Well...

Just realized I have started my last 3 posts with Well..... I "will" try to stop doing that!!!! Pretty boring.

A cold for all!

Well, it is official. Scott and I caught Sid's Christmas cold. Scott seems to be worse than I. Kyle has a very mild cough so far and is unaffected. So far, John has no symptoms.

Had a quiet day at home unpacking, doing the laundry (8 jumbo loads!), and cleaning the house. I'll start with the Christmas take down tomorrow. After our ski adventure the Friday before we left for Cali, we discovered that the boys need ski bibs rather than snow pants. Since John will be off to ski club again this Friday, we headed to Target. We found just what we needed....new gloves and a hat too. We also made a quick trip into Costco and Giant Eagle. The new years eve crowds were insane. And just to apease the sick parents, a early dinner at Red Robin. Yum.

When we came home, we all got in our jammies and watched Harry Potter Order of the Phonix in the basement. Sent the kids to bed by 10 and I'm headed in for a hot bubble bath. Happy New Year to myself!!! Scott has been in his "dayquil" coma most of the evening....poor thing.

Here's to 08!!! Bring it on.

A quiet moment

Well, I have a quiet moment, so I thought I would write a quick blog. Scott and Grandma are out taking the Seattle Grahams to the airport. It is just the boys and I here at the house. We have plans to go bowling with the Chris Graham's this afternoon and dinner tonight.

Last night, I made dinner. We started with the infamous queso (velveeta and rotel), followed by Betsy's salad and chicken enchiladas. We have a few leftover which should be good for lunch. Everyone enjoyed and seemed very appreciative. We also ran some errands and basically just hung out. The kids watched Underdog on DVD before going to bed. Scott and I went to the movies and saw Juno. Very funny and pretty cute.

Travel day tomorrow. Probably won't blog. Wish us an uneventful day!!!

It was a great party!

Well, we mananaged to all surprise Grandpa Duke last night at Chris's house. His 70th birthday is in Januaray, so we decided to have a little party while we were all together. Kathleen had hired a fantastic balloon artist to decoarate the house. He made some fantastic blue and silver creations. Duke was extremely surprised by the whole thing. He loved the video I made and the poem Scott wrote. Lots of pictures were taken by all. There was also the classic karaoke which is always a blast. I put a copy of the movie on my picasa website, if you are interested.

Still in California

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. The holiday season is so crazy!!! We are in Los Gatos, CA at Betsy's house. Sid, Charmaine, Michael, Melissa and Lulu the dog are here too. The guys are going to go sell some wine to a local wine shop. We hauled 6 bottles of eagle out here. I am going to take the younger kids to the Alvin and the chipmunk movie. Afterwards, I am going to walk over to Chris and Kathleen's to see what I can do to prepare for the dinner tonight at Chris's.

We had a fun crazy Christmas here at Betsy's. The food was yummy and so was the company. Chris, Kathleen, Jeremy, Justin, Jeffrey, Toby dog, Mema, Duke, Aunt Diane and Jimbo were also here. An afternoon game of family feud was had in addition to a whole lot of game boy action and did I mention, eating!

Off to manage the troops. Will post more often!!

Getting ready for everything!

Big surprise....another cold day in Westlake. Snow flurries most of the day, but no accumulation. I'm feeling the need to get my fall cleanup over with. Scott and I together spent a few hours out front this weekend cleaning up leaves. We tried 2 different techniques. First was the "vaccum" feature on the blower....heavy and slow. Then we moved to the actual blower feature onto a tarp....wow! That tarp took off for the hills, so Scott told me to hold it down while millions of wet cold leaves whizzed by my head! But actually, it worked. Muddy, cold and tired we went in after about 2 hours of fun! Today, when the wind died down, I decided to tackle the leaves on my own while every one was gone. Much more sucess!!! I finished some of the backyard! I still need to cut back the roses, the big grass bushes and the perinnials before the snow is here to stay. Pressure!!!!

Oh and in case I hadn't forgotten, Christmas is coming. I tied 7 perfect bows for the staircase, unloaded the dishwasher, loaded it, ironed clothes and folded 2 loads, cleaned up poop in the study and helped with homework. Tonight Kyle had art class and basketball practice. I just payed the bills and decided to write you fine folks! HOPE you enjoy!

And one more thing....we had yummy Taco Bell for dinner (to make my big boy happy) which has already sent me to the bathroom for an emergency visit. Should be a fun evening!

Love you all!