The Tale of Three Christmases

This Christmas was rather extended, but very fun. We started out on Christmas Day with my parents, Neil, Aunt Sharon and I, and by the time we were finished unwrapping, the Eshelmans got to the house and round two began! The next day the Pangans came and we had round three! It was very exciting. Anyway, enough talking. Here are some pics:

Bree was excited about her new bear, and that's Aunt Sharon showing Carson his new bear.

Carson's new toy!

Bree's favorite part of Christmas? The boxes!

If Bree's favorite part was the boxes, Ronny's was the wrapping paper. I love the slightly crazed look in his eyes in this one.

A cuddle brought on by Ali's new towel.

Rach and Ali opening presents.

Jarrett and Unca Neil.

Rachel and Ali helping Bree with her new dress-ups!

Cousins! These two should have a lot of fun together in a couple years.

Rachel leading Bree and Jarrett in "The Train." They did this forever and I was worried they were going to pass out from giggling!

More cousin fun to wrap this up! Ronny growls and Bree thinks it's hilarious.

This is belated, but I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, and I will try and get New Years pics up soon. :D

Some random but really cute pics

May I just take a moment to proudly display my adorable nieces and nephews? We're up to six little ones in our family now and they are so fun!


This is BreeAnna, the two-year-old tornado, displaying a really cute nose wrinkle and her new hair cut.

This is her baby brother, Carson Rex, at his blessing. Sweet little boy!


I have yet to figure out what these Pangan kidlets are doing, but they look really gangster and awesome. That's Rachel in the purple, Ali in the orange, and Jarrett with the sucker. These three are good for hours of entertainment. :)

And last, but certainly not least, Ronny. Not to brag or anything, but this is probably one of the best pictures ever taken. ;) It helps of course that this kid is incredibly cute.

Okay, now that I got that out of my system, I will continue on to Christmas and New Years! Stay tuned for more cuteness . . .

All-nighter!

So, a long time ago (I seriously meant to post this weeks ago), I decided I didn't want to get up for a 7 AM shift on a Saturday. I very cleverly skirted that issue by not going to bed; that way I didn't have to get up at all. Luckily for me, I have really cool roommates who decided to hang out with me on my quest for an all-nighter. Anyway, the pic is pretty self-explanatory and I don't remember much about the night anyway . . .


By the way, I made it through a full 38 hours with only an hour nap. I was pretty proud.

Deck the . . . Living Room?

Amy got our Christmas tree up today! He is a faithful little Christmas tree despite the fact that he's fake, which, I suppose, makes him more faithful as he won't die on us. :) Here is a little video that I uploaded mostly to see if it would work, and so you can hear the Christmas music in the background.

Those Are My Beaters!

Unfortunately, I didn't get very many Thanksgiving pictures. I was enjoying myself too much I guess! However, I did get several very adorable pictures of my hilarious two-year-old niece, Bree. Here's my favorite story from Thanksgiving:

Once upon a time, Bree was enjoying licking the beaters from the home-made whipped cream.


A little while later, we made home-made ranch dip and Bree wanted to lick them again.


It wasn't quite what she was expecting, but she still liked it. In fact, when Grandma tried to take the beaters to the sink, Bree cried, "Those are my beaters!" in a most hilarious fashion. We are still quoting her.

I'll never buy a mop again . . .

It was a dark and yucky night, and cleaning checks were looming just around the corner. Specifically, nine AM, and we did not have a mop. Well, technically, we did have a mop, but it was so gross and old that trying to mop with it just spread around the slime. After I complained a lot, Amy enlightened us with a solution from her childhood. Following her suggestion, we all donned socks, dumped hot water and soap on the floor, and went skating. It was genius! It was so much fun even though our little kitchen isn't really big enough for all of us to slide around a lot. :) And, our kitchen floor was the cleanest it's ever been! Who needs mops?

This is actually from a while ago, but I just barely got the picture from Lauren, so here it is. See the nastiness of our socks? We did this for a long time . . .

Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

Once upon a time, there was a man who tried to blow up the British parliament in the 1600's. His name was Guy Fawkes, and to this day, people in Great Britain light bonfires and burn effigies of Guy. We decided to follow this esteemed tradition . . .

The construction of our Guy . . .


The burning of our Guy . . .


The slow, painful death of our Guy . . .


The ashes . . .

It was one of the funnest things ever! We are totally making it a new tradition.