

I warned you there would be a LOT of pictures on this site!

Thanks for playing along!

-Mandy