Merry Christmas!!!

(Late). I hope you all had a good day. I'm way behind on writing this post but I was occupied on Christmas. We had a good time. We opened presents and stockings in the morning. Then we hung out a bit and then we went and watched The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. It was good.  Lots of killing orcs. Very different from the book but enjoyable. Then we came home and had pizza for dinner. 

We didn't get a Family picture unfortunately. 

X-mas morning. 

Saxon with his new "man bag". Castle blocks that he got for Christmas. I LOVE his shirt. It is so cute on him. 

So...Merry (late) Christmas!!! 

Lots of love,

Kaylee

Happy Birthday!!!!

Today is Mama's -- birthday. I do actually know how old she's turning but you know how grownups are with ages... ;-) 

Today we're all sick. Well not me and Daddy. Mama had a tooth pulled earlier this week and got something done to it and then on top of that she got a cold and a few fevers. And she's just been Blegh lately. Ya know? And Saxon and Bub have had fevers on and off today. Saxon actually had one all day yesterday. So anyways, poor Mama is not having too good of a day because we're all sickies around here. :-( And because of her tooth she can't chew anything hard. So she's making little soufflés right now so she can have a little something to swallow down.  But no special birthday food. At least she got presents! She ordered herself a bunch of crocs and a bracelet and watch and earrings. Then today she got flowers from daddy, cards from us kids and some cups from the boys. I got her something too but I'll save that for the end of this post. ;-) And I would have a picture of her but you know how Moms are about their pictures being taken. (Although I'll excuse her this time because we all look really tired and we don't have makeup on, we're wearing pajamas, and our hair isn't done. So yeah...)

I left her a little note in the bathroom though. :-)

The fine print at the bottom say " P.S. I was gonna write on the mirror with a dry erase marker but I didn't want to without double checking with someone first. ;-)" 

I guess that's all. Except my present.... Mama wanted me to be off my cane by her birthday so I put a bow on it and gave it to her to say "here ya go. Take it." In other words....MY CANE IS OFFICIALLY GONE!!!! Forever. :-D  :-D Incase you can't tell I'm pretty excited...but seriously!! I'm free!! It actually is very nice.  I know this might be weird sounding but yesterday I just walked around without it a bunch and for some weird reason it was super easy. And it didn't hurt my foot. Like seriously, today before I gave it to her it was sorta a burden. I was just kinda dragging it around. I know! Crazy! But AWESOME!!! And now I get my permit. Which I will then of course post about. :-) 

So yup! I guess I better go. I have laundry to do...  :-/

Lots of love,

Kaylee

And does this look very uncomfortable or what??

She's like stuffed between he back of the couch and a pillow head first and her feet up. Seriously?

Is he cute or what?!?! 

Christmas Open House

Forewarning:the pictures are bad because I took them at night. Sorry. :-(

In the living room Mama hung a garland above our big window and hung a Duct Tape (yes, duct tape) wreath that I made. 

The lamp shade was blue and it didn't match the furniture in the living room since we took the setee out so we wrapped a scarf around it and pinned it to the lamp shade. :-)

I think it's cute. 

In the kitchen Mama had a coffee/tea station and an Italian Cream Soda station. On the island she set a bunch of cookies which very unfortunately I didn't get a picture of. 

On the kitchen table she put less "nice" cookies and unsweet food so the little ones could get to it. 

I had to include this one because of Saxon. 

You can see a mirror in the background. Mama hung pretty plates up next to it. I love what she does. 

We have two bookshelves in the kitchen and Mama put real something on them with pearls and holly and candles. It's very pretty. 

You can see me in the mirror in this picture.  And Piersen...and Saxon. :-)

We had a really good time. The first people to get here got here around 1:03 I think. The last people to leave left at 10:00 or a little later. Yes, it was only 1:00-6:00 but it was just one famiy and they and Mama and Daddy chatted for a while. 

A few random pictures. :-)

Millie all curled up on daddy's jacket. 

The bow that was in Millie's hair from the groomers. But it fell off and she wouldn't let me put it back on. :-(

Millie's Christmas collar. It's very loud and annoying at night. 

See her bow? It's so cute. 

Saxon in an apron because he was helping Mama cook. :-) 

All of the snowflakes I made and hung. That isn't even all of them. 

So he looks weird in this photo, but seriously?!?! I made him put his green plaid shirt on and put a black bow tie on him. IT WAS SOOO CUTE!!! He wouldn't wear it for the Christmas Party though. :-(

The doctor told me I could only wear sneakers or lace up combat boots so Mama bought me a pair of boots. I still have to wear my brace (hence the fat left ankle). But I'm so happy. I can wear my skinny jeans!!!! I can wear my skirts to church!!!!! And plus, I love lace up combat boots. I'm hoping the left boot doesn't get too stretched out so when I don't have a brace I can still wear them without looking stupid. 

I guess that's all. 

Hugs and Kisses,

Kaylee

Conference

So on Friday we got up at 5:30 (I did at least). We all got ready and left the house a bit late (8:45). After arriving  (which we ended up not being the only late ones)we listened to a talk. And then a break. And a talk, and a talk. Then lunch. A talk, a talk, a break. Talk, dinner. A talk, and one final talk. LOTS of talks. And then we drove home. Oh and add a bunch of bathroom breaks up there too. ;-P so that was our day. 9:00am-9:00pm. We were gonna go Saturday too but the neighbors needed their car. It was fun though. I think Mama and Daddy really enjoyed it.

Yes, our car is still messed up. :-( Daddy and the neighbor are gonna try to fix it today. It's really annoying them because it's a really easy fix. They just can't reach it. :-/

I also updated my "My Family" page. I don't have a picture of Daddy or Mama yet but I do have their descriptions.

Our Christmas Open house is coming up this Saturday the 14th so be ready for lots of pictures. I want to take pictures of all Mama's yummy food  :-D

And then Mama's birthday is the weekend after that, Saturday the 21st. I'll have a post about that too.

So, yup! Lots of stuff.

Hugs and Kisses,
Kaylee

Car and Dog

Yes, another post. I'll be posting often lately because we'll have a lot going on. So yeah, car and dog. 

Car: Our car is messed up. And it's easy to fix but the part that has to be fixed is really hard to get to so we'll either have a mechanic fix it or someone from church come over and help. It's so messed up it's undrivable (Is that even a word?.. :-/ ). The power steering fluid hose is busted...or something like that. :-/ So today we're borrowing the neighbors car to go shopping and go the post office. If we don't get the car fixed by tonight we're gonna have to use their car to go to the conference this weekend. Which Mama and Daddy don't really want to do. Because it's in Anchorage Friday and Saturday and they don't like borrowing someone else's expensive car a lot. So anyhoo...!

Dog: My dog. Millie. She's a smart dog. I was kinda slow to start training her to do stuff. But she knows "sit" and I've only been teaching her "lay down" this week and she's pretty much got it down. Like I said, she's smart and she learns fast. And yes, I'm bragging about my dog.  Because she's mine and I'm gonna brag about her being smart. Because doesn't everyone brag about their pets...? ;-) 

 

Oh and I've been trying to take steps without my cane and guess what? I actually take my right foot of the floor. I can actually take a little tiny step without a cane. Mama and Daddy were really proud of me. Actually, Mama was kinda so excited it was kinda emmbarrasing. ;-) But anyhoo! Yeah...

So yeah, that's all really...  :-D 

Hugs and kisses,

Kaylee

P.S. I was thinking about maybe saying "Lots of Love,

Kaylee" sometimes. I'm not sure. I guess I'll just fluctuate between that and "Hugs and Kisses". Anyways! I'm just being odd now. I don't even know why I'm telling you this...I'm thinking aloud...

And now I'm going before you all think I'm nuts...you probably already think that though. ;-)

ADORABLENESS!!!

I took this picture the other day. SHE'S SO CUTE!!! :-D 

This was last week. There's two. A mama and a baby the baby is behind the mama

The mama is on the left and the baby is on the right (these are the same moose as the photo above it. Just so you know...)

Have I made enough snowflakes?!? No...actually I'm planning on making more. And yes I made all of those except two of them. It doesn't  really look like a lot...but it feels like a lot to me...I did a lot of cutting. And folding. And measuring. 

:-D 

O Christmas Tree!

The other night we put our Christmas tree up! Last night we decorated it. Maybe it's just me but a tree sorta makes Christmas "official" in a way...ya know? I LOVE Christmas trees. They're so happy. :-D We have presents under the tree too. 

Our tree!!

I'm sorry, the ipad takes bad pictures. 

But guess what happened without me even trying?!?

Not like the really pretty ones but it's still pretty cool, don't ya think?

 

Saxon's Ornaments

Piersen's Ornaments

(Don't ask how he has only two...  :-/ )

My Ornaments

( I don't know what I was thinking when is chose the top left one...)

My this year one. Mama chose it and I LOVE it!!!

It's a fox and it has glitter on the chest and tail. It's soooo pretty!

Some of my faves!

The bottom right one looks like a dog toy but I love it. :-)

Our stockings!

The red one with the deer is mama's, the other red one is daddy's, the white one with the trees is mine, and the other two white ones are Saxons and bubs.

Pretty presents. The one right in the front with the cream ribbon is mamas that I wrapped. Just sayin'...   ;-)

See the plaid ribbon? Happiness in a piece of ribbon!! For me anyways...

And now I'm gonna brag on my Mama. Because seriously?!?! She rocks at wrapping presents!! And the bow...I don't even know how she did it...plaid ribbon... I'm super happy this is my present. 

I used the flash so it's kinda weird looking but I love this present. It's soooo cute. 

I tried to take a picture of our Christmas chain and this happened. :-P 

Totally off topic, this is how big our Thankful Tree got. We missed quite a few days.

Daddy's orange, Mama's brown, Piersen is green, Saxon is yellow, and I'm red. 

Another off topic, here's a recipe link to Dark chocolate chip scones.

http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2007/05/13/chocolatey-morning-goodness/

They're super yummy we love them. The dough makes a really big mess on the counter though. Speaking of the dough, it's DELISH to eat raw. ;-D a few notes: she divides her dough into three balls makes them into circles and then cuts them into triangles. We just press out our whole thing of dough into a squareish shape and then cut them into rectangles or squares.  Put melted butter on the top and sprinkle with raw sugar. (Raw, right, Mama?) Also, we only cook about 5 at a time so we just put te other ones on a pan and freeze them. 

After they've froze put 'em in a ziplock bag and keep them in the freezer when you what a few more take them out of the bag and cook 'em. :-D

And now I have to go. I'll have some more posts coming soon.

Hugs and Kisses,

Kaylee