Merry Christmas!!!

 The girls were so annoyed that I wanted to take their picture before they ran down the stairs!  They will appreciate my camera one day! LOL

 Ready, set, GO!

 Lucy was the last one down. :-) She didn't feel like running I guess.

 Santa came! YAY!

 Lucy took a while to wake up.  I think she's starting to get excited though!

 The girls refused to take a cute picture, so I asked them to take a crazy picture.. LOL...

 Sister love :-)

 We decided to open up a few bottles of very old wine... 1967 and 1981!

 Dad's in for the first taste... mmmmmmmm...

 This bottle was not so old... I think from 2000. :-)

 The girls cousins came over for a visit as well.  Ava and Lexy are drawing a picture together. :-)

 My sister in law Salli :-)  She is so pretty!

 My mom, Salli, and my brother Michael

 My Dad and me! :-)

 Family photo #1

 #2!

 Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids

 Jacob!  The only boy... is this good, or bad? :-)

 Cousins!

Poppa and Maddie hanging out on the couch together.. It was quite late, and I think that they were both ready for bed!

Merry Christmas Eve!

We spent Christmas eve at Jeffrey's house this year.  We recieved a message from Halley, Jeffrey;s girl friend... "Come over at noon to see Jeffrey get a very special gift.  But shhh... it's a surprise!  He will then be awarding me with 'girl friend of the millennium' award!"

My very amazing husband! 

Halley... she is watching Jeffrey open up his "surprise" gift!

 Caption this... "Oh my gosh... is this for real?!?!?!?!?!"

 WHAT??? IT IS FOR REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Wow!!!!!!!! A Harley Davidson.. Wow...

 Yes, this present definitely deserves a kiss! And another, and another, and another!!! Jeffrey is one lucky guy!!!

 After leaving Jeffrey's, we went to Christmas eve services at church.  Our family was in charge of lighting the last lent candle, the Christ candle.  The picture on the left shows our name, and the one on the right is what each of us read. :-)

 All the girls wrote notes to Santa this year.  These first two are from Lucy...

 These two notes are from Maddie....

OH NO!!!!  I must have accidentally erased Ava's... :-(  I'm so sad... I can't find it anywhere!!!

Ava is Poor... :-( (Lucy's words)

 So, last night the girls decided to play a game that involved running and darkness...Good intentions?  Yes... Bad idea?  Yes.... The end result?  Ava's got a black eye! :-(

 Last night, right after the "accident" occurred...

Today.... approximately 15 hours later... Poor Ava!!

Crazy Riley!

 This is NOT your ordinary cat.... This cat sits on his hind legs...

 He climbs ladders...

 He's ADORABLE, even when he sleeps....
 
 He eats until he is tired, and sleeps until he is hungry! 

 He hides is weird places... even the shoe closet!!!

He LOVES the dryer!!!

AND he discovered that he didn't like the washing machine... LOL (YES, the cat was sleeping in the washing machine and I didn't know it when I started a load!!! I'm thankful that I found him about 5 minutes later!)

It's offical... I'm going to be starting my 4th and final semester in nursing school!!!!

Here are a few photos of my clinical group, and classmates, and good nursing school friends. :-)