CJN-Family of Five

Sunday, December 26, 2010

WOW, It's been a LONG TIME!

Ok-so we have been busy! Very busy!!!!! I hate it when blogs are updated often, so I am hating myself right now!! Starting with Thanksgiving week it has been one thing after the next!! Here is a quick breakdown of all we have been up to with more detailed stories to follow-

Thanksgiving-TU's last regular season Football Game-Brooklyn's Christmas Program at School-TU's Athletic Training Christmas Pizza Party-Mom went to a get together at a friends house-Mom took her class to OSU for the day to visit her old boss and friend Rob and tour their Athletic Training Facilites and Education Program -went to a party for Kian and Ethan's second birthday-a Christmas party with mom and dad's Sunday School Class-mom had a church meeting one night-Raegan started eating cereal-mom's work Christmas party-the kids' had Christmas parties at school-and during all of this mom was having an anxiety attack while worrying about leaving her babies for a WEEK while Chris and Jill traveled to Hawaii for the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl and to see TU BEAT HAWAII! (more details for sure to follow on this one!)-then Christmas (which turned out to last longer than planned)-sicknesses here and there-lots of laundry!!!-normal house chores-trying to keep up with three kids-various dr's appts here and there-Raegan has started rolling over like crazy!-having our friend Meredith visit for a CRAZY New Year-watching lots of football-and just trying to keep up with life!!

SO-needless to say, I am exhausted!! But we sure have had fun this last month and a half!!!--See for yourself!!---

Brooklyn at her Christmas Program-- She can sing lots of Christmas songs!! Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer and Jingle Bells are her favorite--and she knows all her words!

Raegan enjoying her cereal,

Brooklyn watchin Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer.

Jamison trying to stay warm with his TU beenie on.

Brooklyn and Jamison helping clean--they LOVE the vacuum!!

Our Christmas tree made it up!

The ornaments on the bottom third didn't last long-but Santa had a place to put our presents!!

THIS little BOY is a trouble maker!!

He has spent lots of time in our "Lil' Nerio's Thinking Spot!"

(So much time that we have our own personalized time out spot!)

We have enjoyed having daddy home more now that football has slowed down!

At the pizza party!

Whew...I am awfully tired from this busy month!!

Better wrap this up--will do a seperate post on our trip to Hawaii and Christmas--but wanted to let you know what we have been up to! Going to try and get a ~~Christmas card~~ New Year's Card out this week too!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Mission UNaccomplished!

Mommy set out on a mission: To get a good picture of all three kids together!

She needed a picture to use on a canvas coupon that she had gotten awhile back, deadline to use it is tomorrow... So mommy set out on a DYI photo shoot...

To start, Jamison wanted nothing to do with it! Mommy mentioned picture and he shook his head no and walked the other way.

So we started with the two girls....not bad, right? But only 2 of the 3 kids...

Then Raegan wanted nothing to do with the photo opp either,

so down to one...not bad, right? But only 1 of 3....

Mommy talked Raegan into rejoining the fun, not bad, right? Again, only 2 of 3 kids.

Oh, here comes Jamison...quick, take a pic, but of course, the other two have checked out!

So close!! But yet, so far away!

Then Jamison spots the rake...and its over. The rake is by far more fun than any picture taking!

Then he finds something even better!! A tractor!!

Don't try to get between a boy and his tractor!

So, mommy tries to get a pictue WITH the tractor...

But the tractor wins the battle!

Oh, if he was just a little bit closer!

But hey, this little girl is still cooperating!

What can come out of this...some good ol' sister time!

And oh aren't these just so cute...too bad brother is no where to be seen!!

He has better things to do!

I went back and looked...I took about 40 pictures this afternoon! And not a single good one with all three kids in it! Lots of fun and good pics, but not quite what the mission was set out for!

But boy did we have a fun day outside!!

Tent time!

What do you need when you are home all day on a Saturday to entertain the kids and make the day go a little faster....a TENT!!

Warning: Once tent is constructed kids turn into WILD CRAZY BEINGS!! I was pretty sure I was going to be making our first trip to the E.R. these kids were SO excited, and jumping around like kangaroos!!