Turbo Tax

New job!  Started at the IBM call center supporting Turbo Tax software.  Not a fan of this work but do love working on a MAC.  I think I have to have one now.  This job will is giving me a ton of computer experience.  I think this is the first in my life I've even worked a 40 hor week...I know it's the first time I've ever worked more than one in a row.  Kinda sucks...I'm not gonna lie.

New Bike for Christmas!

Merry Christmas!  Jayke had a great Christmas this year...new bike...fish acquarium...iPad. Not to mention his new game room, which I have yet to take pictures of.  We had Christmas at Dad's and then our house and my Mom's then he was off with his Dad to have Christmas at his grandparent's house.

Wish

Elf Catch Up

Frisbee is taking a bath in marshmallows...


Hanging out in the stockings...


and apparently he got stuck trying to get into the cabinets...probably trying to get the marshmallows for his bath!

Ballin'...Shot Callin'...

First game done. We lost. I think I was more nervous for this than I was for football! Jayke is by far the smallest one on the team. He is the youngest and probably the one with the least amount of experience. He didn't do too bad. He says he got one rebound but I didn't see it. It was a little confusing because we had a kid show up for the game who hasn't been to any of our practices because he plays on another league. He, of course, was VERY good so he got the ball all the time and confused out plays that were run in practice. Hopefully this will all get better.

This is the first time Jayke has gotten a jersey with his name and number on it so I had to get a shot of his and Zion's backs while they were waiting for the game to start. Cute.

Still At It

Good thing that was an old box of cereal I was about to throw out or I may have been upset with Frisbee for wasting food!!

The Elves Rock picture was today's mischief...yesterday he was found trying to squeeze between the shelf and the top of the turtle acquarium. He didn't quite make it and was just hanging there. (no pic) This morning when Jayke got up he came in to tell me that Frisbee MUST be stuck because he didn't leave last night! Oops. Frisbee must have been so busy he forgot himself last night! Good thing Jayke went to his friend's house this morning and gave him a chance to leave and get back to play in the cereal!

The picture below was from a couple of nights ago. Apparently the Lego Star Wars guys got fed up with the elf's antics and decided to take matters into their own hands...

So Rotten!

Our ornery elf decided to get a little creative with Jayke's picture last night! I think this may be the one Jayke has liked the most. He looked a little indignant at first then yelled at the elf a little. After that he began to laugh. After a few minutes to contemplate Frisbee's mischief, he then was mostly concerned with whether or not he would "Clean that up!"? I told him that I have to clean up after his elf every night and that seemed to relieve him somewhat. He doesn't mind that his mother has more work to do as long as I remove that marker from his face!

The night before the elf was busy in the cabinets. He made snowmen out of marshmallows. Jayke just wanted to know if he could eat them. I didn't allow it but there were plenty left in the bag for him to snack on when he got home from school which made him happy.

This elf business is becoming quite the chore! Now that he has gotten so creative it is a challenge for him to come up with new and better ideas every night. Thank goodness he saved all this creativity for the days closer to Christmas! If he had started out this way I don't think he would have had enough ideas to make it 25+ days!

Silent Night

Ornery Lil Elf!

Our elf has been busy! Fishing for goldfish and hiding in interesting places!

Looks like someone needs to go to the grocery! I did throw out the expired eggs!

Turkey Surprise

I love when I find things like this in The Boy's backpack!

What I'm Loving

and can't get enough of! I found this pillow on Etsy and HAD TO HAVE IT! This pillow is so perfect in my house. I just wish I could find coordinating ones to go with and maybe even bring these colors into my bedroom.

Speaking of Etsy...it, along with Pinterest are my new two addictions. Like I needed any more. I get so many ideas from Pinterest it's crazy. Went out and bought some canvas and stencils for a project. Hopefully it will turn out great and I will be able to post it. For now you can just admire my pillow!

Another Sport!

I realize this ins't a very good picture...it is the only one I've gotten so far. I will have to get one next weekend at our first game! So far he loves it. He and Zion are the only two second graders on the team with a bunch of third graders and I have to say I think they are the best two of the bunch! Jayke needs to work on endurance and his arm strength though to be able to get the ball up to the basket easier. I think he is picking up the general idea pretty well though. His coach is pretty old school and has them running suicides and playing shirts and skins. Thank God Jayke wasn't one of the "skins"! He won't even take his warm ups off in the gym with other people around and he has shorts on underneath! He thought it was pretty funny that Zion had to take his off though. We will see what happens when he is picked to play on the "skins"!

Mason's Birthday

Mason's birthday party was at Escapades this year. A bunch of rowdy boys let loose on an indoor playground...CRAZY! There was a moment when I was sure we would get kicked out. We had kids ON TOP of the huge climbing apparatus instead of IN it like they are supposed to be. We had a group of boys cheating at the games that give you tickets for prizes. It was insanity. When our group left we had random kids we didn't know running up and hugging the kids in our group to tell them bye they had so much fun with them. The kids in our group ranged in age from 6 to 14...the older ones were the ones climbing where they shouldn't have been and cheating at the games. Maci and her friend spent a large amount of time just laying in the ball pit with random kids climbing all over them...or over them to get through. Balls were being chucked every which way...both in and OUT of the ball pit. Some how we managed to not get the boot and all had a wonderful time!

I have the bowling alley booked for Jayke's party this year but after the blast they all had at Escapades I am now considering moving it so they can all go back. Matthew has been begging Ang to let him take Jayke and Mason to Escapades for months. He was so happy to finally be there...I'm sure he would love to go back. Above is a picture of Jayke, Mason, Zion, and Levi. Jayke and Zion are in the same grade, as Mason and Levi are too. They all play soccer together and Zion is on Jayke's basketball team. They all get along and have a great time together.

After the birthday party, Mason had a birthday dinner on his real birthday a couple of days later, and cake the day after that. I'm sure Jayke now thinks he needs to have a 3 day birthday as well!

My Motto

This pretty much says it all...



Favorite ornament this year!