Here is another Hair Style I tried out on Jaycee's hair this last weekend. It was not the neatest I have done. She was going sledding with her friends and she wanted it up. It turned out pretty cute and it was so quick and simple to do!

Wanted to share some pictures I did today. I finally updated the kids pictures in the house. I love to take their pictures...I am not a good photographer at all. I am however cheap and hate spending alot of money on pictures. I figure if Jeff and I like them... that is all that matters! Anyhow this is what I came up with! Not bad for being Free! However now that I look at the one of all three kids together...I need to go back and fix Jaxen's face. It looks like his head is floating..... he has no neck in the picture!

I enjoy the pictures best when the kids are just in a natural setting and playing. My favorite picture is the one of the kids holding hands on the beach. I think because that was such a fun day and when I look at the pictures it makes me smile. It brings back the memory of that day. Now that Jaxen is older I want to go back to that beach in Cali. and take some more snap shots (with him in them!). I eventually would love to take some photography classes...maybe when I get a little more time!

Once again I almost had heart failure and was looking everywhere. I could not find Jaxen anywhere. The little stinkpot was hiding under Jake's bed in the Trundle. There is a pull out underneith the Bed that you can put a mattress in or use for storage. We have nothing in there right now so I guess Jaxen thought this would be a great hiding place! He did have the Cat with him (that he let in the house AGAIN!) the cat ran off! I did however manage to snap some shots of Jaxen's hiding spot! This stresses me out!!! You know what I like to do when I am really stressed?.....EAT A BROWNIE! No wonder why I am so Chubby! O....I have to go the timer on the oven went off.....My Brownies are done!

You have to check out this site http://thepioneerwoman.com
I love it! She has so many good recipes! Last weekend we made the Chile Con Queso (revved up) it is so good. You make it with Hot sausage, onion, green chiles, jalapeno, and can of Rotel (which is chopped tomatoes and green chiles) and velvetta. You basically fry your sausage with the onion then add everything else to it. You dip tortilla chips and yum...you will love this. It is spicy but we love spicy food...you can leave out the jalepeno and use regular sausage instead of the Hot. Best thing about it is it makes a lot and we froze it and then just pulled it out of the freezer and microwaved. You can get the full recipe here...http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/chile_con_queso/
try it out! It is so good!

Today Jake stayed home from school with the stomach flu. Poor little man! He was not feeling good at all however he did happen to think of another one of his inventions. He was laying on the couch and said "Look..You think this is a good idea if your foot gets tired?" He makes me laugh so hard all the time. As I had wrote about in previous blogs he is always thinking up new inventions.

Hope you feel better tomorrow bud! Love you!

Another picture of Jaycee's Hair Do! I did Jaycee's Hair like this for New Year's Eve! She looked so cute! About a week ago I made some hair clips for her. Another idea I got from the Blog "She Does Hair!"...I especially like the idea with the buttons. I am going to try that next week. Check out the blog! You get a buttons and put a elastic through it and WHA LA a cute hair clip! (Why didn't I think of that?")

Wow....This year has flown by! What a great year! We built a new house...finally installed sod. Bought a "Family" size car! Birthday parties for all three kids. Soccer Games, Soccer Games Ooooo Many many Soccer Games. The list could go on...what a fun year! I am looking forward to a New Year...New Beginnings. There are so many goals (like every other year!) that I want to accomplish in 2009! My list could be a lot bigger but I narrowed it to my Top 5! No particular order but I will have to say that my main thing I wish for 2009 is....to slow down! Make time for the little things. Get together more with family and friends! Take more time for sitting and relaxing with my kids. More reading stories, making cookies, and really enjoying sidewalk chalk! This is what I wish for 2009...SIMPLIFY and slow down! Happy New Year!