What's everyone doing?

You would think with everyone being snowed in we'd see a little something on the blog, BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're doing good in FL - but the kids have been sick. Addison has strep and Maddox has to get tubes in his ears on Monday. He's been on antibiotics and he still has a double ear infection. They were even giving him daily antiobiotic shots! So all will be better soon.

January Visit

January visit

Happy Birthday Maddox!

Today is Maddox's first birthday! We celebrated yesterday with a Monster's Inc. themed party. Of course there are no Monster's Inc. decorations, soooooooooooooooo.................we made our own!

THIS IS CALLED COMMUNICATION, PEOPLE

So Dayna & I had a phone conversation today. As a result, I am posting a picture of our Southern cousins. I'm sure even the other FL residents have not seen this picture as we are a family of staggered & horrible communication skills. We love each other very much, but we're so dang big we forget who already knows what.... you know the deal.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM DAYNA, DEBBIE, EMILY, KAITLYN, LEO, DAVID & CHRISTOPHER! (I may have spelled someone's name wrong...)

Merry Christmas

Pictures I Just Found

I was just looking through pictures on my computer and I dont know how or when I got these but I had to share them.

Happy Thanksgiving to All!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving this year. There's so much to be thankful for. I wish I could have shared mine with all of you, but we had a wonderful day at Dave's parents. The weather was great, although a little too hot.......but we got to spend our day outside. Here are some pictures. Hope to hear from some of you and see some of your pics as well.

Maddox LOVED the sweet potatos!

Addison looked to sweet in her shades!

And then there was the game of Cornhole! It was a first for me but I liked it!

And then Maddox had to try on his new Christmas outfit that G-mama bought for him.

Love you all!

Maureen

Gotta Love Him!

Listen Up! Hearing the world thru Strayer ears.

On Sunday I stopped at Mom & Dad's to wish my Momma a Happy Birthday. Here's a transcription of a conversation between me & my Dad. Please note there are two versions. The one I heard & the one that really happened.

Setting: Dad is in the dining room. I'm in the next room talking to Mom. The three doggies - Tundra, Molly & Ginger - are all begging for me to pet them.

Dad: Careful with Mommy. She already drew blood this morning!
Me: What?!?? (Assuming my dad is kidding, because her birthday is Halloween & I figure he's making some Dracula joke. I turn around and he holds up his finger with a bandaid on the top where she bit him! I got up and went to the dining room to talk about this event.)
Dad: I reached down to give her some food and she bit me! You know how she can't see up close anymore, right?
Me: No - I didn't know that?
Dad: Yes, you did. Geez, I told you a hundred times (rolls eyes). Anyway, she must not have known my hand was right there and she bit me.
Me: (insisting in my head that my dad is nuts because he never told me mom can't see up close, but decided to let him win this one. I am also wondering why he was reaching down to hand feed my mother? He's not THAT tall...?)
Dad: I worry about her with Stevie's kids, ya know? (my dad has always had dry humor, and his frankness is cracking me up at this point).
Me: (playing along) Yea, seriously. Dangerous. (I walk back to the couch in the next room and I hear my dad still talking about it, mentioning something about milkbones. I get up, walk back into the dining room as I realize what has just transpired and say...) wait...Dad...did you say Molly? Oh my God you did. I thought you said "Be careful around Mommy"! This whole time you are telling me this story, I'm wondering why you're hand-feeding mom and when she started losing her sight!! I just figured you were joking about her being born on Halloween & being like Dracula!

FIN.

I think my parents are STILL in tears from laughing.