45 Days...

and I'll be here!!!!

Riu Yucatan!!!!

Christmas Pictures

We got in a few family Christmas Pictures!

Grandma Pruemer
Mom & Dad

Steve, Dawn, Nate, Josie & Ben

Ken & Carrrie

Gary, Julie, Zach, Brooke, & Marc

Scott, Angie, Kayla & Kyle Doug

Four down One to go!

We have one Christmas party left to attend! I'm a little sad;( Tomorrow is the big Meinhart Christmas, a house FULL of about 75 adults, teenagers and toddlers! CAN'T WAIT!
I hope EVERYONE makes is safe and sound!!!!!

Scott and I put up a heated ceiling fan in the shed tonight and it works great! We also ate supper out there :) Until next time...............

Meinhart Christmas

Around 3:00 we headed to Island Grove for the Meinhart Christmas. We also had a great time there! Lots of food, drinks, and fun!
I didn't take any very many pictures with my camera but Kayla took a bunch with her's;)

This finally picture is all the grandkids in there Newton Eagle sweatshirts that Grandma & Grandpa Meinhart gave them! The little boys got remote control cars that flip over (a big hit) and the older kids all got DS games or playstation games! Thanks Mom & Dad!

More Christmas...

This was Christmas morning at our house. Santa made it...i was quite unsure if he should!

Kayla got her Nintendo DS, a digital camera, a movie and a book.

Kyle got his wagon he wanted, hunting clothes and a leap frog game, a movie and a book. Santa also brought us another DVD player!

I got my Tom Tom that Kayla thought I had to have :)

The last few pictures Kayla took with her new camera!
This last one was all of us laying in Kyle's bed watching one of the new movies! After all the presents were opened we made bacon & eggs for breakfast then headed out to the shed to get the toilet hooked up! Kyle was the first to try it out and ....it worked!

All most over

Oh my, did Christmas come and go FAST! We had Scott's Christmas Party at Farm Pride/Newton Implement on Wednesday night.....It was a good time. We had some new employees in attendance this year and as always a very good meal.... Ste. Marie Style Chicken! The kids all had a blast and as always VERY dirty! Scott works with a great group of guys! It truly feels like family. We also feel very blessed to have Jerry as our AWESOME boss!

Thursday afternoon we headed to Effingham to Scott's sister Amy's for the Kocher Christmas. Clara had to work so we picked up Harold and headed over a little early so that we could stop by Menards and buy a toilet and a ceiling fan for the shed. We had a great evening at Amy's. We ate soup and opened presents and just sat around and visited. On the way home we stopped in Newton for Christmas Eve Mass at 10:00.

This is Kaiden saying "GO HEARTS" His shirt he is wearing says Effingham Hearts, was one of his gifts.

Just a part of the family

We had a very important person over for a little Christmas celebration tonight. This person is sooo very important to us. She is wonderful with our kids.... and they LOVE her! She has been a blessing to me (and Scott)! She puts Kayla on the bus a couple days a week and gets her off the bus in the evenings. She picks Kyle up from daycare whenever we need her to. I can go on and on and on. Our very special guest was our babysitter.....Ashley!
We started our evening with subs from Subway, then we had Ashley open her gift from us. Then she gave the kids their gift.....Big Buck Hunter Pro...The kids LOVED it....as did Ashley, Scott and I! We hunter for the remainder of the evening. It was a great time!

Ashley-- we appreciate all that you do for us! You are a part of our family and always will be! You are an all around GREAT person and we LOVE you!!!!
We wish you and your family a Merry Christmas!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

Random pictures

Here are a few random pictures that I have taken in the last week or so.


Kayla playing at home one day....she made earings out of her benderoos!

Yip......my Kyle! LOL

Helping with christmas candy

helping me put the rolos on the pretzels (he only ate two)

Scott and the kids took me to Alco to get me a Christmas Present. They didn't have what they wanted to get me......so I picked out this.! ( Don't look at my messy room, that is one of the things on my todo list!)

Christmas Pictures

I always enjoy choosing a photo for the christmas cards! LOL Maybe I should have went with this first one--You think?

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!

Pictures as promised

These pictures are from the Santa train in Newton. We go to this every year. The kids did awesome this year --no crying.

These are the only two character's Kyle would get his picture taken with. He was a little unsure of the others.

I'm Done

I'M DONE!!!!!!!! I NOW HAVE A 3 1/2 WEEK BREAK! My only plans are to spend time with my kids.....they deserve all of my attention! (okay and maybe Scott too ;)

Almost done.......

I'm almost done with my fall semester.....I have one more final on Wednesday. I'm sure my husband and my kids will be just as thankful for that just as much as I am. I told Kayla this morning that I will not be as grouchy tonight. I have 2 test today and then I will be less grouchy tonight...Her response was "that's okay mom, I still love you" It made me cry. Sometimes I feel I should not have done this school thing.....I'm not the best mom right now and that kills me.
The kids seem to be crazier then normal lately.....the "santa's watching you" trick has been working some. I took the kids to see the santa train on the 6th. They were very good while we waited in line for an hour in the cold. Kyle was a bit shy of the characters but didn't cry. They both sat on his lap and all was good.
Scott has been working on the shed quite a bit. We finally have the kitchen enclosed so that it will hold heat and keep the water lines from freezing. I helped him on the door to the main part last night. Once we get the door done we will be on hold for a while. We would like to build up the account a little more. All in due time I say. The kids have been out there "helping" Scott almost every night he is out there. Oh and Mac even rates high enough to be invited into the shed. The kids are really warming up to him finally! Last week one day I though Mac may be gone forever......I got his chain rapped up in the tire of the van......Mac didn't like that too well. He limped around for a couple days but he was fine. It's not the first time I ran a dog over. The guilt......I felt so bad. I ran my grandpa's dalmatian ? (i think) over when I was in high school. I still to this day remember it clear as bell.
I have started making some Christmas candy.....I don't know why I think I have to do all of this stuff. It just adds more stress to my already stressful life! I made some chocolate covered pretzels and some (kid's call them) snowballs....aka.. the Oreo cookie things. I may have some left by Christmas if I can keep Scott out of them.
I finally got my Christmas cards ordered.... I was soooo behind this year. I usually have them out by the first week of December. I sure hope I can get them out by the 23rd! LOL I took a picture of the kids on Sunday and sent it to walmarts website and designed a card. It was fun. I really wanted to put 3 pictures on a card (one of Kayla in her wheelchair right after surgery, and one of Kyle when he buzzed his hair) but that didn't work out. LOL It would have been cute. That's how my year went!
Well, I need to run....off to Kayla's Christmas program! I'll get some pictures up soon.