Our New Baby!!!!

Our house had a real void without our pets being here with us. Mosy of you know that we lost our cat, Fridgy, in June and it was so hard losing Jack so close to Christmas. We needed a new pet just as soon as we came back from vacation. We knew we wanted a dog but could'nt decide which kind. We searched all day on Thursday and again Friday. As soon as we saw this puppy we fell in love. We had to have him! This is our new baby, Jeter ( after Derek Jeter #2 NY Yankees) He is the sweetest, cutest little thing! We are so happy with him!

Christmas Day!!!

Santa Was Here!!!

New DVS Shoes

Stocking Stuffers

Barbie's

My new Etnies!

Christmas Day was wonderful!!! We had such a great time visiting, eating and opening gifts. It was so nice to be with our family in Vegas. It's been so long since we've all been together. We hope the rest of our family had their own special day too, you were all on our minds and in our hearts! Merry Christmas!!!

Opening gifts"

"Giambi"

"Crackbaby"

All Dressed Up!!!

the kids each opened one present

"sticky fingers"

"yummy"

"Our Alyssa's" *Alyssa Reni & Alyssa Rose*

Christmas Eve

Aunt Debby & Alyssa Reni

"making snowman"

decorating cookies

A.J.'s all worn out!

Courtnie & Austin


Today was a family day! We baked cookies and decorated them with frosting. We made crafts (snowmen out of water bottles) We took all the kids to see the new Rocky movie. Then we all got dressed up and went to midnight Mass. The kids went to bed around 2:00 a.m. We all stayed up and wrapped the last of the presents and finally crawled into bed around 5:00 in the morning. Whew....what a long, fun day!!!

Saturday

"slumber party"

"beauty queens"
















Today we got up and enjoyed breakfast together. Kirk & I braved the Mall and did a little Christmas shopping in the morning. Later Kirk & Rob played a round of golf while I went to visit some old friends of mine that I used to work with at the preschool. It was great seeing them and they really enjoyed seeing how much the kids have grown. (they all used to take care of the kids) Anyway Tiff & I did some last minute shopping and then we enjoyed a nice dinner at one of our favorite Mexican food restaurants, Macayo's. We had a really good time! After dinner Mom, Deb & I had a night on the town. We sneaked into the house at 2:00 a.m. It was fun!!!

Christmas Vacation

We traveled to Las Vegas to spend the holidays with family. The kids were kept happy by watching movies and eating junk food most of the way. I on the other hand spent most of our road trip gripping my seat for dear life. It was pouring rain the whole way, in the dark, with huge trucks driving way too fast! I was miserable!!!. It did'nt seem to bother Kirk at all so my crying outburst left me feeling like I was overreacting! Anyway we made it safely to Barstow for what you might call a quick nap (we had a restless night) and headed into Vegas on Friday morning. We loved Rob & Tiff's house. It was very cozy and the kids had a great time playing on the trampoline. Deb came over and we all had a wonderful time being together!

Making a gingerbread house

We got an early visit from Santa today. Jim came knocking on the door to deliver our Christmas gift. Kirk's face lit up!! A deluxe gas grill, just what he's always dreamed about. He spent the whole afternoon putting it together with a big, huge smile the entire time. It was freezing outside but it was'nt bothering him one little bit! Grandma Sheila had planned on having fun with the kids decorating a gingerbread house. They did a great job and really enjoyed working on it. So we figured we would try out the new BBQ and had them both over for dinner. Kirk really out did himself this time. It was so yummy! We exchanged our gifts to them and it ended up being a wonderful evening.

Weird Weather

Today we spotted a funnel cloud a few miles away. When I first saw it it was straight down to the ground but by the time I thought of grabbing my camera it looked like this. Freaky weather!

Alyssa's Choir Performance

Ally with her best friend Kristin


Ally with her other best friend, Ally Jeffries


Ally is the last one on the left

We all had a wonderful time at Ally's choir performance tonight. The advantage of her shortness is that she always gets to be in the front row! We had our own little cheering section for her. I think we took up an entire row of seating there were so many of us. Kirk, Me, the boys, my Mom & Dad, Loreen, Amanda, and Mike and Sarah all cheered her on. She was so cute in her little dress. I always get emotional this time of year with all the Christmas carols. It was a really special night!

We Love You Jack

Jack 1993-2006


Today we lost a very special member of out family. Our loving dog Jack has been a part of our lives for 13 years. He has been suffering with congestive heart failure and took a turn for the worst this past weekend. It was the hardest thing we have ever had to do. We had no choice than to end his suffering. We will never forget how special he was to all of us. We love you baby, thank you for all the wonderful years we had with you!

Christmas tree lighting

Ally & Ally


Ally & Kristin

Having Fun!!!

The annual Christmas tree lighting in downtown Roseville was so much fun. Ally was invited to sing with her choir group so we got to enjoy all the festivities. They had vendors all down the streets and lots of yummy treats. They had bounce houses set up for the kids and even had snow making machines attached to the tops of the buildings. Every 20 minutes the entire street was filled with snow flurries. It was so cool! Poor Kirk had been sick in bed for a few days but managed to brave the cold and crowds to watch Ally perform. She was so happy that we were all there. Mike and Sarah joined us and we had a really fun time.