2009 at a Glance...

(Madison actually turned 10...)

We're back...

...we'll see how long it lasts! The plan is, I'm going to pick up where I left off. I have a couple of saved entries that I never got around to posting so I'll start there and see how it goes.

Columbia

We took a little day trip up to Columbia when my sister and parents were in town. The kids had fun exploring the old shops, feeding the chickens, climbing the rocks, picking out candy in the candy shop and being with there cousins. It was fun having my parents and sister, Jill and her family visiting.

Holiday Festivities...

New Years Day

Christmas Day

Christmas Eve Dinner

Gingerbread houses

sugar cookies

Christmas breakfast

Jaxton turned ONE!

Our little guy turned one on Dec. 12th. Daniel and Crystal came over with their family and Grandma Betty and Grandma Karen were there to help us celebrate. He wasn't too impressed with his cake, but he enjoyed his presents, especially his riding dump truck that he got from Uncle Daniel and Aunt Crystal.
Atleast now he doesn't have to ride the purple and pink princess one. It's fun to finally have little boy toys around the house!

OUCH!!

The day Rob came home from the hospital I decided to try and get some christmas lights down from the attic. (Big Mistake!) I had the ladder set so that it was straight (we have one of those heavy duty ones that folds, straightens, extends, etc.) but wasn't long enough. So rather than extending the ladder, I pushed the knobs to collaspse it and it folded down and crushed my fingers. It hurt soooo bad!!! I thought I had broke all my fingers. Luckily my ring protected my left hand a little, although I had a really hard time getting them off. I wasn't able to do much for a couple of days.

Deja vu

Rob went in for his second thyroid surgery on December 8. We had requested a private room this time since his previous stay was a nightmare. Aside from that everything was pretty much Deja vu. At least we knew what to expect this time. He got his staples out Tuesday and is doing well. Altough his neck is still a little sore and tender. Thank you all for your prayers and support. We're glad we decided to do it sooner than later, and grateful that we can now enjoy the holidays with no worries.

Update... FINALLY!

It's been a while since I've updated my blog. So if you're interested scroll on down to see what we've been up to for the past two months!

Happy Halloween!

Mckinlee had a hard time deciding on what to be for Halloween... She finally decided on Boo from Monster's Inc.