Christmas Day

We had a nice quiet Christmas this year. We stayed at home and my brother and his girlfriend came up for the weekend. Matt cooked a prime rib out on the grill and we just got to hang out and play and visit all day :-)

I think this Barbie make-up kit was Riley Jo's favorite thing....the fact that it had eyeshadow in it was the best part. Although at first she thought that the eyeshadow was for her lips!! Had to give a how to wear make up lesson!

Colt really got a kick out of Riley's Zhu Zhu pets...

Barbie was very popular this year as was anything girlie like makeup, nail polish and hair stuff!

Dustin on the other hand, is all boy. His goodies consisted of a new NERF gun, targets for his .22 and bow, and boxes of .22 shells, and remote control trucks.

Here's Uncle Ryan trying to figure out the magic of the Fushigi ball

A fun game of Battleship...

2 tired dogs....

1 super tired girl...

Meet Colt....

Colt is the newest member of our family. He is almost 3 months old and full of piss and vinegar!

The 1st day he was here, Butch wanted absolutely nothing to do with the puppy. He ignored him. After a few days, they are finally starting to get along. Butch seems to like having him around to play with and Butch is not afraid to let the pup know who the boss dog is. I think that it's safe to say, they are now friends!

PLEASE chase me....

Riley Jo's Haircut

Riley decided that she wanted bangs again and short hair. I kept putting it off because I love her hair and didn't want to cut it. The other day, I walked in her room and she had her head buried in her hands and was upset. When I asked her what was wrong, she looked up at me and had a comb tangled in her hair. She said she tried to curl it!! Needless to say, the girl got bangs!! I'm getting used to the short hair...it looks cute :)

Dustin's School Play

Dustin had his school play the other night, and instead of a traditional Christmas play, the kids choose to do a play about famous composers. Dustin was a student in the play that likes rap music. He had 2 speaking lines, and he did great!

He is in the orange shirt and blue cap.

Dancing with a girl ;-)

The battery in my good camera was dead, so I had to use my little camera with minimal zoom, so the color is awful, but at least you get the idea!

This is what Riley Jo thought of the play.....

Tree Hunting

The kids had so much fun picking out our Christmas tree last year, that we headed up in the hills again this year, to find a Christmas tree. The weather was nice and warm, but there was still a lot of snow up there! Here's Dustin shaking the snow off of the tree they picked!

I haven't gotten a picture of the tree inside and all decorated yet....coming soon!

Chance & Blake come to visit

We had a couple of visitors last weekend. A friend of ours was in town for a high school basketball tournament, so of course we offered to take her 2 youngest off of her hands for the weekend. We all had a great time. It was like old times. In no time at all, the boys had a nerf gun zone set up, and the girls were so quiet and peaceful!

I put my pictures in backwards. This picture was taken late on the 2nd night....Chance and Matt were playing the Wii, Dustin was playing a game on the phone, and the girls were really involved in a game of Old Maid!



Poor Dustin...

Chance's turn. Blake couldn't let a blackmail opportunity pass, so she captured the whole wedgie incident on camera :-)

After about an hour of pestering Matt and practically begging Matt to attack them, Matt grabs a nerf gun, and the boys run and hide!!