The Endres Monkeys

Curls That Last All Day

2012-01-04T16:13:00.006-06:00

If You Want Curls That Last All Day, Here's What Cha Do. Twirl Your Hair Around Your Fingers & Twist All The Way From Top To Bottom & Roll It Up Into Sponge Rollers All Over Your Head & You Too Can Look Like You've Stuck Your Finger Into A Light Socket. Bzt! I Rolled When Slightly Damp And Slept On Them.

Christmas "2011"

2011-12-27T16:13:00.009-06:00

Merry Christmas To Everyone! Our Family Had A Wonderful Christmas & I Hope Yours Did Too. :) It Started Off With Wrapping Presents. I Love To Wrap. Yep. I'm A Wrapper! & Lots & Lots Of Baking... From Peanut Butter Fudge, To Christmas Cookies For Santa, To Homemade Cinnamon Rolls To Have On Christmas Morning. Oh, How I Love To Bake. I Just Love Everything About This Time Of Year. From Hot Chocolate With The Tiny Tiny Marshmallows To Watching Our Favorite Christmas Movies With The Kids, Etc... We Went To The Christmas Eve Mass At 4:00 & A Friend Of Mine Dropped By With Her Boys & She Brought Us Some Beautifully Decorated Cake Balls & The Boys Sang Us A Christmas Song. It Was So Cute. This Year We Hosted Christmas Eve For My Family. We Made A 20 Pound Spiral Sliced Brown Sugar Glazed Ham & I Made My Famous Potato Salad. I Would Give You The Recipe, But I Don't Really Measure. I Can Tell You What's In It Though. Potatoes (Of Course), Miracle Whip, Thousand Island Dressing, A Squirt Of Mustard, Salt, Pepper, Bacon (Cooked & Crumbled), Diced Up Hamburger Dill Pickles, 2 Eggs (Diced) & That's It! So Yummy! Everyone Else Brought Sides To Share That Were Equally Delicious! My Brother's Birthday Is On Christmas Eve, So We Celebrated With His Favorite Cake For Dessert (German Chocolate). :) Time To Open Presents! Everyone Was Happy With What They Got & We Visited For A While. After Everyone Left, We Opened Presents To Us, From Each Other. The Kids Put On Their P.J's & Went To Bed & Were Very Excited About Santa's Arrival. Fast Forward To Christmas Morning. Santa Came!! The Kids Woke Us Up At 6:00 & The Picture Taking Began. They Were SO Happy. Breakfast Time! :) Time For Those Delicious Homemade Cinnamon Rolls. YUM! We Watched The Kids Play With Their Toys And Then It Was Time To Make Deviled Eggs To Take Over To Howard's Side Of The Family For Christmas Lunch. :) His Mom Made Turkey, Ham, Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Rolls, Fruit Salad. SO Much Delicious Food. After Lunch Some Of Us Took Naps. I Think I Might Have Dozed, But Not A Full Blown Nap. Hehe! When My Brother & Sister In-Law & Kids Arrived, We Opened Presents & Again... Everyone Was SO Happy With What They Received. After Presents, We Ate Leftovers & Played A Game "Minute To Win It" & Talked For A Little Bit & Came Home. Can't Wait To Do It All Again Next Year!

Nicholas' 9th Birthday Party

2011-11-14T14:48:00.024-06:00

Halloween 2011

2011-11-02T12:12:00.008-05:00

Hayley (Skeleton Bride), Madison (Candy Corn Charmer), Nicholas (Luigi) & Jake (Mario)!

The Loot!

Back To School 2011

2011-08-24T22:54:00.005-05:00

My 7th, 5th, 3rd & 2nd Graders!

Hayley: 12 Madison: 10 Nicholas: 8 & Jake: 7 :)

Our Summer...

2011-08-24T22:50:00.010-05:00

We went camping in June to Beaver's Bend State Park in Oklahoma. It was great to get together with Howard's family to talk & cookout. We made smores by campfire. So much fun! :) Swimming, paddle boats, snow cones... Oh my! :) The rest of the our Summer was pretty low key. We went to the dollar movies & saw "Judy Moody & The Not Bummer Summer." We thought it was cute. :) We also went to see the "Smurfs". We liked that one too! We went roller skating a couple of times at Texas Skatium & went to Mc Donald's & brought back Happy Meals to eat at the house. The Smurf figurines were a hit! Hope you all had a wonderful Summer! :) Here are some pics. from our camping trip. Enjoy!

Author's Tea ~ Jake's Story

2011-05-20T11:02:00.013-05:00

Hayley, Madison & Jake's B-Day Party

2011-04-17T14:59:00.013-05:00

The Girls' Rooms

2011-04-17T14:51:00.008-05:00

HAYLEY

MADISON

Early Birthday Present For The Girls

2011-03-11T16:14:00.004-06:00

I went and bought the girls their early birthday present, comforters with accent pillows. :) They have been wanting me to re-do their rooms and paint for a while now. Now I just need to think about what to get Jake! Their birthdays aren't until April.

Hayley's:

With 2 furry accent pillows: Lime green & aqua

Madison's:

With a long round purple pillow with tassels

Early Valentine's Day Celebration

2011-02-13T15:39:00.003-06:00

We are celebrating Valentine's Day a day early. :) Dh went with Hayley to her soccer game and on the way home they stopped at Albertson's a bought me some Calla Lillies & a card from dh & the kids. ♥ That was a surprise! :) Since they gave me their stuff early I whooped out mine to give to them out of my closet. They've been hiding in there for a couple of days. Hehe! A box of Turtles & card for the hubby & assorted chocolates in little heart boxes for the kids. Tonight we are going to make a special Valentine's dinner. Steak, baked potatoes, corn on the cob & salad. Mm...I can't wait!! :) Oh & a new Desperate Housewives & Brothers & Sisters comes on tonight. It couldn't get any better! Ah...

More Snow Fun!

2011-02-05T11:39:00.006-06:00

The Kids & Daddy Made A Snow Lady! :) Jake Wanted To Make His Own Little Snow Boy.

Ice & Snow Baby!

2011-02-04T17:41:00.010-06:00

It has been a week of being weathered indoors... Monday night we were hit with rain & quite a bit of sleet and the temperature never got above freezing. School was canceled 4 days in a row and I'm going a little stir crazy! I can't get out of my driveway! See those cars behind us in the picture. Yeah...I would have surely hit them if I even attempted to leave. I don't trust myself driving on ice! Luckily I went to the store and stocked up on groceries, firewood, hot chocolate & teeny tiny marshmallows before the big freeze hit. :) The kids have been keeping themselves occupied by playing Super Mario Bros. on Wii, watching movies & playing games and of course they had to go out and slide around on the ice like ice skaters. Hehe! Last night (Thurs.) it snowed and what was suppose to be 1 to 2 inches of snow turned out to be 6 inches of snow. We woke up to a winter wonderland! Everything covered in a blanket of beautiful snow. Today the kids and Daddy went out and he pulled them around on a big plastic lid from the toy box and they had so much fun! :)

Snow

2011-01-11T20:04:00.011-06:00

We had our first snow of the year on Sunday. The kids were so excited and couldn't go out to play, throw snowballs at each other and make the most pitiful snowman you ever saw or would ever wanna see. :) Hehe!

Hair Color Before & After

2010-12-29T15:19:00.009-06:00

I was a little shocked at first because I'm use to highlights but, this color goes with the eyebrows & my coloring pretty well. I'm still undecided whether to keep it this way or change it. I know...I'm wishy washy. :) Hehe!

Before

After...Too Dark

Christmas Eve & Christmas Morning

2010-12-25T09:10:00.018-06:00

Christmas Morning

We had a great Christmas & hope you and yours did too. The kids got all they wanted and more. :) Good job Santa.

Christmas Eve

Pictures With Santa "2010"

2010-12-14T09:07:00.013-06:00

Jake Wanted Nothing To Do With Santa. LOL!

Hayley With Santa

Madison With Santa

Nicholas With Santa

Nicholas' 8th Birthday Party

2010-11-07T18:24:00.006-06:00

Halloween 2010

2010-11-01T08:27:00.002-05:00

Fall Wreath

2010-10-15T13:23:00.003-05:00

A hay wreath with material tied around. I ran out of the darker material and had to use some leftover material I had sitting around. Kinda funky. I like it!

Pumpkin Patch 2010

2010-10-07T14:25:00.001-05:00

Back To School 2010

2010-08-23T11:18:00.003-05:00

Mobile Dairy Classroom (Rowlett Public Library)

2010-08-03T15:49:00.013-05:00

I told the kids that we were going to go to the library to learn about cows; how to milk one, etc... and get an ice cream sandwich and they were excited & me too! We went and it was outside of course and hot as all get out. Us girls got in the shade and the boys wanted to be up close & personal with the cow in the blazing HOT sun. Jake came to me and said he didn't feel well and all of a sudden his eyes rolled back and he went all limp in the knees. Very scary. He didn't go all the way out into a complete faint but, that was enough to scare me so, I took him into the cool library and sat with him until he came around. Pretty scary. He was okay once he cooled off. Before all that we were having fun and learning all kinds of informative stuff. When it was over they handed the ice cream sandwiches.

Robbers Cave State Park (Oklahoma)

2010-08-03T15:14:00.031-05:00

Back From Vacation

2010-07-31T21:21:00.001-05:00

We had a great time on our vacation. Got back yesterday. We went to Robbers Cave State Park in Oklahoma. Lots to do. Swimming pool, snow cones, miniature golf, paddle boats, Hiking up to Robbers Cave, Cable In The Cabins (Heaven) Hehe! We played Farkle one night. We ate out the first night (Mexican), the second night we grilled hamburgers, the third night we grilled hot dogs and on the way home we had McDonalds for lunch. It was a 3 hr. car trip. More like 4 with all the bathroom breaks. LOL! That's just part of it! I will post pics. soon. It has been a busy day.

Swim Lessons

2010-06-21T15:01:00.006-05:00

Today was the first day of swim lessons. They all did great! Jake didn't want to get in at first but, I plopped him down on the step and made a mad dash to hide out of sight and he was fine after that! We missed lessons last year. I thought about it too late and everyone was already full. We are doing lessons at The Wetzone in Rowlett.

Father's Day

2010-06-21T09:04:00.002-05:00

We had a great weekend. Saturday night we had a cookout with my friend Karen & her family. We had lasagna, garlic bread, salad, watermelon & brownies. Yum! We sat out on the front porch and rocked and talked the night away while the kids played. When it was time to go home the kids asked if their kids could spend the night so, they came home with us for a slumber party. We got to bed around midnight. Zzz... On Sunday we got up and ate breakfast & the kids said Happy Father's Day to Daddy and gave him his gift. A pair of sunglasses, a hat & a t-shirt that said #1 Dad on it. We went to church, came home and ate lunch. Daddy had to take Hayley to soccer practice at 2:00 and when they got home we took Daddy's Daddy (Grandpa) out to eat at Red Robin and after we were done we headed over to Grandma & Grandpa's for ice cream & conversation with the family. My sister in law & her family was also there to celebrate. We had a fun Father's Day! Hope you all did too!

Target Excursion

2010-06-09T16:23:00.002-05:00

We went to go visit Memaw (My Mom) today and we took all the kids to Target. She watches my two little cousins. I got them an ICEE when we first got there and we walked around and looked at the Dollar Spot and they each got one thing and then we went to look at the toys and just cruised around until we had had enough and went back to the house to let them play for a while. We came home and I made cheese pizza for lunch and they watched their shows and I watched my SOAPS. Tonight we are going to Cici's to have Nicholas' end of the season Soccer Party. We had a fun day!

A Little Update

2010-05-28T22:39:00.002-05:00

I have been posting little snippets on my weight loss blog so, If I don't update regularly here, you can catch up with the latest happenings on www.dietdelusions.blogspot.com

I didn't do much during the day on Thursday. I went to Lowe's to look at some flower but, I didn't get any. I had some some pretty daisy looking flowers in assorted bright colors the other day and didn't get them and today they were gone. I could just kick myself. They were so pretty. I don't know what they are called. I think it started with a C. Hehe! Today I went with my friend to Taco Casa for lunch and had the Super Bean Burrito. I said "No tomatoes, No sour cream." I didn't know it had black olives or I would have just said "Bean & Cheese" because that's all that was left after I picked the olives out. Haha! Gee I'm picky! After lunch we headed to Half Price Books and ended up getting a cookbook. I ♥ cookbooks! Now I have one more to add to the collection. Wee! After dinner we went to Grandma's house for Daddy & the boys to get free haircuts. I am all about FREE! Thanks Grandma!! ♥

Pieces Of Flair

2010-05-14T21:06:00.008-05:00

I couldn't figure out how to post these onto my Facebook page so I thought I would just put them here. Hehe!

Blackberries & Grapes

2010-05-06T13:42:00.015-05:00

We have berries! We planted blackberries & grapes last year and this year the blackberries are starting to bare fruit! Yay! I'm so excited! No grapes yet though.

BLACKBERRIES

GRAPES

Girl's Night In

2010-05-06T09:47:00.003-05:00

I had a great time last night with my friends. We played Pokeno. It's like Bingo but with a deck of cards. Everyone takes turns calling and then there is Black Out. The hostess provides a gift that no one can take away. After Black Out, we play one more round to steal gifts. You can go home with one thing, everything or nothing! It's really fun. My friend Christine hosted this time and then was all this deliciously tempting food and I felt so bad that I didn't have any of it. I'm try to be good and stay on this diet but, it's really hard. I have lost 55 pounds so far but, it's not easy. I only have 49 more pounds to go until I hit my goal of 150 pounds. Woo Hoo! I dropped the girls off at Nicholas' baseball game. Nicholas told me that he got a hit and made it to second base. I'm sorry I had to miss it but, I sure had fun with my Peeps!

Family Pictures

2010-05-02T13:17:00.016-05:00

We had our pictures taken at church for the directory by Olan Mills and we ordered a few extras. Enjoy!

Bop Bop Boppin' Around

2010-04-15T21:00:00.003-05:00

I have no new material so, I am just copying and pasting from my weight loss blog to the family blog today. Haha!
Today I went to Target to look for Hayley, Madison & Jake's b-day gifts and to Michael's for a cake box & card board. That's right folks! I'm making their cake this year. It's so hard not to lick that bowl. Hold me back! I'm going to attempt to make a rainbow (tie dye) cake. We'll see how it goes. When I got home I oiled the cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms. They look so clean and shiny now! I also vacuumed. So, I was just bop bop boppin' around trying to get some things done for the party on Sunday. I still need to clean the bathrooms. Always a fun chore. *roll eyes*.

Betties For Boobies

2010-04-14T10:13:00.015-05:00

Today, hundreds of other bloggers are participating in a HUGE Breast Cancer Blogging Event! I am encouraging you to take a moment out of your day and donate $5 or $10 to Jacqueline Reitz, a Breast Cancer 3 Day walker. Jackie is a friend of mine and a fellow blogger based out of Dallas, and she's on the 3day team "Betties for Boobies". The hope is to get over 300 blogs, only time will tell how many have participated. Be sure to check out the www.bettiesforboobies.com blog for more information.

If just ONE of the readers from each of the 300 blogs takes a moment and donates $10, that will raise over $3,000.00 in the fight against Breast Cancer. WOW! So please help. Let's make this an enormous success! Check out Jackie's fund raising page at http://www.the3day.org/goto/jackier and make a donation. Best of all, it's totally tax deductible! Totals will be posted on the team's blog tomorrow...You'll be able to see what an impact we were all able to make!

Here is Jackie's personal story.

My name is Jackie Reitz. I'm 25 years old and I have 2 kids. Lily is 2 and Brendan is 5. My primary job aside from being a mother is as a photographer for Sixpence Weddings based out of Denton, Tx. I love to craft in all ways. I enjoy refinishing furniture, sewing, re-purposing clothing, and more. I blog about my crafts at www.thefabricfloozie.com, though that has fallen by the wayside lately as illness has struck our house recently in the form of RSV for Lily and Strep for Myself.
My passion in finding a cure for Breast Cancer began when I was 22 years old. I was 4 months pregnant with Lily when my OB found a large lump in my left breast. Since I was pregnant, there was little they could do more than an ultra sound and biopsy. The ultrasound showed us that the mass was a dense, fibrous tumor... not the cyst they'd hoped for. A core-needle biopsy showed us that the tumor was "likely benign" but that we would need to keep an eye on it every 6-12 months forever, or until it went away on it's own, which they sometimes do. While we are still watching it, I had to endure many difficulties through this journey. Including being denied for health insurance because of a tumor that "could become" Breast Cancer. And being turned away for a mammogram because I was "too young" to have breast cancer. By the way, this is a horrible myth. I've learned that not only is Breast Cancer on the rise in young women, but Breast Cancer in women under 30 is typically more aggressive than ANY other range of Breast Cancer and, more often than not, will result in death. I pushed forward, knowing that I didn't have just myself to fight for any more. I had my daughter and my son. They need a Mom, and their Mom needs them. So while I came out of my experience healthy and with a great plan for the future, I know that most women my age who find tumors in their breasts aren't so lucky. I will walk or crew EVERY YEAR that I am physically able to until they find a cure.

Before & After Pictures

2010-04-09T08:36:00.030-05:00

Before: 244 Pounds

After: 199 Pounds

190 Pounds

Easter 2010

2010-04-09T08:33:00.004-05:00

Gorgeous Day

2010-03-06T16:57:00.005-06:00

It was such a gorgeous day today! The weather was awesome! Our day started off with Howard taking Hayley to her soccer game and me taking Nicholas to his opening ceremony for baseball. The girl that sang the Star Spangled Banner had the most beautiful voice. I still can't get over it. They said she was in High School. Wow. Howard met us there after Hayley's game was over. They had a guy dressed up like a dog out there catching balls and the Chick-fi-la cow waving to everyone. All the teams paraded around the bases and that was it. Howard stayed with the boys for pictures and they had Chick-fi-la for lunch. Me & the girls went to Texas Skatium to see Hayley's friend who is moving to Pennsylvania at the end of March and she wanted to have one last get together. We stay for a couple of hours and came home. As soon as I dropped the girls off I headed to the grocery store and spent a small fortune and came home. Now the hubby is grilling us up some hamburgers for dinner. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day.

Lent

2010-02-22T22:08:00.002-06:00

I have to decided to give up "impulse shopping" for lent. This will be a tough one for me but, I believe I can (not) do it. As I walk up and down the isles, items catch my attention, and I put some of those into the shopping cart, thinking this cannot really hurt anything. Next time I go in to buy groceries, I will only buy groceries.

Snow 2010

2010-02-12T18:53:00.021-06:00

Valentine Marshmallow Pops

2010-02-10T12:48:00.004-06:00

I made these for my daughter's Valentine's Day Class Party.

Stab Marshmallows With Sticks

Melt Almond Bark

Dip Marshmallows In Almond Bark

Dip Into Valentine Sprinkles

Let Dry On Wax Paper

Place Into Cute Valentine Bags With Twisty Ties

Super Bowl Sunday

2010-02-08T09:15:00.002-06:00

Yesterday was the Super Bowl and I didn't have a favorite team but, I went with the Saints because it was the opposite of who my hubby & friend were rooting for. hehe! We had a split house. Go Saints! They won! Yeah!

We had lots of goodies to snack on...Homemade caramel popcorn, m & m's & peanuts, cookies, veggie platter with ranch dip, etc...

For the main course there was...Homemade Brisket chopped for sandwiches, baked beans.

Chips, Velveeta Dip, French Onion Dip, Guacamole Dip, Taco Dip

Lots of cookies.

We had such a great time. I'm always happy when I can spend time with family & friends. The kids enjoy playing with their cousins and friends too.

MOM'S NIGHT OUT

2010-01-30T12:32:00.008-06:00

I went to a Mom's Night Out last night with a great group of ladies from my DFW Area Moms group and had so much fun. We went to Texas Roadhouse.

Foodie Blogroll

2010-01-29T22:55:00.004-06:00

Hey Everyone!

I'm really excited! My cooking blog www.mykitchenfairy.blogspot.com was accepted into the Foodie Blogroll www.foodieblogroll.com. I can easily search for recipes from other food bloggers like myself and they can find mine. So fun! Check it out on the sidebar of my cooking blog!

My Baby's First Sleepover

2010-01-25T12:31:00.001-06:00

Jake had his first sleepover on Saturday with a friend from school. I took him to Texas Skatium in Rowlett at 1:30 for the little boy's sister's birthday party and they bounced in the bounce house and skated. The bounce house thing is new to me. It wasn't there the last time I went. Pretty cool! After that they went back to the house and had pizza and played Wii & DS games. They stayed up late. When I called to see what time to pick him up the mom was still asleep at 10:00 a.m. She had the night shift and the dad was up and getting ready to take them around the neighborhood to ride bikes. I said I would pick him up at Noon. When I got there Jake had the saddest look on his face and started tearing up. He was having such a great time that he didn't want to leave. I call this a successful sleepover and I'm glad my boy had fun. I missed him while he was gone and was very happy to get my "baby" back home.

I'm A Slacker

2010-01-21T13:17:00.003-06:00

I know It's been a while since my last post. Nothing really exciting happening. I've just been focusing on my weight loss and it's going pretty well so far. I have lost 17 pounds. I'm really proud of myself and I pray that I can keep up the good work. I haven't been exercising but, I'm going to start adding it in to my routine next week. Stay tuned!

Hair Cut

2010-01-11T11:16:00.008-06:00

I went to get my hair cut today. It was so long, thick and heavy. I couldn't stand it anymore so I went and got it chopped off. It was down to the middle of my back. Yeah...Much better. I have been wrestling around with the idea of getting bangs again. What do you think? Bangs or No Bangs? Drawback with bangs, I had to spray them because I don't like them to move and I like them to be straight. No bangs I can just wash & go. I like both ways but, not sure which one looks best on me.

NO BANGS: NOW

BANGS: PAST

My Best Friend & Me On New Year's Eve

2010-01-08T16:03:00.000-06:00

Spent The Day Trying To Keep Warm

2010-01-06T15:34:00.000-06:00

I spent the day today trying to get warm. I have my jacket and gloves on and my socks and shoes are on but, my feet are freezing! Brr...I think I might need to take a nice long hot bath, put my warm pj's on and have some hot chocolate!

I went to Target and got the kids some hats & gloves because it's suppose to be even colder tomorrow! 28 degrees! Ooh Wee! COLD!

I can't wait for Spring to get here. Spring & Fall are my favorite Seasons.

Started A Weight Loss Blog

2010-01-03T19:07:00.003-06:00

I started a weight loss blog called "Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat?". Follow me on my journey to lose weight in 2010! I am looking forward to a healthier, leaner new me!

http://dietdelusions.blogspot.com/

Goodbye 2009

2009-12-31T13:56:00.005-06:00

2009 is coming to an end. This is the time of year to sit down and reflect upon the great events of the year that have passed. For someone with an uneventful a life as mine, every year I find that I am digging through the archives of my memory to find something to reflect upon - accomplishments, disappointments, illnesses, inspirations, failures, discoveries. Anything.

This year in no particular order I have celebrated my grandmother's 80th birthday and retirement, kids birthdays, went to social gatherings such as Keno & Pokeno, school programs, worked on my blogs, planned my oldest daughter's class Christmas party, worked on crafts, tried new recipes, went to the occasional MNO, made many facebook friends, learned new things on DFW area moms, set up Casserole Crew for DFW Area Moms, celebrated another birthday and anniversary. It was a wonderful year.

So I raise my glass to the moments in life, and to taking the time to appreciate every little one of them.

Christmas Eve 2009

2009-12-30T09:52:00.000-06:00

New Year's Resolutions

2009-12-29T10:13:00.002-06:00

In 2010...

I resolve to eat better.

I resolve to keep my home in better shape.

I resolve to take better care of my body.

I resolve to be better about what I spend my money on.

Christmas 2009

2009-12-26T17:18:00.001-06:00

Merry Christmas Eve!

2009-12-24T10:22:00.003-06:00

Popcorn Jumbles

2009-12-22T23:12:00.003-06:00

I made Popcorn Jumbles to take for my daughter Hayley's Holiday Class party and it was a hit! The recipe can be found on my cooking blog: www.mykitchenfairy.blogspot.com.

Cookie Decorating

2009-12-22T22:53:00.006-06:00

The kids & I made cookies for Santa today and they had fun decorating with all the bright icing colors.

Sharing Recipes With Friends

2009-12-12T19:59:00.006-06:00

I made cream cheese & pecan stuffed strawberries and sugar cookies for a cookie exchange I went to on Friday at my friend Jamie's house. The recipes can be found on my cooking blog: www.mykitchenfairy.blogspot.com

I had so much fun visiting with the ladies and coming home with oodles of yummy goodies to share with my family. I love cookie exchanges! Next year I want to host a cookie/ornament exchange. I think that would be fun!

Christmas Picture Of The Kids 2009

2009-12-05T19:38:00.002-06:00

Our Christmas Tree 2009

2009-12-04T22:48:00.003-06:00

I let the kids put all the ornaments on the tree this year and handed them out one at a time. I think they did a pretty good job!

Birthday/Anniversary/Thanksgiving

2009-11-28T22:27:00.013-06:00

My birthday was on the 4th and my friend Karen got me a nice top to wear. My friend Laurel got me a "Perfect Brownie Pan". I love them so much!

Howard & I celebrated our 13th Wedding Anniversary on the 23rd. We went out to eat at Chili's and to see "The Blind Side". It was an awesome movie.

We spent Thanksgiving with my wonderful in-laws. We arrived around 3:00 to watch the Cowboys play and we at dinner around 5:30. There was turkey, mashed potatoes, dressing, gravy, corn, fruit salad, sweet potato casserole, coconut & pumpkin pies, cookies. We were pleasantly stuffed! We were having so much fun chatting and letting the kids run around that we didn't get back home until 10:30 that night.

I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving this year.

This N That

2009-11-16T14:33:00.008-06:00

Friday we had family movie night. We watched "Up". For dinner we had "Spice It UP Nachos", Cherry 7 "UP" & Push "UPS". to go with the theme. hehe!

Saturday the kids had soccer games. We had 5 games so we had to divide & conquer. They all played great!

Sunday we went to church and we picked the kids up from Faith Formation, the car wouldn't start back up and someone was nice enough to give us a jump. Thanks Mister! Later, I took Nicholas to his game and he made 5 goals. He promised me 4 so the other one was just a bonus. Yay! Howard took Hayley to her game and the car doesn't start up again and it's pouring down rain. Thankfully the rain stopped and someone's dad from her team helped him get the car started long enough to get it home.

This morning I dropped off the kids and Hayley at school. I had to drop them off early because Hayley's class is going to Sky Ranch. She will be gone for 4 days. I will miss her very much but, I know she is going to have a blast! Dh took off work and we went to Walmart and had them replace the car battery.

Nicholas' 7th B-Day Party

2009-11-09T12:57:00.007-06:00

Food, Family & Fun! It Can't Get Any Better Than That!

Family Movie Night

2009-11-09T12:43:00.001-06:00

We watched "Tinkerbell And The Lost Treasure" this last Friday and it was SOOO cute! I love Tinkerbell. She is my favorite! We had BBQ chicken pizza for dinner and Fairy Dust Fizzy Drinks to go with our theme. The kids thought it was pretty cool to hear the popping of the pop rocks in their fruit punch but, it didn't really fizz like I thought it would.

Halloween 2009

2009-11-01T15:40:00.004-06:00

Family Movie Night

2009-11-01T15:33:00.003-06:00

We watched "Ice Age-Dawn Of The Dinosaurs" The kids & I really liked it. It was cute! For snack I made Iced Sugar Cookies to go with our Ice Age theme.

Progress Report Time!

2009-10-29T15:41:00.004-05:00

Hayley

Reading: 92
Writing: 99
Math: 77 (Unsatisfactory grades on daily work.)
Social Studies: 98
Science/Health: 89
Physical Education: S
Art/Theater Arts: S
Music: S
Spanish: S

Madison

Reading: 77
Writing: 88
Math: 89
Social Studies: 86
Science/Health: 84
Physical Education: S
Art/Theater Arts: S
Music: S
Spanish: S

Nicholas

Reading: S+
Grammar/Composition: E
Handwriting: S
Math: E
Social Studies: S
Science/Health: S
Physical Education: S
Art/Theater Arts: S
Music: S
Spanish: S

Jake

I guess they don't do progress reports for Kindergarten.

Family Movie Night

2009-10-24T19:12:00.011-05:00

This Friday we saw "Monkey Trouble" I remember watching this on back in 1994. It's about a monkey that likes to take shiny things and hide them. It's really cute! The kids really enjoyed it.

I made pumpkin bread and it turned out pretty and delicious! We had it for our snack. If I had thought about it more I would have made Monkey Bread!
Ooh Ooh! Ah Ah!

Busy Weekend

2009-10-18T21:58:00.002-05:00

Saturday we had four soccer games so Howard & I had to split up. They all had fun! Hayley made a goal and Nicholas made 4 or 5 and someone said that he was really fast! Zoom! Madison & Jake had no luck. After the games we went home for a while and Howard mowed the yard and then we went to Chic-fi-la for dinner because they begged us. You'll never guess who's idea it was. That's right. Hayley. She was like a dog with a bone and latched onto the idea and wouldn't let go. LOL! We gave in because it sounded good to us too!

Sunday, Hayley had a soccer game and set up a shot for someone else to kick it into the goal. Nice!

I went to a Pampered Chef party and ordered a garlic press, cheese knife & stainless steel whisk. I'm hosting a party on November 15th at 2:00. Let me know if you're interested and I will send you my address.

Family Movie Night

2009-10-18T21:46:00.002-05:00

We saw "Lemony Snickets -A Series Of Unfortunate Events-" This is the first time we've seen this one. It was really good. Cute & funny. We made Lemon Bars for our snack to go with the Lemony theme. It was a hit! This was a first for Lemon Bars too and the kids thought they were pretty tasty!

Bargain Alert!

2009-10-13T09:43:00.001-05:00

I got the boys some short sleeved t-shirts at Target for $1.98. I got a bigger size so they can wear them longer and I got like 6. LOL! I love a good bargain!

Fun With Family

2009-10-13T09:34:00.006-05:00

Saturday was my grandmother's aka. Nanny's 80th birthday celebration. Family that I haven't seen in ages came from all over to join the festivites. We all met at Spring Creek BBQ to have dinner and cake and visit and then we headed to my Aunt & Uncle's house for some more chatting and some played poker. It was fun!

Sunday was our family reunion for dh's dad's side of the family in Muenster, Tx. The girls played Bunco while the kids ran around outside and the guys played golf. Afterwards we all met at the park for dinner and socialized for a while and went home.

It was a great weekend.

Decobloc Present Gifts

2009-10-10T12:33:00.007-05:00

I made these decobloc presents and they were so much fun to make! I'm going to be selling them for $40.00. If anyone is interested email me at dawnendres@verizon.net. These are great for any occasion.

Family Movie Night

2009-10-10T12:29:00.002-05:00

We watched "Hocus Pocus." The girls liked it and thought it was funny and they boys were a little scared so they would go off and come back. hehe! I haven't seen this one since I worked in day care 10 years ago. Time sure goes by quickly.

Family Movie Night

2009-10-03T21:16:00.003-05:00

We have started our new tradition of family movie night on Friday's. Don't forget the popcorn! This week's movie was "Monsters VS. Aliens". It was cute!

A darkened room and plenty of comfy seating are the prerequisites to family movie night.

The nice thing about watching movies at home is that you are in control. A pre-planned movie night gives us something to look forward to at the end of a long week as well as being a great excuse to spend some well needed time together.

We are bonding and making memories.

Bottle Cap Necklaces

2009-09-28T12:57:00.002-05:00

I made these bottle cap necklaces. They are so fun and easy to make. My girls wore them to school and all their friends are asking if I can make them one.

1st Day Of School 2009

2009-08-24T21:05:00.000-05:00

Camping Out At Sulphur Springs

2009-07-30T10:45:00.021-05:00

Movie & Late Lunch

2009-07-03T15:52:00.003-05:00

My friend Laurel & I took the kids to go see "Imagine That" with Eddie Murphy. It was cute! What I got to see of it anyway. My kids have the bladder of a gnat and her kids have the bladder of a camel! I had to get up 4 times to take them to the bathroom. They did GO every time I took them but, I think part of it was because they were bored. I will never again pay full price for a movie. Only dollar movies for us from now on baby!

After the movie we went to Taco Casa and ate cheaply on some tacos which were pretty tasty! The kids drinks were free! That's a plus!

I had a great time with my friend today, but it's a whippin' trying to take 6 kids anywhere without them acting up and driving us crazy.

I'll be back...I have to check and see if I have any hairs left on my head from pulling them out. LOL!

Vacation Bible School

2009-06-23T15:35:00.003-05:00

It's Vacation Bible School this week for the kids. Monday was their first night and they had lots of fun and they had cupcakes for snack. Dh & I went looking around at Best Buy and ended up getting a new phone. I can't believe how much different the phones look now. They look like a longer version of a cell phone! It has been a while but, we really needed one. Ours sounded like we were talking through a tunnel and with static. We really need a new refrigerator too so, we were looking at those. I really liked the 26 cubic in. Frigidaire with the ice maker and water on the door in white. Everything is white in our kitchen. Soo...Maybe for Christmas? We shall see! Everything freezes in ours except the ice cream. Very weird.

Tonight we are going to play while the kids are away and go to Olive Garden for dinner. Can't wait!!

Father's Day

2009-06-23T15:27:00.002-05:00

We went to Amazing Jakes on Saturday to celebrate Father's Day. It was so much fun! We had never been before. It's a cool place to take the family. We went on the go carts, bumper cars, miniature golf, lazer tag, all day and ate at the buffet. The food was good!

On Sunday we went to Howard's mom & dads to have grilled hamburgers and hang out. His sister Karla brought their new puppy over for a visit. She is so cute!! Her name is Wendy and she is part beagle part dachshund. She looks more like a dachshund with the coloring. The kids had lots of fun playing with her.

Easter 2009

2009-04-14T11:30:00.007-05:00

The Easter Bunny came and left each of the kids a chocolate bunny, jelly beans and a swimsuit. We went to the 8:00 Mass Sunday morning and went home and I made my side dishes to take over to grandma & grandpa's house. We went over there around 3:00 and had an egg hunt and then we ate an early dinner. We just sat around and talked and watched Amazing Race and then we came home and took baths and got everything ready for school the next day and went to bed. It was a Hip Hoppin' Great Easter!

Open Gym

2009-04-03T15:33:00.003-05:00

I took Jake, my youngest to Open Gym today at RISE (Rockwall Indoor Sports Expo). He had lots of fun jumping on the trampolines, jumping in the foam pit, walking on the balance beam, etc...We are going to start going on Fridays until Summer gets here. It's only for preschoolers. It's from 10:00 until 11:00 and cost $5.00. After we left there we went to eat at Joe Willy's. I love that place! It's pretty cheap and oh so yummy! They let you order off the kids menu which helped me out with the moolah. We had fun and Jake fell asleep when we got home. Whoop! Whoop!

Blow Daddy Blow!

2009-03-24T20:04:00.003-05:00

I made my "Honey" a homemade German Chocolate Cake with homemade Coconut & Pecan Frosting from his mom's recipe. The cake turned out SOOOO moist! The frosting is the best though. mmm! I had to use every candle I could find so there are pink and purple ones, etc... and some trick ones that re-light after you blow. LOL! Daddy enjoyed his birthday. The kids made him some homemade cards that were cute and I bought him some long Dockers shorts. It was a nice day.

Sea Of Sickness

2009-03-04T08:55:00.000-06:00

HELP! I'm surrounded by sickness and I need to escape!

Nicholas has some kind of virus. He's been throwing up since yesterday and again today. He can't keep anything down.

At first I thought it might be low blood sugar because he said his legs felt wiggly but, NOPE!

I'm keeping Jake at home today too because I would have to drag Nicholas up the stairs when I went to pick him up and then I would be exposing everyone. I hate for him to miss though.

I'm going crazy not being able to go anywhere and I'm a huge germaphobe. I wash my hands a million times and spray Lysol on everything he touches. EW!

I love him and I'm sorry he doesn't feel well but, EW!

My Velveeta House Party

2009-02-05T15:06:00.004-06:00

I hosted my Velveeta House Party combined with my monthly Pokeno group. We had such a great time!

A Day At The Park

2009-01-23T14:27:00.025-06:00

I took the kids to the park yesterday to meet some friends from the DFW Area Moms group. It was such a nice day! We had Fun!

Slumber Party

2009-01-17T11:04:00.002-06:00

I'm excited about tonight! The Rockin' Rockwall Moms (meet up group) are having a slumber party tonight. Just the moms. It's going to be so much fun! We are making healthy pizzas with pita bread and then we'll blow it a little with the chocolate fountain and fruit for dipping. We will be watching Sex And The City and who knows what else! hehe! I'll probably be the first one to fall asleep. Hope my bra doesn't get frozen! Before all that there will be a "toy party". Whoo!

The Year Without Challenge

2009-01-05T18:16:00.003-06:00

Thanks to my friend Helen, I am starting a new challenge with some other DFW Area Moms to live a year without unnecessesary spending. Only the necessities. This will not be easy but, I know we can do it.

Here is the link to my new blog...

http://ayearoflivingcheaply.blogspot.com/

I want to wish everyone a very happy new year!

Our Christmas 2008

2008-12-28T08:13:00.006-06:00

We had a wonderful Christmas. After the 4:00 Christmas Eve mass at church, we spent Christmas Eve with my family and had Spring Creek BBQ for the adults and pizza for the kids and there were plenty of desserts to go around. mmm! After everyone ate we opened presents and visited for a while and got home around 8:30. We put the children to bed and watched a movie "Wanted" and after the movie was over we put the children's presents under the tree with their stocking in front so everyone could tell who's pile was who's and then dh' & I got to bed around midnight. The kids woke us up at 6:30 to say that Santa had come. We were soooo tired but, we got up and went to see and Santa was good to everyone. The kids played with their toys for a while before heading over to Howard's folks'.

We went to Howard's mom and dad's house to spend the day with his family and there we had Turkey with all the sides and again...plenty of desserts. hehe! Mom makes homemade Christmas cookies that are to die for and I try to make but, mine never turn out quite as good. After lunch some of the folks took naps and boy do they know how to saw some logs. LOL! It was like a symphony of snores. LOL! We opened presents around 5:00 and had some leftovers for dinner. We watched a little bit of Home Alone and had some wonderful eggnog that dad makes. mmm! Then we got our stuff together and we were home by 9:30.

I got Mama Mia and we have been watching it over and over again. The girls love it!

Saturday I took back a couple of duplicates and got some batteries with the difference. For dinner I tried out a new recipe...Easy Cheesy Spaghetti Bake and the kids ate it all. It's a miracle! Then we all watched "Nancy Drew" from blockbuster. It was cute!

Christmas Shopping....Done!

2008-12-22T13:43:00.006-06:00

I have been putting off Christmas shopping until the last minute. I finally went Saturday and finished up Sunday. Everything is wropped or hidden and all is good. It was a little stressful there for a while but, it's done! Yay! What a relief!

Other news:

My friend Laurel & I are room moms for Hayley's class (my oldest) and we went all out with Little Ceaser's Pizza, chocolate covered cherry cake balls, popcorn jumbles made with vanilla almond bark and sprinkles, and cookies for decorating. We also gave the teacher (Ms. Pick) a gift from the kids (a pretty picture frame from Kirklands and a snowman candy jar from us.) She really liked her stuff.

Hayley and I had strep and we are now on the mend. Now, the rest of the family is coming down with it. Yuck. I called in a perscription for everyone so we can all get well before Christmas.

Today I took Hayley and Nicholas to a playdate this morning and the kids opened presents and played and ate and drank hot chocolate with marshmellows. They had fun.

Tonight I am going to an ornament exchange with the Rockin' Rockwall Moms group. We are going to Napoli's in Rockwall. Wee!

OH! I started a cooking blog if you want to check it out! I'm just getting started so bare with me! Enjoy! www.mykitchenfairy.blogspot.com

Getting To Know You: Christmas Edition

2008-12-07T22:22:00.005-06:00

I got tagged by my friend Jame!

It is the Christmas Edition of "Get to know your fellow bloggers". How this works...I will answer the questions and then I will "tag" a couple of my fellow bloggers for them to answer these questions on their blog. And then they will tag someone else, and so on and so on. So here we go.

1) Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both

2) Real or Artificial tree? Artificial

3) When do you put your tree up? Weekend after Thanksgiving

4) When do you take your tree down? January 2nd

5) Do you like eggnog? No

6) Favorite gift received as a child? Diary With A Key

7) Hardest person to buy for? The hubby

8) Easiest person to buy for? Myself

9) Do you have a nativity scene? Yes

10) Mail or e-mail Christmas Cards? Mail

11) Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Dollar Store Items From My Brother

12) Favorite Christmas Movie? Elf, Christmas Vacation, Christmas Story, etc...

13) When do you start shopping for Christmas? Black Friday

14) Do you hang mistletoe? No

15) Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Honey Glazed Ham

16) Lights on tree? White lights

17) Favorite Christmas Song? All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey

18) Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home

19) Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen & Rudolph

20) Angel or Star on top of tree? Angel

21) Open the presents Christmas Eve or Morning? The traditional Christmas PJs get opened on Christmas Eve and everything else the next morning.

22) Most annoying thing about this time of year? Playing Christmas music 2 weeks before Thanksgivng

23) Favorite ornament theme or color? Santa's, Snowmen, Angels, etc...I love all kinds of ornaments.

24) Favorite for Christmas Dinner? Dh's parents for Ham and all the fixings!

25) What do you want for Christmas this year? I have no clue.

26) Who do you Tag to answer these on their blog? Helen, Karen, & Laura.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-12-01T08:11:00.002-06:00

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We went to dh's parents house around 3:00 and ate around 4:00 and watched some football and ate pumpkin pie and double chocolate cake balls for dessert. It was really nice to see and chat with everyone. The kids had fun playing with all of their cousins.

I got up at 3:45 to go Black Friday shopping with a few friends. We met at Walmart at 4:30 and it was crazy! Everything shrink wrapped and when the big horn blew everyone started grabbing things and pushing and I saw boxes flying over head. Crazy, I tell ya! I got a few things. I'm a little claustraphobic. Eeek! It was fun to get up and be with friends though. I just didn't like getting hit in the butt with the shopping carts 500 times. Sheesh! I guess that's to be expected though. hehe!

Saturday I went out with my friend Laurel and saw Four Christmases. It was funny! Later, we went to eat at On The Border and then did a little shopping at Kirklands. I love that store!

Sunday dh put the Christmas lights on the house and in the bushes. We haven't decorated the inside yet. We are waiting for next weekend. I tried out a new recipe for Chicken Tortilla Soup and it was pretty good! I've never had it before so, I didn't have anything to compare it to but, not bad!

A Nice Day...

2008-11-18T15:03:00.001-06:00

I had a really nice day today. My friend Laurel picked me up for lunch and we went to the Olive Garden and then to Big Lots for a little shopping. I bought 4 huge candy canes for pictues. She suggested going to The Harbor and having our Christmas pictures taken in front of the big water fountain so we just may do that! I just hope it's not crowded. We plan to go one day this week after school. Wish me luck that they turn out! hehe!

Rockin' Rockwall Moms Holiday Craft Fair

2008-11-07T12:09:00.003-06:00

We are having our craft fair tommorow! I hope you all can make it!

Rockin’ Rockwall Moms
Holiday Craft Fair.
Date: 11/08/08
Time: 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Get a head start on your holiday shopping!

Great gifts! Door Prizes & Concessions!

Location: 29 Norman Trail
Rockwall, Tx. 75087

Take HWY 66 towards Fate
Pass Helping Hands store
1st Left is FM 1141
Half a mile down after the curve, left on Norman Trail
First house on the left hand corner lot

Contact Person: Jessica Domingos 469-865-0100

UPDATE:

We had fun but there wasn't a big crowd of people. I think most people were looking for a garage sale. hehe! I made a $33.00 profit. Hey! It's better than nothing! We are going to have another one in December. Be on the look out!

Nicholas & My Birthday

2008-11-04T19:18:00.005-06:00

Nicholas and I and everyone else said our happy birthdays to each other and got ready for school.

I went and had coffee with a couple of mommies and one of them bought my coffee. Thanks Amy!

Dh took off work for my birthday and took me out to lunch at Chick-fi-la. He also made me an angel food cake with cream cheese frosting and strawberries!

We went to my moms to pick up a couple of craft tables for a craft fair I'm having with the Rockin' Rockwall Moms group.

I painted a few more picture frames and have a some more clipboards I need to make.

We ordered pizza for Nicholas' birthday dinner.

The End!

Halloween 2008

2008-11-02T18:24:00.011-06:00

We went to our friends David and Joedi's house in Waterview this year for a pre-tricker treating celebration and snacks. The kids had fun playing volleyball and jumping on the the trampoline and just running around. We headed out for trick or treating around 7:30 and walked around the block and it was a big block and got back to their house around 8:30. We stayed and visited for a few minutes and then headed back to our house. When we got back to our house the kids dumped their candy on the table and then I put it in a big container. They can have one piece a day until it's gone. LOL! It doesn't seem like they got as much as last year but that's just fine with me.

Saturday we walked with the "Light The Night" fundraiser in association with the Luekemia and Lymphoma Society to raise money for my nephew Philip. It so much fun to come together to support him and his family through this. We walked 2 miles with our illuminated red balloons and red t-shirts. It was so great. They had face painting, hoola hoops, a big playground, free hotdogs, popcorn, soft drinks and water and all kids of festivities!

Today my friend Karen came over after church. We went to the grocery store and then we watched Made of Honor together and ate lunch and let the kids play. It was fun!

Later I had to take Madison to a family class at 4:00 at church. She is going to recieve her first communion this May. We went to the different stations of the church and the kids asked questions about the the different parts of the church and what everything means and then we came home. Daddy had chicken fajitas waiting for us. OH Boy! Yum!

I've also been getting ready for Nicholas' 6th birthday party. It's going to be on Sunday, November 9th at 4:30. Hayley has 2 games and couldn't do it any earlier. He wants to go with the Power Rangers theme this year. I think I'm going to buy a cake from Walmart instead of making one. That's right, I'm lazy!

Dawn & Fire Don't Mix

2008-10-21T16:50:00.001-05:00

My Kountry Kikker dance group had a Christmas party and there was a candle lit and everyone was opening their presents and I got tissue paper in the flame and it caught fire and went up fast. Everyone was jumping around trying to stomp it out. We got it out. Shoo!

There was the incident at my house for movie night where the flames were leaping out of my candle and it got so hot the top came off and candle wax got all over the sink.

The ice maker isn't working so I reached under it to see if I could get it to work and it burnt the side of my hand.

Last night I made the kids lunches and put them in the refigerator and Nicholas' lunch handle got burnt because it was up against the light bulb and the door wasn't shut all the way.

So people!....Could you please keep me away from open flames? I'd really appreciate it. LOL!

You're Giving Me A Headache

2008-10-14T14:25:00.000-05:00

I was singing "Rain, Rain, Go Away Come Again Another Day, Little Jake Wants To Play, Rain, Rain Go Away" in the car on the way home from MDO because we saw sprinkles. Jake said "don't sing that!" and I said "Why?" and he said "because you are giving me a headache!". Gee...Thanks son. Tell me how ya really feel. LOL! I know I'm not going to win a "Grammy" but, I didn't think it sounded that bad! hehe!

We Went To The Pumpkin Patch!

2008-10-09T12:18:00.008-05:00

We went to look around at the little pumpkin patch in Rockwall. The kids had fun playing in the maze they had and seeing all the different kinds of pumpkins. We didn't buy any pumpkins. It was more of a photo op. hehe!

The Endres Monkeys

Curls That Last All Day

Christmas "2011"

Nicholas' 9th Birthday Party

Halloween 2011

Back To School 2011

Our Summer...

Author's Tea ~ Jake's Story

Hayley, Madison & Jake's B-Day Party

The Girls' Rooms

Early Birthday Present For The Girls

Early Valentine's Day Celebration

More Snow Fun!

Ice & Snow Baby!

Snow

Hair Color Before & After

Christmas Eve & Christmas Morning

Pictures With Santa "2010"

Nicholas' 8th Birthday Party

Halloween 2010

Fall Wreath

Pumpkin Patch 2010

Back To School 2010

Mobile Dairy Classroom (Rowlett Public Library)

Robbers Cave State Park (Oklahoma)

Back From Vacation

Swim Lessons

Father's Day

Target Excursion

A Little Update

Pieces Of Flair

Blackberries & Grapes

Girl's Night In

Family Pictures

Bop Bop Boppin' Around

Betties For Boobies

Before & After Pictures

Easter 2010

Gorgeous Day

Lent

Snow 2010

Valentine Marshmallow Pops

Super Bowl Sunday

MOM'S NIGHT OUT

Foodie Blogroll

My Baby's First Sleepover

I'm A Slacker

Hair Cut

My Best Friend & Me On New Year's Eve

Spent The Day Trying To Keep Warm

Started A Weight Loss Blog

Goodbye 2009

Christmas Eve 2009

New Year's Resolutions

Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas Eve!

Popcorn Jumbles

Cookie Decorating

Sharing Recipes With Friends

Christmas Picture Of The Kids 2009

Our Christmas Tree *2009*

Birthday/Anniversary/Thanksgiving

This N That

Nicholas' 7th B-Day Party

Family Movie Night

Halloween 2009

Family Movie Night

Progress Report Time!

Family Movie Night

Busy Weekend

Family Movie Night

Bargain Alert!

Fun With Family

Decobloc Present Gifts

Family Movie Night

Family Movie Night

Bottle Cap Necklaces

1st Day Of School 2009

Camping Out At Sulphur Springs

Movie & Late Lunch

Our Christmas Tree 2009