Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving! My In-Laws came down from MI and the kids loved having them here! The food was awesome of course, because I made it. Really, everything turned out great! We had 2 turkeys, why? WHY NOT?! I cooked one in the oven and Brian smoked the other one. I don't really have alot of pictures, well because I was busy eating...

Sick Update....

It's been 24 hours since anyone has thrown up! My fingers are crossed for the rest of the day...
Reese has lost 5 lbs since she has been sick. For those of you that know her, she didn't have 5 lbs to loose! Now she weighs 43 lbs. Ashlee has lost 4 lbs, and now weighs 34 lbs! Kailyn didn't loose any weight and only threw up 1 time! Hayden's still sick, she's not throwing up anymore but now she has a nasty cough. She now weighs about 18.5 lbs, she lost 1.5 lbs! Poor baby needs to put some weight back on!

I was sick last Monday and I didn't loose any weight...

So that's our sick update.

Sick Sick Sick

After a week of throw up and poop all over me, my body finally shut down and decided that I was going to get sick too. This past week has been HORRIBLE! First Reese had Strep and then she and Kailyn had "intestinal" issues and now Ash is throwing up all over the place. My favorite is when she barfs in her sleep in bed. When is this going to end?!

Kailyn's 3!

Yesterday was Kailyn's 3rd birthday!!! Kailyn is such a funny little girl! She has SO much personality! Nini really is the MOST stubborn child I have every had to deal with, but really is the cutest 3 yr old ever!

We just had a family birthday and she had so much fun! She loved all of her presents and loved her cake! Oh my gosh, her cake was AMAZING! I made it (of course). Kailyn loves candy so I decided to make a Reese's Cup cake. It was made out of Devils Food cake mix and I layered the middle layer with milk chocolate icing and then I made Marshmallow frosting (from scratch) and whipped in some peanut butter. I know I am so awesome....

For her pictures I just followed her around the house and told her to strike a pose and say cheese...

She's so cute!

Kailyn LOVES to play the piano

A typical Nini face...

It's Not Fall!

So far this Fall season has been a dreary, cold and pretty much raining everyday kinda Fall. So I am kinda disappointed with Mother Nature. She really is ruining my favorite season! I love fall because it is pretty. But right now it's cold. It's flu season, and did I mention that it's cold?! I really don't like that it's only the middle of October and I have already had to turn my heat on. Bring on the $1000 heat bills. So since it's cold now, whats the Winter going to be like?! I don't like the cold, it hurts my back and makes my house cold. I don't mind the cold if it is snowing, but here in Evansville IN (armpit of the US) it doesn't snow. It rains and it's cold. And right now it's cold so in my mind we didn't have a Fall, we just went straight to Winter.

So Happy Winter.

Evansville 1/2 Marathon

So yesterday I ran the Evansville 1/2 Marathon. I think that I did pretty well, considering that I really haven't trained in about a month. I feel great right now, my only issue that I have is the giant bulging blister on the bottom of my right foot. I also decided that I am going to run another 1/2 marathon (or a whole marathon) in April... I know I am crazy...

Facebook...

So I decided that I am going to re-enter the world of facebook. So come be my friend.

Ozzy!

We got a dog!!! His name is Ozzy , he is 12 weeks old and is a Jack Russell/Fox/Rat Terrier Mix! We LOVE him!! And I personally think that he is super cute! We brought him home Friday night, and so far he has been great!

No Bake Cookies

My all time favorite cookies...

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup milk

1/4 butter

1/3 cup cocoa

3 cups oats

1/2 cup flaked or shredded coconut - opt

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 tsp vanilla

Combine sugar, milk, butter and cocoa in a large pot. Bring to a boil - cook for about 1 minute.

Remove from heat, mix with the rest of the ingredients. Drop mixture with large spoon on to wax paper. Let it cool and harden. EAT!!!