Another year..

Another Christmas has been survived. We only had 2 gatherings to go to this year. We got by pretty easy. It was pretty relaxing. Thursday we went to Jamie's parent's house for lunch and were home by 4:30. On Friday we headed to my parent's house late afternoon and got home around 10. Aside from the horrendous fog we had to drive home in, we had a very fun evening. The kids were happy with their gifts and now that Emma has a Nintendo DS our car rides are a little quiter =)

Jamie and I are both off the rest of this week. Not sure if we are totally sane! I had to leave the house today for a little sanity saver.. I did take Emma with me. We headed to the library and then Wal Mart...pretty exciting stuff, but way better than staying at home with 2 children whose idea of fun is beating on each other!

Stay sane this week and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Wow Sandy, that is one fine sweater. I don't remember it from your Mom though. I just wanted to drop a quick post to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!! Safe travels!!

You asked for it...

So here I am in the 1st annual PPI Ugliest Sweater contest. I am proud to say that I got 2nd place. I lost by 1 point to our I.T. guy who wore a hot pink Poncho w/ fish on it. I did not get a picture of him...but believe me when I say it was ugly!

Please take note when admiring my shirt that I found this in the dark depths of my mom's closet. You may remember it..she bought it when she worked at the High School because she thought the kids would enjoy it. Bringing back memories? =)

Have a great day and I am proud to say my outfit is much better today!

I agree! BRRRR...

Wow. It's really cold for only being December. It was -13 yesterday when I drove in. That wasn't the wind chill. That was just the temp. Today it's slightly "warmer", but we are getting quite a bit of snow, again. What will January be like?!?

O.K. Sandy, you promised some ugly sweater pics!!! Where are they? My sister-in-law and her boyfriend did that last year at Christmas with some friends. They found matching Mickey/Minnie Mouse sweaters at a Goodwill. His was a little too small which made it all the more funny.

We have a crazy night tonight. We are leaving for Iowa tomorrow so we have to get packed. Brian needs a haircut or his mom will have to complain about how long it is. We have a few more goodie tins to drop off at the neighbors and some friends. I have one more gift to wrap. Then there is the grocery shopping and food to make for Brian's Christmas party Wednesday afternoon:) I had hoped to get a few more things done over the weekend, but since I was on call that didn't happen. I spent most of the weekend here at work. At least they let me be at home during the night!

I should get to work:(
Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!!

BRRRR

Baby it is cold outside! Donna, I sure hope you are faring better in Minnesota than us Iowans. Nothing like a little snow w/ 30-40 mph winds to make you stay inside. I am hoping the roads are doing ok so I can actually get to the highway tomorrow and get to work.

The kids and I made cookies yesterday. Nothing like Arctic temps to bring out the baker in me!

Emma wanted cut out sugar cookies. Yeah, that didn't work out so hot. I was going to cut the recipe in half (I mean seriously who actually wants to make 7 doz sugar cookies!) but in the midst of cutting the butter in half I got a phone call and forgot to cut the sugar and eggs in half so I had to add the rest of the butter after the fact. They are quite yummy, but I couldn't quite get them rolled out and able to use my very cute cookie cutters. I told the kids a circle is a shape so that should count for something =) They had fun frosting them and adding decor. Not sure who likes to eat sugar cookies with toffee bits, mini chocolate chips, swirled chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, mini york mints, and sprinkles, but as I told Jamie...some people make sugar cookies that are a work of art, our kids make abstract art =)

Stay warm!

Almost 5:00!

It is almost 5:00 and I get to go home and start my "finish all chores before Christmas" stuff! Emma and I are going to bake cookies, I have to wrap presents, and we have our first Christmas on Sunday at Jamie's aunt's house.

Jamie took today off so he has been home with the kids all day. Wonder how he survived =)
Braden called me at noon to ask what he should do. He was bored. I told him to go outside and play and he said he had already done that. I asked what his dad was doing and he told me he was asleep on the couch...I guess that is one way to deal with being at home all day! I am very envious...

We are having ugly sweater day on Monday...the person with the ugliest sweater wins a prize. I am headed to Goodwill tonight. If I can't find an ugly sweater there I don't know where to go! I will post some pictures on Monday..should be fun to see what people come with.

Have a great weekend or week if you aren't reading this until Monday or later =)

Snow Day?

I'm sitting here listening to the freezing rain hitting the windows and praying for a snow day tomorrow. Mostly because I'm not finished writing my final exams that my students have to take. Of course I should be working on those now! However, I need a break. Carter and I have had the stomach flu this week and I'm hoping Adam and Brandon don't get it. Brandon's 1st birthday party is Sunday and I really don't want to cancel. I think we're ready for Christmas here. We actually had our first one last week with my dad's side. Here's a pic of all the kiddos. Ethan is on the left, then Brandon and Carter, and on the right is Aly (still can't believe that Kurt is a father :) They are posing with the stockings that Mom made for them.

Christmas is coming!

Hey everyone! Ready for Christmas yet?!? This is the only free weekend we have to get all our stuff done. Saturday we went and did almost all of our Christmas shopping. Now I just have to pick up our Christmas card and mail them out, and do all of my holiday baking. I wanted to give a little something to all the neighbors for being so helpful this past year. Taking care of the dogs, picking up our mail, plowing our driveway when we were gone so much last winter. I have Monday and Tuesday off so I think I should be able to get it all done.

We were in Iowa again last weekend for deer season. As you can see from the pic my hubby once again had a good season. We now have an elk, 2 antelope, and 4 deer in the freezer:) The elk was all processed out in Colorado, but the rest is up to us! We could a grinder and are going to try making our own brats, etc. Anybody want some meat? The food shelves won't take wild game, and we have way more than we need.

Well, I should get moving and go pick up my Christmas cards before the next storm comes through. It's supposed to bring us at least 6 inches:) It's still better than all the ice you guys get!

Hope everyone has a great holiday!!!

Hello everyone!  The Beebe's are franticly trying to get ready for christmas and paint the basement.  It was my turn to host the work Christmas party this year. So, we are trying to turn the basement into a Cubbie hangout before the first of the year.  Tonight was Christmas cards...you should be getting yours in the mail soon!

This is also my hospital week.  It was neat because my cousin Carol had a baby girl last night so it was fun to see her.  

Alison's wedding went well.  It was a very full weekend starting with spa time to opening gifts.  My dress mostly stayed put with 6 safety pins and stripper tape.  Yes, it is a great moment having your aunt and grandma's best friend getting you "into" your dress for the big day.  My grandma's friend said "Honey, you know,people pay good money for those."  

Hope everyone is enjoying the season..hope to write more soon!

Megan  

Christmas is coming!!

Pictures are: Emma and Braden while decorating the Christmas tree, Pepper enjoying the fake branches before the tree was assembled, Braden and Grant riding 4-wheelers at Thanksgiving, and Braden on his 4-wheeler (early Christmas gift)

I am a hunting widow today..and probably tomorrow. I can handle 2 days out of the year..not sure how Donna does about 50 days out of the year. Ok, probably not that many, but I am sure it feels like that..right Donna? =)

I am trying to get my Christmas cards, wrapping, the last few gifts and such done today. I can't believe that Christmas is in a few weeks. Where in the world has the year gone!

Braden is heading to a friends house today (just wait Kerry and Megan..pretty soon your boys will be leaving for playdates) and so Emma and I are hanging out doing girl things..such as the above mentioned. Yahoo.

Megan..Donna and I were talking that we haven't got the lowdown on Alison's wedding..where are the pictures and the gossip??

I mentioned to Donna that if..I mean when, Brian and her come back this spring/summer that I want to have all of you to our house for a bbq. That way you guys can see where I live and we can get the guys and the kids together.

Well Braden just left so Emma and I get to head to town to get a b-day gift for her friends party next Friday..I swear my kids have a bigger social life than I do. Oh well.