CHRISTMAS DAY

I LAID IN BED ALL MORNING WAITING FOR MY FAMILY TO WAKE UP! I KNEW JEFF AND ZACH WOULD SLEEP ALL MORNING LONG DUE TO THEM GETTING HOME SO LATE IN THE MORNING BUT LEXIE SLEPT IN TILL ALMOST 8:15.I WAS AWAKE BY 6AM. YEP, I WAS SO EXCITED FOR MY KIDS TO OPEN THEIR PRESENTS! NOTHING BETTER TO WAKE UP AND GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN RIGHT OFF THE BAT HUH?! LEIXE WAS SO EXCITED WHEN SHE SAW HER STOCKING AND ALL THE PRESENTS. HAVING KIDS IN THE HOUSE ON X-MAS MORNING JUST MAKES THE MAGIC OF THIS DAY WONDFERFUL! LEXIE HAS BEEN WANTING AN AMERICAN GIRL DOLL FOR MANY MONTHS AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED THAT MOM AND DAD GOT HER ONE. SANTA BROUGHT HER A BED FOR HER DOLL AND LOTS OF CLOTHES! ZACH WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT HE GOT ROCKBAND, MORE GAMES FOR XBOX, A HANDHELD VIDEO RECORDER, AND MORE CLOTHES!YA, HE DOESNT LOOK TIRED DOES HE?JEFF GOT A NEW GPS, NEW BINOCULARS, THINGS FOR THE RHINO, AND NEW CLOTHES. I GOT SOME BOOKS, A SINFUL SHIRT, AND A PAIR OF MISS ME JEANS. AROUND 9:30 MY FAMILY CAME OVER AND WE HAD BREAKFAST...OH SO YUMMY.... FRENCH TOAST, BUTTERSCOTCH ROLLS,EGGS, AND LOTS OF COFFEE. AFTER EVERYONE LEFT WE PACKED UP AND HEADED OVER TO JEFFS DADS HOUSE FOR THE NEXT LEG OF OUR JOURNEY. I JUST LOVE THIS PICTURE OF ZACH, LARRY, AND JEFF. WE ENJOYED OUR TIME VISITING WITH EVERYONE. LEXIE DID NOT PUT DOWN HER AMERICAN GIRL DOLL ALL DAY! I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF LEXIE AND AUNT JUSTINE! VERY SWEET!
BY 3 EVERYONE WAS PACKING UP AT LARRYS SO WE THEN HEADED OVER TO GRANDMA GRACE FOR OUR LAST STOP OF THE DAY!MY MOMS HOUSE IS SMALL AND WITH SO MANY OF US THERE IT GETS VERY CRAZY AND LOUD! ZACH HAS BEEN ASKING GRANDMA FOR A $50 BILL ALL YEAR LONG SO MUCH TO HIS SURPRISE...THATS WHAT HE GOT... HE WAS SO FUNNY...HE SAYS THAT FOR THIS YEAR HE IS BUGGING HER FOR $100!!!! MY MOM DIDNT WANT JEFF TO BE LEFT OUT SO SEEMS HOW ALL HE ASKED FOR WAS MONEY....ASK AND YOU SHALL RECIEVE... LEIXE HAD SO MUCH FUN HELPING GRANDMA PASS OUT PRESENTS AFTER PRESENTS
WE HAD MY MOMS FAMOUS HOMEMADE ENCHILADAS! SO YUMMY! WE HUNG OUT AND PLAYED MORE OF THE WII. I LOVE THIS PICUTRE OF MICHELE, ME AND, TAYA! THE DAY WAS LONG AND FULL OF FUN, FAMILY, AND GREAT MEMORIES! HOPE EVERYONE HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS!

X-MAS EVE

WE ALWAYS SPEND X-MAS EVE OVER AT MY MOMS HOUSE. WE HAD YUMMY HAM AND ROAST BEEF FOR DINNER. WE HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING THE WII! MANY ROUNDS OF BOWLING AND GOLF! GOODTIMES AND LAUGHS ARE ALWAYS TO BE EXPECTED WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER!
ZACH JUST LOVES HIS GRANDMA!!!!THE 2 MOST IMPORTANT MEN IN MY LIFE...THEY ARE SO HANDSOME!!! LOVE YOU GUYS!ANDREW AND MICHELE POSING FOR A PICTURE! XOXO LEIXE GOOFING OF IN GRANDPAS NEW BAG FROM HOME DEPOT! THAT BAG IS HUGE!



ZACH AND I...
AND HERE IS GRANDPA RON, RATT DOG, PEANUT, NOT FEELING SO WELL LEXIE, AND ZACH. AND WITH LEXIE BEING TIRED WHEN PACKED UP AND HEADED HOME. WE ALL GOT INTO OUR JAMMIES AND GOT THE COOKIES OUT FOR SANTA.... TOOK A X-MAS EVE PICTURE OF MY CUTE KIDS... AND THOUGHT WE WERE ALL GOING TO BED. JEFF AND ZACH WENT DOWN TO BRIANS HOUSE TO SIT IN THE HOT TUB AND THE 2 OLDER MEN HAD SOME COCKTAILS. MY 2 MEN CAME HOME AROUND 1AM. MRS. SANTA MADE SURE THAT ALL THE PRESENTS WERE DELIVERED THOUGH.....YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HER TO GET THE JOB DONE!

CHRISTMAS COOKIES

ALAINA AND HER FAMILY CAME OVER THE WEEK OF X-MAS SO WE COULD MAKE SOME YUMMY COOKIES FOR SANTA. SHE BROUGHT A PIZZA FOR DINNER AND THEN THE BOYS LEFT AND US GIRLS GOT BUSY BAKING AND DECORATING. JUST LOOK HOW MUCH FUN WE HAD WITH ALL THE FLOUR AND CUTTING OUT THE COOKIES.... KAMBRIA, SIENNA, LEXIE, AND I DID ALOT OF GIGGLING WHIL ALAINA WAS BUSY CHASING HER LITTLE MS. ARIAH...FOR BEING ONLY 20 MONTHS SHE IS A LITTLE BUSY BEE.... SHE HAD US LAUGHING ALL NIGHT LONG. SHE FOUND THE TOILET AND PLAYED IN THE BLUE WATER... PUT A WHOLE ROLL OF TOILET PAPER IN THE TOILET...FOUND LOTION AND SQUIRTED IT ALL OVER THE CARPET...HELPED DECORATE THE COOKIES BY POURING ALL THE COLORED SUGAR EVERYWHERE...YEP SHE IS A BUSY ONE!!! THE 3 OLDER GIRLS HAD FUN PLAYING WITH EACHOTHER WHILE THE COOKIES WERE IN THE OVEN AND THEN COOLING OFF. ( OF COURSE THERE WERE SOME MELT DOWNS...WE HAD 3 GIRLS TOGETHER )KAMBRIA AND SIENNA DOING A GREAT JOB DECORATING....AND HERE IS MY LITTLE LEXIE WITH HER COOKIES ALL DECORATED AND READY TO EAT... FOR SANTA CLAUSE OF COURSE....

LEARNERS PERMIT

ON CHRISTMAS EVE ZACH HEADED UP TO THE DMV TO TAKE LEARNERS PERMIT TEST. HE PASTED WITH A 92%. HE WAS SO EXCITED!! KINDA FREAKS ME OUT TO SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND HAVE HIM DRIVE ME AROUND. LOL..... WE HAVE BEEN LETTING HIM DRIVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS OUT HERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT ITS A WHOLE NEW BALL-GAME NOW THAT HE CAN LEGALLY DRIVE ON THE ROAD WITH TRAFFIC. I REALLY DONT WANT MY KIDS TO GROW UP BUT I CANT REALLY STOP THEM EITHER. SO BE CAREFUL OUT THERE ON THE ROADS AND WATCH OUT FOR THE SILVER COROLLA!!!!

ZACH TURNS 15

ZACH TURNED 15 ON DEC 12,2009. HE IS SUCH A TERRIFIC SON. NEVER WANTS MUCH FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. HE DIDNT WANT A PARTY OR ANYTHING BUT HE DID REQUEST THAT HIS BUDDY JORDAN COME OVER AND SPEND THE WEEKEND. ON HIS BIRTHDAY NIGHT WE RENTED A FIGHT ON TV AND SOME OF JEFFS FRIENDS CAME OVER AS WELL. THEY ALL ENJOYED PIZZA AND THE YUMMY BIRTHDAY CAKE THAT GRANDMA GRACE MADE FOR ZACH. ZACH HAS BEEN WANTING A GUITAR FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND HE WAS STOKED THAT HE GOT ONE FOR HIS B-DAY. ZACH GOT A COUPLE GAMES FOR HIS XBOX AND IF YOU KNOW ZACH HE IS MR FASHION... SO INSTEAD OF GIVING HIM A GIFT CERTIFIATE TO ZUMIEZS... I BROUGHT ZUMIEZS TO HIM. HE GOT A BUNCH OF CLOTHES AND ALSO WENT SKIING THE NEXT DAY.
AWESOME VANS SHIRT
A NEW VOLCOM HAT... HIS NEW GUITAR...A VISIT FROM GRANDMA AND GRANDPA STREBEL...
AND OF COURSE A HUG FROM HIS MOM!!! YOU KNOW, I CANT BELIEVE HE IS 15. JUST BLOWS MY MIND. I COULDNT HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER SON. HE IS ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS. LOVE YOU ZACH! XOXO