Christmas and the New Year

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. We had a wonderful Christmas with the family and the boys recieved lots of new toys that I have finally all found a spot for (we had to get rid of/put a few toys away to make room). John got some new chrome for his semi truck that he now has back in his possesion( ..long story) so I will once again be a "single mom" :( Since he may be gone for up to 14 days at a time. But that truck is truly his passion and Im glad that he can do something he loves and can be proud of. I recieved some awesome smelling perfume and some decorative stuff for the home. We had a pretty low key New Years with some friends and their kids. 2008 was an overall good year for me a few trails and heartache in there, but I look forward to 2009 and what it will bring for our family, especially the birth of our 3rd child in July. Hope that 2009 will be a great year for all of you as well. Im not going to post any pics of the holidays, not feeling like it, Sorry- maybe later if I get motivated.

Decorating Christmas Cookies

Yesterday we made Christmas cookies, just the mixing,rolling, cutting and baking. It took about 1.5 hours to do just that and it was getting to be dinner time and I was tired, so today after 12 hours of sleep, I was ready to make the frosting and the kids were excited to decorate them. After awhile they were sick of it, so they choose a cookie to eat and then I finished up the cookies. He are a few picture of the mess we made.

Snow Fun

Today we had a snow day from school, which also means I had my sisters 3 kids. We had plenty of snow to play in so after lunch they headed out and I caught a few pics of the fun they were having. Enjoy!

Oh Baby!!...#3 is on the way

Well I am excited(and still a little nervous) to announce that after a recent miscarriage at 12 weeks in August we are expecting again with baby #3 due July 2. I am 12 weeks today and have not experienced any of the problems that I did last time. I will probally not be completely comfortable until I have my baby in my arms, but I still have 6 months to go. We got to hear the heartbeat today which was very reassuring and everything seems to be going great so far. This will be our last baby, so I am going to try and enjoy it as much as I can.

Christmas Party

We had our first Chrismas Party this past Saturday, it was on my Moms side (Vork). We had to travel out to Hudsonville in the awful weather, but we made it safely and it was great to see my cousins and all there kids again. We usually only see them once a year. The boys had lots of fun and they really enjoyed the monster trucks that they got as gifts. In fact Riley played with it so much that it was already broke by the next day. But daddy to the rescue, he super glued the wheel back on and it still works. Otherwise our weekend was pretty relaxed. This week/weekend is going to be relaxed as well and then the parties are really going to pick up, we still have 5 to go. No pics to post, but I will next time b/c I will have lots from all out parties. I am also just about done Christmas shopping, one more person to go! YEAH!!