text: Itches and Scratches...: January 2010
  If you are an animal person, then you understand what I mean by "first babies." When Jason and I were dating we got our first babies. A black lab named Abbie, who went to puppy heaven a few years ago, and a fluffy furry cat named Daisy.
  Daisy is now a spunky, independent, 12 1/2 year old cat. She has lived through 2 moves, 3 kids, 4 dogs, and 1 cat. She still doesn't act like she likes us much, unless she's hungry. I credit her long life and good health to being smart enough to stay away from the kids most of the time! :)
  So tonight I was walking through the playroom, and I saw this...
  Seriously, I about died laughing. She has the life!
  Labels: princessess
  My families idea of a good time?
  Even better, shopping in a good city. So after Christmas some of the ladies of our family took off for Kansas City!
  Aunt Denise, my beautiful mama Diane, cousin Lauren, me, and Grandma Ellie!
  We missed Lane, but the rest of us managed to have fun. I mean hello Anthropology!
  A big snow had just come through before we went, and the Christmas lights were still lit at the Plaza, so everything was extra pretty.
  Poor Lauren got shopped out though, so eventually we did have to head home.
  It was super awesome fun while it lasted!
  I loved that my Grandpa and Dorothy and everyone else were able to come to my home this year for a Christmas celebration. I realize that they are getting older, so this was very special. My favorite pic of the night is with them and their grandkids (us!) and spouses.
  I especially love the fussing child clinging to me. Ahhh memories! :)
  Also funny was Austin's reaction when Laney tried to kiss him under the mistletoe. Only mama gets those kisses!
  Posted by Shelley at 5:08 PM 3 comments:
  We welcomed Twenty Ten like this...
  Well, it's January 1st, Twenty Ten!
  That feels weird, and exciting to say that. A new decade, wow.
  And I am beginning this year completely exhausted! December was quite a month. I feel like I need a month to recover before starting January! But alas, that will not be, so I need to pick myself up and get moving!
  December held a LOT for us. We hosted several holiday celebrations. We went to Las Vegas for 5 days to celebrate our 10th Anniversary! We shopped, we wrapped, we decorated, we cooked, we painted, we didn't sleep much! We had school class parties, Christmas shows, and dance recitals. We watched parades and went to Silver Dollar City. We played on the new land. We celebrated friends and family birthdays. We adopted two families to buy gifts for, one with some friends, and one with Austin's class, which did my heart good. We visited Santa! We had 4 big Christmas celebrations with different parts of our family. I went to Kansas City for 2 days for a girls only shopping trip. And finally we had a little New Year's Eve party! In the end, as I look back, it was all good. The kids were well behaved, relaxed, and happy for the most part. The only thing I would change would be to cut back a little. I am wiped out from all the fun! And I need to plan ahead better. I was so last minute this year, and that was not good. Next year the Internet shall be my friend, and I WILL get done MUCH earlier with the shopping and wrapping!
  So again, Happy New Year! I pray that this year is our best yet!
  I have quite a bit of catching up to do on my little blog, so there will be another post coming soon!