THE "TWINS" TURN 4

I AM SLACK IN THE BLOGGING DEPARTMENT..AND I HAVE SO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON..BUT MY FRIEND/CO-WORKER KIM...IS AWESOME AT KEEPING HER BLOG UP TO DATE..SHE WAS SWEET ENOUGH TO POST ABOUT THE TWINS BIRTHDAY PARTY THIS WEEKEND...SO CHECK OUT HER LINK AND GET A SNEAK PEAK OF THEIR PARTY...THANKS KIM!!!http://4scoobies.blogspot.com/

HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY SWEET SAYLORJ

TODAY... MY FIRST BABY GIRL TURNED 7....

SAYLORJ....WHERE TO START??...I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE 7 TODAY..I WILL PROBABLY SAY THAT ON EACH BIRTHDAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE...YOU LOOK SO MUCH BIGGER THAN 7 AND A LOT OF THE TIMES I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF THAT YOU ARE STILL A LIL' GIRL AND NOT AS GROWNY AS I THINK YOU ARE...I HAVEN'T DONE YOUR MEASUREMENTS YET FOR THIS POST, BUT YOU WEIGH 73 POUNDS AND YOU ARE A SMIDGE TALLER THAN YOUR OLDER BROTHER, MADDOX....

SOME THINGS ABOUT YOU....YOU LOVE TO PRETEND..YOUR MOST FAVORITES ARE BEING THE TEACHER AND BEING THE MOMMY...THE GOOD THING IS THAT LONDON IS ALWAYS A WILLING PARTICIPANT IN YOUR GAMES YOU LIKE TO PLAY...WHEN YOU PLAY TEACHER YOU ARE VERY STRICT!!! I THINK YOU GET THAT FROM YOUR UNCLE-E...YOU LOVE TO MAKE YOUR STUDENTS GET IN A LINE AND FOLLOW YOU AND YOU LOVE TO "PUT THEM ON THE FENCE"...THAT IS A TERM THEY USE AT YOUR SCHOOL WHEN YOU GET IN TROUBLE..WHEN YOU PLAY MOMMY YOU ALWAYS SAY.."COME HERE MY DARLIN'..OR...OH SUGAR..IT'S OKAY"...YOU ARE A MESS!!! YOU ARE THE BEST LIL' ACTRESS I KNOW...YOUR DAD AND I SAY IT ALL THE TIME, BUT WE TRULY COULD MAKE MILLIONS OFF OF YOU...YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE TEARS START STREAMING DOWN YOUR FACE EVEN WHEN YOU ARE JUST PRETENDING TO BE UPSET...THEN IF I LOOK AT YOU, YOU START LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY...YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE OF OUR CHILDREN WITH THIS FABULOUS LIL' HIDDEN TALENT!!! YOU LOVE TO SING...I'M HOPING YOU DO NOT HAVE MY SINGING VOICE..YOU STARTED VOICE LESSONS AT SCHOOL THIS YEAR WITH MRS. GRAY..YOU ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

I STILL PICK OUT YOUR CLOTHES BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT YOU WEAR....WITH THE EXCEPTION OF YOU WANTING TO ALWAYS WEAR THIS ONE SPECIFIC WHITE DRESS THAT IS CLEARLY A SUMMERTIME DRESS..YOU WOULD WEAR IT ALL WINTER IF WE WOULD LET YOU...YOU POUT ON SUNDAY'S WHEN I DON'T LET YOU WEAR IT...

YOUR MOST FAVORITE FOODS ARE PICKLES...GREEN OLIVES...AND STRAWBERRIES...I LOVE TO WATCH YOU EAT STRAWBERRIES BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME SOOOO MUCH OF YOUR MEMAW (MIMI'S MOM) THAT PASSED AWAY THREE YEARS AGO...SHE LOVED HOW MUCH YOU LOVED STRAWBERRIES...YOU ARE SOOOOO SWEET WHENEVER WE GO VISIT HER GRAVE..YOU ALWAYS WANT TO GO WITH ME AND MIMI... AND YOU ALWAYS LOVE TO TAKE MEMAW'S OLD MINI HAND HELD BROOM AND SWEEP AWAY ALL THE PINE STRAW ON ALL THE FAMILY GRAVES.....I USE TO DO THE SAME THING WHEN I WAS LITTLE....

YOU LOVE ANIMALS....THIS YEAR FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOUR NANA AND PAPA BOUGHT YOU TWO RABBITS...ACTUALLY, THEY WERE GONNA BUY YOU TWO RABBITS BUT MIMI THE CLOWN DECIDED SHE WANTED TO GIVE YOU TWO OF HER BABY BUNNIES..YOU NAMED THEM EDWARD AND BELLA...YOU ARE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO WATCH THE TWILIGHT MOVIES BUT YOU HAVE AN EDWARD AND BELLA BARBIE DOLL AND YOU ARE AS OBSESSED WITH THEM AS YOUR MAMA IS :) YOU LOVE TO PLAY WITH YOUR BUNNIES EVERYDAY AND YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT KNOWS HOW TO RUB THEM AND MAKE THEM LAY DOWN PERFECTLY STILL...

YOU HAD A REVELATION TWO DAYS AGO THAT YOU REALLY LOVED YOUR LIL' SISTER, LONDON...YOU NOW HUG HER ALL THE TIME AND TREAT HER LIKE YOU ARE HER LIL' MAMA...YOU ARE SUCH A GREAT BIG SISTER AND WE LOVE YOU SOOO SOOO MUCH!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAYLOR SCOTT!!!

                                                         LOVE,
                                                                       MOMMY AND DADDY

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

LAST WEEK OUR BOSS....LARRY....WAS ON VACATION SKIING...

SO KIM AND AMANDA HAD A LIL' D.I.Y. PROJECT FOR US TO DO WHILE HE WAS GONE...WE LIKE TO CALL IT...."OFFICE CRAFT TIME"....

HERE WE GO STEP BY STEP...FIRST, YOU UN-WAD YOUR BURLAP AND FLATTEN IT OUT ON THE FLOOR....HINT...HINT...DO NOT SHAKE IT IN THE AIR LIKE ME IN THE ABOVE PICTURE....OR PIECES OF BURLAP WILL FLY OFF AND GET ALL IN YOUR EYES....

SMILE BIG FOR THE CAMERA JUST IN CASE YOUR FRIEND/CO-WORKER MIGHT BE SNAPPING YOUR PICTURE....

DRAW YOUR HEART AND THEN CUT IT OUT...IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND HELPING YOU..HAVE THEM HOLD THE BURLAP DOWN SO YOU CAN CUT IT EASILY....HAVE A MOMENT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE AND YOU SAY TO YOUR FRIENDS..."WHY THE HECK DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME MY HAIR LOOKED LIKED ABSOLUTE DOG CRAP ON THE SIDE WITH ALL THOSE STRIPES AND MADNESS GOING ON?"...ADDRESS THAT INSANITY AND LAUGH OUT LOUD AT YOURSELF WHILE YOUR FRIENDS LAUGH AT YOU TOO....

PAINT YOUR BURLAP HOWEVER YOU DESIRE

HAVE A FRIEND PAINT YOUR SQUIGLEY'S FOR YOU IF YOU CAN'T DO IT YOURSELF..THANKS AMANDA!!

TAKE PICTURES OF YOUR CRAZY FRIENDS PRETENDING THEY ARE THE "BLACK SWAN"...

ADD SOME WORDS AND DESIGNS TO YOUR HEART IF YOU WANT TO....

STICK YOURSELF IN "TIME-OUT" IF YOU FIND YOURSELF MAKING FUN OF OTHERS!!!

PLACE THE BACK SIDE OF YOUR BURLAP HEART AGAINST YOUR PAINTED SIDE AND START STAPLING AROUND THE EDGES...STUFF THE INSIDE OF YOUR HEART WITH PLASTIC BAGS UNTIL YOU GET IT AS FULL AS YOU WANT IT TO BE..STAPLE RIBBON TO THE TOP TO HANG IT FROM...AND TIE A BOW IF YOU WANT...THEN POSE FOR PICTURES WITH YOUR FRIENDS...

CRAFT-TIME WAS SOOOO MUCH FUN...IT TOOK US THREE DAYS TO FINISH OUR PROJECT..YOU KNOW..BECAUSE WE HAD TO ACTUALLY WORK SOME TOO WHILE THE BIG BOSS WAS GONE...AFTERWARDS...MY FRIEND...AMANDA PLAYED WITH MY HAIR....WE PLAY HAIR DRESSER AT WORK ALSO...IT WAS MUCH NEEDED FOR STEFFIEJ...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY FRIENDS..HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL DAY!!!

SANTA CLAUS CAME TO TOWN 2011'

CHRISTMAS MORNING...JESUS' BIRTHDAY....IS PROBABLY HANDS DOWN ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE DAYS OF THE YEAR!!! JUST HAVING ALL OF OUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY UNDER THE SAME ROOF...AND WAKING UP WITH THE EXCITEMENT OF THE KIDS AS THEY GET UP TO SEE IF SANTA CLAUS HAS MADE A VISIT TO OUR HOUSE OR NOT...AND ALL THE MEN PUTTING TOGETHER TOYS AND FIGHTING WITH ALL THOSE PLASTIC PIECES THAT THEY ATTACH EVERYTHING WITH!! I LOVE IT!!! I THINK EVERYONE GOT EXACTLY THE ONE MAIN THING THEY HAD ASKED FOR...SO WAY TO GO SANTA CLAUS..YOU ROCK AS USUAL!! AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL YOU STOP BY OUR HOUSE..HOPE THE KIDS ARE GOOD THIS YEAR SO YOU COME BACK AGAIN!! MADDOX WANTED LEGOS....IMAGINE THAT :)

SAYLOR ASKED FOR  THE AMERICAN GIRL DOLL, KANANI, WITH HER SNOW CONE STAND....AND A FEW ACCESSORIES....

LO-LO ASKED FOR THE "TANGLED HOUSE" AND A "TANGLED" (RAPUNZEL) AND A "FWIN RYDERS" (FLYNN RYDER)...THAT WAS ALL SHE WANTED SANTA CLAUS TO BRING HER..HER LIL' FACES SHE MADE IN AWWWWW OF WHAT SHE SAW WERE SOOOOO CUTE!!

LONDON WAS THE MOST EXCITED ABOUT HER STOCKING...SHE WAS ACTUALLY SAD WHEN SHE GOT TO THE BOTTOM AND REALIZED SHE WAS DONE PULLING THINGS OUT....THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE TWINS TRULY UNDERSTOOD WHAT ALL WAS HAPPENING AROUND THEM...AND THAT WAS SO MUCH  FUN TO WATCH...

MOTOR CYCLE MAN (URBAN)...GOT EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED TOO...A MOTOR CYCLE HELMET "LIKE HIS DADDY'S"...AND A "WEPSOL" (REPSOL) LIKE HIS DADDY'S...HE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAPPIER..HE WATCH TANGLED WITH HIS HELMET ON WHILE HE SAT IN MY DAD'S LAP..HE WAS SO HOT WHEN HE FINALLY TOOK HIS HELMET OFF..

JANGO WAS QUITE CONFUSED BY ALL THE CHRISTMAS HAPPENINGS..BUT HE SURE DID LOVE HIS GINGERBREAD CHEW PLATE AND HIS TIRE ROPE THAT WE BOUGHT HIM FOR CHRISTMAS...

AND NO CHRISTMAS WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT PA-PA FALLING ASLEEP :)

CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT 2011'

MY PARENTS AND I... HAVE ALWAYS.... FOR AS LONG AS I REMEMBER....OPENED OUR PRESENTS ON CHRISTMAS EVE...SO, WHEN SCOTT AND I GOT MARRIED AND STARTED HAVING BABIES...WE HAVE ALWAYS KEPT THAT FAMILY TRADITION...SO ON CHRISTMAS EVE...WE LOAD UP AND HEAD TO MY PARENTS...BUT NOT BEFORE I MAKE THE CHILDREN SUFFER THRU A GROUP PICTURE WITH THEIR MOM..THIS WAS THE BEST ONE WE COULD GET...I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LOVE LOVE URBAN'S FACE...THAT IS WHAT HE DOES WHEN HE'S IN TROUBLE AND I SAY.."COME HERE AND LET MAMA TALK TO YOU"..I'LL ALWAYS KNEEL DOWN ON HIS LEVEL AND AS HE'S WALKING TO ME..HE UNDOUBTEDLY WILL HAVE HIS EYES CLOSED AND HIS TONGUE ALL HANGING OUT LIKE HE'S HAVING A SEIZURE OR SOMETHING (NOT MAKING FUN...JUST GIVING THE PLAY BY PLAY)...AND THEN HE FALLS DOWN ON THE FLOOR LIKE HE'S JUST FALLEN OUT...HE'S HILARIOUS!!! AND IT'S HARD TO SCOLD HIM WITH A STRAIGHT FACE WHEN HE'S DOING HIS CHARADES IN FRONT OF ME...

MY MOM WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT HER DECORATING THIS YEAR SO I TOOK A FEW PICS TO SHARE..I LOVE THE TREES ON THE RIGHT OF HER FIRE PLACE!! 

 WE NOW CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN THEIR NEW FAMILY "SUN" ROOM THAT THEY BUILT ON A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO...IT WAS SOME VERY MUCH NEEDED SPACE FOR THEM...

THE COWBOYS PLAYED ON CHRISTMAS EVE SO OF COURSE WE HAD TO SUPPORT THE TEAM!!!

                                                 MIMI WITH HER GIRLS!!

                         MY GRANDMA DOT (URBAN'S GREAT) WITH URBAN

ME AND THE GANG WITH GRANDMA DOT

URBAN SHOWED GRANDPA LUBY HIS AIRPLANES HE HAD GOTTEN FROM US THAT MORNING..HE LOVES GRANDPA LUBY..MAINLY BECAUSE GRANDPA LUBY HAS FALSE TEETH AND HE STICKS THEM IN AND OUT OF HIS MOUTH WITH HIS TONGUE AND URBAN THINKS THAT'S THE WEIRDEST/FUNNIEST THING EVER...

        MY GREAT UNCLE IVAN (MADDOX'S GREAT-GREAT) WITH MADDOX

SINCE WE'VE BEEN MARRIED...SCOTT'S PARENTS AND HIS BROTHER, ERIC COME OVER TO MY PARENTS AND EAT CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER WITH US..NORMALLY, SCOTT'S MOM MAKES SOUP AND MY MOM MAKES CHILI AND WE HAVE FINGER FOODS..THIS YEAR NANA ALSO MADE SPAGHETTI...FULL BELLIES FOR EVERYONE!!! AFTER SCOTT'S PARENTS AND BROTHER LEAVE, WE OPEN PRESENTS WITH MY GREAT UNCLE IVAN AND MY GRANDPARENTS...I DO ALL THE SHOPPING FOR BOTH OF THEM..WHICH IS FUN FOR ME..I SAVE SOME OF THE KIDS MOST FAVORITE "WANTS" SO I CAN DIVY IT OUT AMONG EVERYONE THAT IS GIVING THEM SOMETHING... BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT "YEAHHHH THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME THING EVER" LOOK ON THEIR FACE WHEN THEY OPEN OTHER PEOPLES GIFTS..IF THAT MAKES SENSE..THEY ARE SOOOOOO APPRECIATIVE AND EXCITED ALL THRU CHRISTMAS...BUT I ALWAYS WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE GIVING THEM THAT "MOST FAVORITE" GIFT...

RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, SCOTT AND I TOOK THE KIDS ALONG WITH HIS MAMA TO TOYS R US..BECAUSE SCOTT'S GRANDMA STILL NEEDED SOME STUFF TO GIVE THE KIDS..WELL SAYLOR BECAME ATTACHED TO THE BELOW GIFT..A DELUXE SIX PACK COMBO OF SQUINKIES....SHE CARRIED IT AROUND WITH HER IN TOYS R US FOR THE THREE HOURS THAT WE WERE THERE...CLAIMING THAT IT WAS THE ONLY THING SHE WANTED IN THE WHOLEEEEEEEEEE WIDE WORLD!!!...IT LITERALLY BROKE HER HEART TO HAVE TO PUT IT BACK...WELL, MY GRANDPARENTS GAVE ME THEIR MONEY PROBABLY A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS..AND THANKS TO MY AWESOME DAD FOR TRAVELING ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES AWAY FROM HIS WORK TO PICK UP THIS COMBO PACK FROM THE TOYS R' US WE HAD VISITED..IT WAS SOLD OUT ON-LINE AND THAT TOYS R' US WAS THE ONLY WAY WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET HER ONE FROM FOR CHRISTMAS..SO THANKS DAD...AND SHE WAS SOOOO SURPRISED WHEN SHE OPENED IT....CAN I JUST SAY AGAIN..HOW MUCH I LOVEEEE CHRISTMAS!!!

        LONDON GOT A "FU-FA" FROM GRANDMA DOT AND GRANDPA LUBY

AND URBAN WAS DOUBLY AS EXCITED ABOUT HIS "BROBIE"...HE WAS SOOOOO EXCITED THAT BROBIE ACTUALLY HAD TO HELP URBAN OPEN HIS PRESENTS..HE LITERALLY HELD BROBIES HAND INSIDE HIS OWN HAND AS HE TORE THE PAPER ON HIS PRESENTS..IT WAS TOOOO DANG CUTE!!!

MADDOX OF COURSE..GOT SOMETHING "LEGO" RELATED...A LEGO IDEA BOOK THAT HE FOUND ON AMAZON...HE ALSO GOT A LEGO BIBLE WHICH IS THE NEATEST THING I HAVE SEEN FOR BOYS IN A WHILE...IT IS THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE PICTURES HAVE LEGO PEOPLE IN THEM DEPICTING THE STORIES...SO COOL!!!

MY GRANDMA DOT DOESN'T GET OUT MUCH THESE DAYS...AND MY PARENTS HAVE BEEN GETTING HER LOTS OF MOVIES TO WATCH..SHE REALLY WANTED "GONE WITH THE WIND"..A CLASSIC...THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN...BY THE LOOK OF HER REACTION, I THINK IT ABSOLUTELY MADE HER CHRISTMAS!!

                                   TOTALLY INTRIGUED BY THE LEGO BIBLE

AND THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR CHRISTMAS 2011' BEST FACIAL REACTIONS...GOES TO......................LONDON.... DURING HER OPENING OF "STRAWBERRY DIRT-CAKE"!!

EVERY TIME LONDON WOULD OPEN A PRESENT....URBAN WOULD BE RIGHT THERE WITH HER ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT...SAYING..."LON-DON....LOOK AT_______YOU GOT"..."OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!" SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DO THAT SO REMIND ME THEY ARE TWINS..I LOVE IT!!!

SCOTTJ...HE'S NEVER GONNA BE TOO OLD TO LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! HE'S PROBABLY WORSE THAN THE KIDS AS FAR AS LOVING A PRESENT GOES :)

AFTER POSTING THIS...I NOW REALIZE WE OBVIOUSLY LIKE TO POSE WITH OUR GIFTS..NOT SURE WHEN THIS STARTED IN LIFE..PROBABLY DUE TO MY MOM'S MOM...WHO TOOK A PICTURE OF EVERYTHING...THERE WAS NEVER A MOMENT WHEN SHE DIDN'T HAVE HER CAMERA WITH HER...SO GLAD SHE LEFT ME WITH HER LOVE OF PHOTOGRAPHY...

MY DAD...THE HISTORY BUFF...WHO SO GRACIOUSLY LET THE KIDS HELP HIM OPEN HIS PRESENTS...HE HAS MORE ENJOYMENT WATCHING THEM THAN OPENING THEM HIMSELF...THEY ARE LUCKY..BECAUSE MAMA (ME) DOESN'T SHARE HER PRESENTS THAT WELL :)

AFTER WE FINISHED WITH MY PARENTS...WE ALL HEADED BACK TO OUR HOUSE FOR A NEW FAMILY TRADITION WE STARTED LAST YEAR...SO FOR TWO YEARS NOW, ALL THE GRANDPARENTS AND UNCLE-E HAVE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US ON CHRISTMAS EVE...ACTUALLY, UNCLE-E HAS BEEN SPENDING THE NIGHT FOREVER BUT NOW THE GRANDPARENTS HAVE JUMPED ABOARD...IT'S REALLY FUN TO HAVE ALL YOUR FAMILY UNDER ONE ROOF AND WAKE UP TO SEE WHAT SANTA CLAUS HAS LEFT...MORE TO COME ON THE REST OF CHRISTMAS 2011...IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT TIME, CONSIDERING WE ARE ALMOST HALF WAY THRU FEBRUARY 2012!!