I tell myself every year that we are not going to do a gingerbread house for the Christmas. What do I do?, I get a whole D@#$ village!!! But it's about the quality time spent together as a family. We had a good time and the kids were definitely sugared out. 
This is what the village was supposed to look like..... 
This is what ours looked like. It was totally worth it...right!!!?? South Side Village!! No trespassing!
Just a couple of the Christmas card pictures that never got sent. Maybe we will have to do some summer ones? hmmm...being different!!
All in all, we had a good time. Nice weather, lounging and great company! I have so much to be thankful for!!
You often hear about how computers crash and all of the pictures are lost and they either are lost forever or you pay a ton of money to try and retrieve it off the computer. I still have a computer that has several pictures of Maddie and little J on it. So sad. I never expected to stumble on my plastic tote left outside from the transition from the garage to shed. Me not over seeing this transition..I guess never really was a transition. The tote had been left out and the lid that should of been so securely attached was bumped just enough to allow to the tote to fill full of the rain water that had accumulated over a couple of months. I spent what seemed to be forever, laying out all the photos. I had high school dance pictures, the ones that came in the black sleeves completely ruined, the water made the black paper act like a stain and blackened out the entire photos or nearly all of the photos. I had a ton of scrap booking papers ruined. The list goes on and on. I was able to salvage most of the pictures. I guess your never safe on where you store your photos..unless you put them in a fire proof safe. Lesson learned!!
We had our usual little group of friends join us for trick or treating. We also met up with some others. Didn't stay out to long. It was too cold, wet and windy. 
Oh, the boys! We are a Superman Family. Have been for years. I couldn't talk Bubba in to anything else and once Tyler saw it he had to be Superman also. too bad I couldn't get Big J in to a pair of tights and cape!! This will be the 3rd year..not in a row, that Bubba has been Superman. Good thing I bought the costume big so he could wear it again next year.Money well spent, they were both happy and that's all that matters any way. ( thanks to Andrea for letting us borrow the smaller version for Ty )
Tyler is funnier with each passing year. He is also getting to be picky and has his own opinion, this is why he is Superman as well. Little copy catter!!
My dear sweet Paiton. She went from actually looking like a beautiful, perfect Cinderella to a dead one. Her Mother, Nana and I all begged her to stay alive but she insisted on being a dead one. So her Mother took the scissors and black spray paint and destroyed the dress, money well spent. At least she was happy. That's all that matters any way.
Maddie was a she devil. The whole purchase was based on the outfit lighting up. Do you think that we remembered this the night of Halloween? NO! Again money well spent. At least she was cute, that's all that matters any way.
Another great Halloween. Another bunch of money spent. Great company. Giggling, sugared out kids. Atleast we were happy, that's all that matters any way.
Another exciting evening!! Jason won in the first round...AGAIN!! I finally told him that he needs to maybe take it to the second round? What can you do when the opponent makes the wrong move and Jason has to take him? This fight wasn't much of a challenge but Jason always goes in expecting the worse. He also doesn't use a game plan, he just prepares himself for every angle that the fight might go in. The fight is posted on my FB page ( haven't figured out how to put it on here? )
It continues to amaze me on how calm he is before his fights. It's okay I guess, I have enough nerves for the both of us.
I am truly grateful for all of our friends and family that come to support Jason and even the ones that don't come. We both feel very blessed to have such great people in our lives.
What a coincidence?? We now make in fun of him saying this is his girlfriend..isn't she cute? I don't know what her name is, He's mentioned it to me but hey..it's not important :)
( Best friend , Wyatt )
