Christmas set up 2014

More pictures coming this season, promise!

Chicken update

Yep, now that it is the end of November and no chicken has yet to meet its doom, I decided on a photo update on everyone. Thanks to the helpers, Ashley, Ellie and Michael on their wrangling abilities.

 And Stripa, who politely declined to be photographed with a small child.

Sleep over

As part of the best pre-turkey day week ever - Heather and Emma and Ben and Sam and Aunt Holly and Adele came to visit!
There was even a sleep over, which was adored by all the girls. When I went to very very quietly wake up Ash and Ellie for school, Ashley's head was over the side of the bed almost on the floor; Emma had two blankets wrapped around her head and Ellie was curled up in a blanket on the floor. Good party slumber times!

Max and Moo

Couldn't pass this one up - Michael and his stuffie while they watch Max and Ruby:

Ann's college job

Here is the classroom where I returned to the formal workplace:
Classroom, lecture area, doorway - welcome students to SLCC HTCR 231!

An attempt at a family photo

So my awesome momma turned 75 this month!! What she wanted was a family photo - so here is the proof we tried:

Fixing stuff

Here is the crew working on repairing one of the handles from the girls' dresser (yes, everyone is dressed)

And then Moo showing off:

 Michael 'discovered' Josh's beard trimmer and after a few 'experiments' on himself, Josh just decided to do with the shaved look for the small-man child.

We finally get around to having Ashley's cake

And then one day I finally made Ash's birthday cake and we celebrated:

 For some reason a popular cake-theme this year has been the state of Utah. So here you go!

Also Ashley designed a custume for her chicken, Blackie. No word on how the chicken felt about it.