Thanksgiving Plans ~ NoBloPoMo 14 ~

Our Thankgiving Plans are ......... well, tight!!

Last year we went from having not having anywhere to go .... with my Mom & Step-Dad and my Dad and Step-Mom both living in Washington State..... and Dennis' Mom and Step-Dad being in North Carolina, and his Dad in Illinois....  to having too many places.

Mom & Fam want Dennis to cook for Thanksgiving.... which is wonderful :)  He's all for it.  He loves to cook and I love to eat it! LOL....  But Ami and Jeff are insisting we eat with them too.  She has a bunch of family coming over here and I have no idea how everyone is even going to fit upstairs, LOL, but whatever.  I think she named off ....about 10 relatives .... and so ... yeah... Otherwise we'd combine the two.  But I keep telling Ami we aren't going to be home until evening and she said "that's fine, I'll make everyone wait to eat" .... yeah...  walk into a house with angry people because she won't let them eat.  HA HA ... ::snort::  .. yep, that's gonna go over well.

So ... it's nice to be wanted, that's for sure. 

Moving Day ........ * NoBloPoMo 13 *

Today is moving day, so was yesterday .... well, at least the start of it all.  So the next few entries will be .... pre-empted ... LOL

Seriously, wish us luck!!

Duggers Are Expecting Again.... ~ NoBloPoMo 12 ~

Now now... before ya'll get excited, there is a new GRANDDUGGERBABY expected....  Josh and Anna announced yesterday on the TODAY SHOW that they were expecting a new baby in June.  Anna also talked about how she had experienced a miscarriage after their daughter was born. 



I often read reactions to the Duggers, more unsupportive then supportive.  I even read one recently that disturbed me, saying Child Protective Services should be called on the family because there is obviously child abuse going on.  I don't understand how people can be so close minded.  Yeah, they have a lot of kids.  Yeah, they have a religious belief that they will have however many kids as God gives them.  It's their choice.  PERIOD.  Until we become China and are only given a one child rule, which IMO causes a lot worse issues (like killing and abandoning babies because they want a boy, not a girl) ... they have that choice!!  I have to say, I followed the Duggers sparsely until Josie came along.  When Josie came along, I found I had a lot more in common with the Duggers.  No, I don't have 19 kids...  but I have the belief that every child is a blessing and I would accept as many children as God would give me.  And although, I had to fight, for some of my children.... I love them and am thankful every day that I have them.  People complain how the older children help take care of the younger children....   seriously!?!?!   We did the same thing in our family!!  I was helping taking care of the "babies" when I was little, I loved to help out with the babies in our family, with the little kids, and we had a large extended family, sometimes I lived with and helped out with the kids a lot.  My oldest son helps me out with his brothers a lot.  It doesn't take away from their childhood, it gives them the sense of family, and family pride.  As as for assuming that they are abusing their children, I have never seen any sort of child abuse.  I use to think the family might be a little off their rocker for awhile, but then I watched the shows.  Although I don't agree with some of their religious beliefs (i.e. the equality between the boys and girls) ... it's their choice.  It's their religion.  And unless people are going to start up religious prosecutions again, they have a right to their beliefs just as we do.  Oh yeah, and if you don't like the fact that they publicly made the announcement....... then ...... simple.... DON'T WATCH IT.  (rolling eyes) ... 

I gained a respect for the family when I really started to watch their show.  That's my two cents on the subject!

A&J's Wedding ~ Floral Appt ~ NoBloPoMo 11 ~

Ami and Jeff had an appointment with a florist .... so as matron of honor I was dragged along and had to put in my two cents.  So ...  she likes this floral bouquet that I picked out for Dennis' and my wedding ...

Only she doesn't like roses ..... so it's gotta be other flowers ....  so we're talking to the lady, and I'm telling Ami that I was going to use Flame Calla Lilies in part of my bouquet and ... I showed her a calla lily, wrong color but close ...  anyway ... so the lady, who obviously hadn't been listening ... says "Okay so Calla Lilies and Roses" ... and I look at Ami, and she looks at me, and I said "She doesn't like Roses" ... PAY ATTENTION WOMAN..... (rolling eyes) .... "So she'd want other flowers" and she couldn't really come up with any suggestions on what to use.   Seriously... so I walked around the area and was showing her fall colored flowers..... (then went back later and took pictures with my cell phone)

Mums, Lilies, Gerber Daisies, etc and so on...

 These are Ornamental Peppers ... pretty cool huh?

 Hydrangea ... one of my favorite flowers and what I used in our tiny little wedding... but we have always planned on having a big one... someday ....

 Here was a cute little "centerpiece"

 Carnations

 Tiger Lily

 One Rose that Ami agreed IS pretty ....

 Another "centerpiece" we saw as we were leaving...

 

 Then we went over to JoAnnes ... they wanted to have me pick out the pattern for my dress because they want it to be unique....  sooooooo okay ... first Jeff had put together a little arrangement .... I pushed the feathers in it...

 

 A couple of ideas that we saw in a book...

 Here is the dress pattern we agreed on ....  it's the purple one in the middle....

Wordless Wednesday ~ Kaedyn in Heels ~ NoBloPoMo 10 ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Lists ~ NoBloPoMo post 9 ~

So....... I got a small list to buy for this year, as compared to other years anyway ..   Dennis, the kids, Mom, Russ, Ashley, Ami & Jeff and the girls....  I'm sure there will be other people in there but that's the main list right now.

So ... I'm starting to put my head on and try to figure out ideas and thoughts on everyone.......

I know at least 3 out of my 4 kids want these....

 Pillow Pets....  Noah actually started asking for one last year when they came out.

I am thinking about getting Nathan and Kaedyn either their own DS or something like it.  They both can play on one ...  And fight over it..... them fighting over the one that got handed down to Nathan .... resulted in it's complete destruction ... no kidding.  Plus there are toddler type games out there....  but there aren't many, so I was thinking about this for Nathan...

 It's the Vtech Mobigo Touch Learning System ...   I think we are going to go with that for Nathan and Kaedyn.  Then maybe ... just MAYBE .... we won't have anymore half broken game systems...  I think that's going to be the plan.  So hopefully ... the babies don't learn to read, or find my blog... anytime in the next ... oh.... 45 days... other then that ... which took me most the day to figure out...... I think we'll just figure out the other gifts as we go....

Noah, he wants EVERYTHING............. EVERYTHING ... he wants ....
ALL OF THESE...

All of these......

All of these..............

 THESE Toys ..........

And all the Batman Legos too

He already has the Videogame...... but he wants the other Lego Games..... soooooooo yeah.... he's got a long long list of "I wants... "

Calahan...... well........ he just wants ... his Cell phone back on, game time........ and......... well, a girlfriend.  I can maybe help with the first two...

Oye........ I just have to end the post with this...

It may not be what I want........ but I got a good laugh from it!


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Just when I think I got it all figured out........ they come out with THESE for the DS!!

UGH!

Holiday Traditions .... ~ NoBloPoMo post 8 ~

So what are your holiday traditions?

We do a lot of things....... going to look at Christmas lights, decorating for Christmas ... putting up our tree on Thanksgiving, stockings hung... Santa Claus... Christmas stories and movies until you want to puke red and green...  and our tradition that we started, that we didn't carry on from our families......

Thanksgiving night, the kids get a little gift to start out the official beginning of our Holiday Season ...   and every Thursday from Thanksgiving Night to Christmas Eve ... they get a gift.  I thought of this when Calahan was a baby, to help curb the peeking bug.... and for the most part, it has worked!!   Usually it's 4 gifts between the two holidays but this year it's 5 ....  this year, we're not just doing the kids either, we're going to do everyone :)   Pretty soon... it'll be time to shop shop shop :D

I'm excited :D