Kiddie Kandids

This is one of the many adorable pictures K.K has captured of my kids. I am so surprised that they are shutting down and claiming bankruptcy! I don't always go to Kiddies but I swear I have gone there at least twice a year since Gracie was born. :-(

Just A Post

No big deal. No cute pictures or exciting news. I just wanted to let you know I am alive. I thought I'd tell you something cute/funny/sweet the kids have done this week.



Gracie: After throwing a fit about folding and putting away her pajamas, and I after I reminded her that she never folds and puts mine away so why should I fold and put hers away, she writes me a note with a picture that says "Mommy sore for beeg disreseptol" (sorry for being disrespectful).



Ava: I think Ava really wants to go to school because after dropping Gracie off at Kindergarten Ava says "Mom my life is falling apart!"



Breck: Gracie was sitting on the floor crying because she had a loose tooth that she was freaked out about and Breck crouches down by her and says "Darn it! Darn it!" and then gave her a hug.

Breck 2

For some reason my pictures got all screwed up on my computer....so if it's not a recent picture and I click on it to upload it...it uploads a completely different picture. So just pretend that the picture below is a picture of Breck as a newborn because that's what I was going for. GRRRRR! We celebrated Breck's 2nd birthday on December 12th. We bought cupcakes and Pizza Hut. The only gift we got him was a Spider Man balloon that stayed inflated until the other day when I deflated it.

Breck loves to read books. Ava has this Hello Kitty book that he loves. I cannot believe he is 2 already! He says so many things and just seems like a kid now instead of a baby. We've been really blessed to have him in our home!

Christmas

So I left my camera down at Annie's for Christmas morning. Everything went well. I stuck to my guns of not getting the kids very much and I'm glad. They were happy with what they got. The pics below are of the Shepherd family Christmas party that took place on Dec 11th. It is at Ryan's sister's house, which is big and beautiful. They had probably 20 trees lit up in the front yard. It was quite the sight.

These two pics are hilarious in the fact that they portray the girls' personalities so well.

Breck was HORRIFIED of Santa as you can tell. He was the only grandkid out of 20 (some younger) that balled his bloody eyes out!

I hate posts without pics....

But I am forcing myself to update at this point without them. I got them all prepared and now I can't find my camera chip so this will be a pic-less post.

It was Ryan's birthday yesterday. I cannot believe I am married to a 30 year old. That sounds ancient. I know it is still young, but it just seems old. We also celebrated our 8th anniversary yesterday. It is so nice to just be in a groove and be comfortable with each other and not worry about all the stuff you worry about when you're dating. I remember going to the Olive Garden when we were dating and getting the Alfredo pizza even though I really wanted the Alfredo pasta, because I was so freaked out that the pasta would be too messy to eat. Ha Ha. What a joke! Now I have no shame. We went to Chuck-A-Rama last night and I went back a ton of times for more food. It's nice to just love each other and not worry about what each other thinks as much. I know I am just rambling. Anyway the kids and I made Ryan a cake and then Gavin came over to play and we just had a good time. After we put the kids in bed, Grandpa watched while we went out to eat. Ryan spent the meal time begging me to go price PS3's with him. I have never even heard of them. I utterly refused his requests so we went home and he watched football while I read The Da Vinci Code.

Ok, better posts coming soon.

p.s Ryan was kind enough to buy me roses and my favorite chocolates to celebrate our anniv.

A Day Late And A Couple 100 Short.....

That is how I feel today. It is December 8th and I still haven't posted about Halloween. So here goes. Hopefully I can get up to date soon. These are my little babies walking Gracie to school on Oct 30th.

We stayed for the costume parade. This is typical Gracie style....so demure and behaved....lol.

Breck freaked out when he found out that he couldn't join in the parade and Gracie wasn't coming home with us. ;-)

Halloween night as we head out......

L-R

Niece Autumn (butterfly), niece Kassie ("supervisor"), niece Amber (witch), Gracie (cat), nephew Tyler (skeleton), and Ava (Sleeping Beauty).

The Little Mermaid

Ryan, Gracie, Ava, and I went and saw 'The Little Mermaid' at Kingsbury Hall on Saturday. It was the original story. So instead of being named Ariel her name was Aquaria. It was good, but odd. I have no clue what really happened in the end. I think that Aquaria died and went to heaven to be with her mom. I bought the tickets about 3 months ago, so we were in the front row. It was good to get out.

Chuckie Cheese

For Ava's 4th birthday. We spent a good 130.00 dollars on pizza, drinks, and tokens for everyone! I sure as *&%$ hope everyone had fun for that price!!! I know I did. Gavin and Breck...it looks like Gavin might be a more responsible driver when he gets older...His tongue looks like he is really concentrating.

There Breck is again.....flipping stations when he should have his eyes on the road! ;-)

Thank you everyone for coming and for the nice gifts!!!

Thanksgiving Point

I've noticed that everyone already has Halloween covered. Well I am behind the times and still back in August...I will get caught up someday! Ryan gets tickets every August from his work for about 10 different places around the valley. Thanksgiving Point is one of them. We went to the dinosaur museum, but I left my camera in the car. The next 6 pics are at farm country.

This colt was WAY smaller in real life. So cute!

This bottom pic is of Ashley and Aspen at Thanksgiving Point Gardens. I took a ton of pics but can't find the rest. Oh well! It was fun. We brought a picnic and just enjoyed how beautiful it was!

She Thinks She's A Rebel...

But she is far from it! I am way behind on my posting and will try and get caught up. I just had to post first things first. Brag Brag I know....but my model student was student of the month in August. How that is possible with only 4 days of school in the month of August is beyond me...but she brought home her award and a darling stuffed bear to prove it. I was prouder then a peacock to say the least. She has gone to two years of preschool and both of her preschool teachers have always said "She is such a good example to the other kids." I think because she is so shy she just sits quietly and behaves. That's how I was in school and she is just like me.
Anyway, so not only is she beautiful but she is a good student! Ok I'm done bragging....for now!