Movin' Movin' Movin'

It's finally here...we are down to the last 24 hours before the big move to the country! The boxes have been packed and now we are just waiting to sign on the dotted line! Craziness...when we moved into this house 5 and a half years ago we vowed we weren't moving again - HA!
Our current e-mail will be turned off as of tomorrow so you can reach us via Facebook or phone. See you all on the flip-side (with photos!).

7 Degrees of Kevin Bacon!

They always say if know someone who knows someone you will get to someone famous, etc.. Here is my seven degrees...
Married to Brandon who is cousins with Brad, who is Katelynn's father, who auditioned for American Idol and got high praise from Simon, Randy and Shania Twain! She did an awesome job! Way to go Katelynn!
If you missed her you can watch her here

Tales from school...

My job can be quite interesting at times...take my little language disordered kids. They don't have a strong grasp of the meaning and usage of words. Many times they misuse words and phrases in amusing ways. Take little Katie...
We had been reading the story Thomas' Snowsuit, it is about a little boy who does not like his snowsuit and refuses to wear it for his mom, teacher, or principal. During the story they get into fights to get Thomas into his snowsuit and the teacher ends up wearing Thomas' snowsuit, the principal is wearing the teacher's clothes and Thomas is in his underwear, etc... Anyway at the end of the story, the principal moves to Arizona because no one ever wears a snowsuit. I asked Katie, "Why did the principal move to Arizona?" She responds "Because he likes to wear girl's underwear!" Hmmm...how to respond??? She was close but neatly mixed up all the pieces of the story. It is a great book, I highly recommend it. Just be careful if you move to Arizona! HA! A day in the life...the fun never ends!

This and That

Once again...I have uploaded pics in the wrong order. One would think I would figure it out one of these days...oh well. I will try to guide you through... Christmas break flew by...tomorrow it is back to work and school for all of us. I look forward to a sense of normalcy but know that it is a farce as we are to be moving in 27 days! Aaaahhh!!!! It's too long to pack everything but short enough to be packing, so what to pack???
Yesterday we got back from celebrating Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma R. We had a great time. We cooked, made homemade ice cream, did some sledding, played Wii, and tried to save Grandpa's baby goat (we were unsucessful). :( Zero degree temps are not compatible with brand new babies on the farm. There was also the opening of presents...here are some pics of the kids with their new gifts...

The girls got an Easy Bake Oven...they made a yellow cake on their first try. I always wanted one of these growing up...now I can live vicariously through my girls!

Matthew playing with his new workbench. Let the pounding begin! Madie loves it too!

Great Grandma R. and Matthew watching us sled down the hill. This was his favorite window. He loved all the birds eating off the bird feeders. He would grab anyone he could and show them the birds!

All the grandkids...Matthew, Dylan Madie and Emma

Matthew rocking in the same chair dad did when he was little!

Before we headed out for Christmas celebrations, Emma had time for a sleepover. She had her good friend Celeste over. They even had matching pj's. No, it wasn't planned, just luck. They had a ball!

Wishing you all the very best in 2010! May all your hopes and dreams come true.