Meet Jingle Bells

Jingle Bells came to us shortly after Thanksgiving.  She was so much fun!  I know she was treasured around here!  Ruthie wanted to name her Ginger and Randy wanted to name her Sugar.  Her name was going to be Sugar Ginger, but that was HARD for Randy to say.  So, Ruthie suggested Jingle Bells and it stuck!  Thank goodness b/c Sugar Ginger is a mouthful! 

The first thing Miss Jingle Bells did was grab our undies and replace our stockings with our undies.  My mom thought we were really using our undies as stockings.

Here she is stuck in a jar!

 She dug into our candy bowl!

Apparently she is a lot like me...she loves Pepsi!  She graciously moved when she realized I needed one!

  Cousin Simon came to stay the night and apparently his elf- Alvin came along and went for a ride with Jingle Bells!

 She toilet-papered our tree!

 She bathed in some marshmallows and we got home, we realized she (or Jack) ate them all but two!

She read to the power rangers and dolls!

 Hung out in Randy's stocking!

 Watched some Veggie Tales!

 Made a snow angel!

Zip-lined in our living room!

And had a tea party with the Barbies!

Needless to say she was busy this year.  I can't wait till she can come back.  The kids kissed her and told her good bye right before they went to bed Christmas Eve. 

New year, new beginning

So, I realize that I have been absent from my original blog.  I didn't have any more room to add pictures, and I wasn't going to start deleting them, so I decided to start a new one.  I don't feel like a blog is a blog without photos!   With that being said, here is an update from my house:

Things are going great.  Christmas and Thanksgiving was amazing, as always.  We celebrated so many times!  Lots of good food, lots of good laughs, and most importantly, lots of good family time! We are still enjoying a great Christmas break, and I am so thankful for the time off.

Here is my CRAZY family!  The thing is, we TRIED for a decent one, but we failed.  Someone kept making faces....so we caved!  Silly shot it is!

Here we are at Christmas Tree Lane!  We brought out sweet Haley with us!

More at Christmas Tree Lane

And more from Christmas celebrations!

 

Wishing you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR!