Santa was here!

I just discovered that my camera has this really cool option- I can set it to take a picture when it senses motion! So, I set my camera out last night and caught a few pictures of Santa. I can tell you how to do this too, e-mail me if you want me to tell you how to put your camera on this setting :) My kids loved this and want me to print pictures so they can show their friends at school.
Merry Christmas!

Beautiful Day!

It was a beautiful (but still cold!) day today and Tyler took the four boys for a horse ride. They all rode their own horse. One of them was very nervous and wanted his horse tied to another horse -I won't tell you who but it wasn't the youngest one! This is the second ride Parker has been on this week- he is a natural horseman and just loves to ride. Today he was holding the reins with one hand and eating his PB&J with the other hand. When Tyler was getting all the horses saddled up, Parker was showing me his "tricks" he could do on the horse- sitting sideways, standing up while holding onto the saddle horn, etc. He is way too brave but so fun!
Jenna is gone this weekend- we always hate it when she is gone. I hate to have her missing from pictures that we take, and I hate having her miss out on our fun adventures. We miss you Jenna!

Happy Halloween!

Seriously...

I have NEVER been interested in politics until this election. I am so afraid of what will happen to our country if Obama is elected. Let me know what you think of this video.

Mean Brothers

I have always said that Allie is going to be protected from all the mean people in the world by her 4 big brothers. However, I am afraid that she is going to have to endure her share of teasing and tormenting from them.

9 Stitches

Preston was riding his bike yesterday at the neighbor's house when he wiped out and got a nice laceration on his knee. They called me and said that "maybe it just needs a butterfly" but I knew when I saw it that he needed stitches! (Later Janice told me she just didn't want Preston to freak out, they were trying to minimize it.)It was really deep and the ER doc was afraid that maybe it had gone down to the joint, so after it was numb he did some deep probing and said that it looks like it didn't go into the joint.



Today he is pretty swollen and sore, a lot more sore than yesterday. I don't think I am going to have to tell him to stay off his bike for a few days.

Fundraiser time!

Jenna plays the clarinet in band and they are going to be taking a trip to San Fransisco. They are selling cookie dough and hot chocolate to help raise money for their trip. If you are interested in helping her earn money and would like to buy something, let me know! (You can click on the images below to see the orders forms larger; you can see the flavors, cost and sizes of the tubs.)
Thanks!