Snow Day

We had our first significant snow today, and it hit hard! I took this picture of Aydan in his PJ's this morning looking at his first snow through the window. Later on (after 30 minutes of dressing the three of us in winter gear!!), I took the kids outside for a sled ride. I went down the small hill in our yard and I couldn't pull them back up. They are 60 lbs total! But we only lasted about 15 minutes because it was like 20 degrees outside. You should of seen Aydan when I put his snowsuit on, he looked like that kid from "Christmas Story" who fell down and couldn't get up. That was totally him-he couldn't move at all!
Ozan was in Las Vegas this past week for a conference and his plane was supposed to leave this morning, but it was cancelled. He was able to take a later flight and should be home any time now. Can you believe Christmas is 24 days away??

Loss of my Great Aunt

My Great Aunt Georgia passed away last Tuesday and it really shook our family up. She was the core of our Christmases and loved the holidays and birthdays. She was 80 years old. Here is a picture of her holding my Kendall 3 years ago. Georgia loved pictures of her friends and family. You never saw her without a camera and she never forgot a birthday. I can't believe she is not here anymore. A lot of her friends, family, and church members came to the wake and funeral and they couldn't say enough nice things about her. We're going to miss you!
Kendall is really sick now. She had a strep throat a week ago and on Saturday, she had a small temp before bed. Last night, I went in to check on her in bed and her temp was 104.7! We were really scared because that can be quite dangerous. She was so weak and pale and hot. We called the doc and gave her some more Tylenol and a cool bath. Within the hour, she was down to 101, but if it hadn't gone down, we would of had to take her to the hospital. She has never been that sick! We didn't get much sleep last night.
...tonight I took her in to the ER cause her temp rose up again to 104. They said its a virus. Poor girl!
I've had a rough week!!

Dig

OK, I'm really, really trying to get caught up with my scrapping because the holidays are almost here so I will be making holiday cards for a long time!! I did this layout because Aydan is starting to learn how to walk and when he balances himself, his toes dig into the ground. They are edible!

Pics from Germany

My brother, Mike, is in Germany with his fiance Terra for a few weeks and is coming home tomorrow. She speaks fluent German, so that helps! These are some of the places they saw. It is so beautiful. The castle is what inspired the Cinderella castle at Disney. The picture with the car in front of the palace is Wuertzburg, where they did a tour. The other picture is Salzburg.

Aydan's Walking

Aydan starting taking a step or two early this past week and has really progressed! He is walking several feet now and he looks totally adorable. I love that cute, unbalanced, walk...then PLOP...he falls on his tooshie. That's why they make diapers so padded! What a cutie. I just finished this page about his first haircut, he was about 10 months old in this pic. Have a great week everybody!

Halloween

I've been so crazy busy this week that I am beat! Friday nights, for me, is to recover from the past week!! So that's why I haven't posted the Halloween pics yet. Ozan's watching the movie "Saw" right now, so I am as far away as possible right now from the TV-I hate those movies!!
Anyhow, here is Kendall as a kitty and Mr Aydan as Mickey Mouse. They were so cute! Aydan couldn't stand right, I guess the costume threw him off balance.

Lil' Pumpkin

This is a picture of Kendall when she was 8 months old! I love this picture!!! Isn't she a cutie???We never got pics of the kids this year on the pumpkins and I'm kicking myself over it. I love kids on pumpkins!

Congrats Carmen and George

...with our friends Dave and Wendy


Yesterday, our friends Carmen and George got married and today they are on their way to Maui! They are so in love! George kept their honeymoon plans a secret and announced it during the toasts at the reception. We had a great time dancing all night, but we are TIRED today!!!
Congrats again George and Carmen! So when can we expect little ones?? LOL!

Go Bears

Ok, I'd guess I call myself a fan, but I'm not too big on watching the game on a weekly basis. Its much more exciting than baseball! If you didn't hear, the Bears had quite the victory last night against Arizona. Ozan already talking about going to the superbowl. First of all, he'll never get tickets. Second of all, there is no way he's spending that much money on a ticket. And last, we don't know if we are going yet. But we can hope!

Its a simple solution when its game day: Bears Win=Happy Husband=Happy Wife...LOL!!
Every game day Ozan dresses in his Payton jersey, Aydan in his Urlacher jersey, and Kendall in her Bears cheerleader uniform!

Happy B-Day Mike and Chloe

Happy 32nd Birthday to my baby brother Mike!! I'd put his picture up but he'd kill me for that!It is also my Chloe's 10th-that's my lab in case you all didn't know...She was my baby before I had babies. She's getting old...

Some more pics of my reunion!

Tim, Chris, and Mark

That's crazy Dave on the right!

Tim


Pam and Wes!

My 20 year Reunion

Kelly and Wes

Wes and me
One too many?????




I had my 20 year HS reunion last night. What a night! I got lost trying to find the place, there was not a street sign so I wasn't sure were I was at, then cops were blocking the street and we had no power at the hall for 2 hours! Too funny! It was hard recognizing some people. I didn't get home until 2:30 and my kids were up at 7 this morning. Monday morning is going to be tough! I didn't take too many pics. It was kind of dark and I was so engrossed in talking that pictures were a bit tough. I was getting a little giddy and starting taking pics of myself.

...oh and here are some pics from our ten year reunion. Ten years ago, that's too crazy!!

Happy Birthday Nina

Tomorrow, Friday, is my niece's 18th!! Happy B-Day glamour girl!

Bounce...Bounce...Bounce

Don, my stepfather, just emailed me some pics from Aydan's party. I never took any pics of the bouncer we rented. I figured since I paid for it, I might as well have fun. So some of the other adults joined in...we almost hurt the kiddies. I'll tell you one thing, after 5 minutes we were spent! This picture is me and my sister, Chrissy, having a blast on it. I'll post some more pics later. Have a good night!

I'm so excited because I just got an email that one of the biggest scrapbook companies published one of my pages on their gallery website. OK, its not the same as being published in a magazine...but in my world, I'm just as happy. Its the spirograph page I posted here on August 29th. Here's the link to the gallery: Basic Grey

Totally Kendall

I took this pic this evening because it just captures Kendall's personality so much...swinging high on her swing, with her shirt on backwards and inside out, and her hair in her mouth. Ah, my baby girl and her little quirks, that's one thing I love about her...out of a million things.
And yes, I can feel summer slipping away. Its time to start planning Halloween. Have a good Friday everyone.

Baby Feet

This is how I see Aydan's feet when I'm driving him home. His tootsies are so edible... No, I didn't take this picture while I was driving!!

This scrap page was a picture from a photo shoot I did of Aydan when he was 9 weeks old. I took out the sewing machine for this one...this was a lift.

Another scrap page of my girl

I made this page using a spirograph...remember those? I had a blast with this one!
ETA: This page was picked up by Basic Grey for their gallery. Yeah!

Aydan's First B-Day

Happy First Birthday my dear Aydan!!! Hope you enjoyed the cake!

Eve of First B-Day

Tonight is the eve of Aydan's first b-day, so I had to do a photo shoot. I cannot believe that he'll have his first b-day tomorrow. We're going to get him a cake and let him have at it!! I definitely will post some pics of that. I'm taking the day off of work tomorrow and we're going to spend the day together!!