Pommer dance...elf style...

Thanksgiving...

Andrew's mom was so gracious to take both boys the night before thanksgiving! So Andrew and I crammed everything we could into that 24hours. here's the list of chores we did...
*old navy, bath and body works run
*clean kitchen, all three bathrooms, living room, dining room, master bed room
*home depot run for dowels (Ethan's closet), paint brush, Spackle, Christmas tree, outdoor Christmas lights, wreath
*run to the bank
*Famous Footwear and Target run
*Fix an ATM (Andrew did that one, while I watched
*Dinner at Claim Jumpers
*Movie at the mall (Four Christmases)
*Grocery Store run
*filling holes on the walls in all of our house
*slept less than four hours
*Transfers Christmas Cd's to ipod
*Andrew went to play football
*Do computer contest
*Touch up painted all the rooms in the house
*cooked two turkeys, stuffing, mashed potato's
*Put up the Christmas tree, and Decorated it
*Had dinner for 7 + 2(kids) family members; 9 for dessert
*recleaned the dining room and kitchen with help!
We have so much to be Thankfull for! We have a wonderful God who always loves us! We are celebrating our 10th wedding annivsary next week, We have two fantastic boys, a great extended family and surrogate family, We have a place to stay warm and food on our table, Great friends, Our health!

The Bet...

Andrew and I went out to dinner the night before thanksgiving and he got a 24oz porter house steak. I told him that he wouldn't be able to finish all of the food they brought him. Little over an hour later an half an onion ring and a full piece of pumkin pie later, Andrew was done. He could barely walk back to the car; I was sick from laughing so much!

When the food arrived...


Half-way done...


Final Steak/Bread bites...

Bye, Bye Binkies...

We are trying to get Ethan off his binkie, pray for us now! He loves his binkie, but has a blankie that he can't go anywhere without. I don't know if this is the best time but all we can do is try!

UPDATE:
day one...
Ethan has totally floored me, at first he had a huge fit and didn't take a nap. At bed time he asked for it only a handfull of times and understood that they were gone. No fight, and he hasn't asked for it today (so far!)

Kitchen Repairs...

So Andrew being the wonderful husband he is started off by trying to fix my hot water tap, when he ran into a problem. He had to call the manufacturer to get a part sent to us, so no hot water tap for now. But while he was under the sink decided to put in a new sprayer, well long story short he couldn't put it in and the old one was now broken. So at first we thought we were going to replace the whole sink, thankfully we didn't and just settled for a new faucet! Here are some pictures of the new kitchen faucet!



(still missing hot water tap)

My Bologna has a first name...

We were on a target run and when we pulled into the parking lot, there sat the oscar mayer hot-dog car. What a cute photo-op!

Alise's 30th Birthday Party...

My Wonderful Hosts:
Claire, April and Patty


The Guests:

Party Shots:

Halloween...

Sorry this is late, but we had all of the pictures from Halloween and my 30Th party disappear off the computer and almost $100 later we have most of them back. Eric was Buzz Lightyear, and Ethan was a little Bat. This was the first year we all have been trick or treating. The past two years either both or one kid was sick with a tummy bug. It was a lot of fun to walk around our neighborhood and see Ethan want to carry his bag no matter how full it got. Our friends Keith, April, Mary, and Gage joined us and we walked for an hour and 45mins... we were beat!