Scary stories

George has been telling us scary stories.

Lily is ONE!!

I'll be back to regularly posting soon.

I think we are on the mend. Slowly. This past week my mom was babysitting for some friends that went on a cruise. That gave us a total of 8 children and 4 adults in the house. The kids are all great and get along well so that was no problem. Then one got sick, stayed home from school, then seemed to be better. Wheww thought that we had scrapped by. That next night though, holy cow. 5 little girls all throwing up. At least the 4 oldest could hold bowls. Lily.... Lily... Lily. At least hers was the least disgusting I guess. One after another took turns, Mom and I taking care of them. Only the girls seemed to get it. The boys were all fine. Where were Kevin and dad? Oh they both worked the night shift the night all the kids were sick, and were trying to sleep the next day while I took care of the 6 kids at home, and myself. Yup, I managed to come down with it too. The older kids seem to be on the mend, the extras have gone home. Dad took Mallory, Courtney and George on an Adventure today so that I could rest while Lily does. As long as I remember to take some advil and some liquids I do much better. Hydrateing for 2 is rough!

Haiku for today

The mattress is damp
Tummies keep emptying, sigh
Maytag is my pal

Christmas

This is a totally and completely gratuitous Christmas post. It you don't want to see pictures of my kids opening presents, just click "mark as read" and move on.

I can post way more pictures here though than I can email to grandparents.

"The stockings were hung by the chimney with care"

Anxious to come upstairs.



Lee, Leesh and Bri


Lily of course had to get in on the action and see what everybody was up to

Santa left a note for the kids.
Led them on a scavenger hunt all over the house and outside.


At the end they found a Wii.

Opening presents

I can't remember what Lily got on her, but she got dirty and it was quite warm so my little nudist finished opening presents like this. Didn't bother her one bit. :)

Finally!

We have a looker! After 2 months on the market we finally had someone actually come and look at the house. Cross your fingers and toes for us. There is an open house this weekend too.

I love this man

He is a wonderful husband. We had a fight the other day. Nothing major, just a tiff, just the result of the stresses of life. We talked it out, moved on and that was it. Or so I thought. He had gone out for a bit and came back with one of these. Oreo with Fudge.

Not roses, not jewelry, ice cream, chocolate ice cream. And a few minutes by myself to decompress. I think I'll keep him.

2008- A Recap

2008 has been a wonderful year for the Blue family. We have laughed and cried, worked and played. We have enjoyed a wonderful year together.

January

Mallory was baptized. How can I have a child this old? How can that be a year ago?

Miss Amelia

FebuaryCourtney turned 6

Lily did a fair amount of this... especially while I was gone to work.

MarchI love my goofy kids!

April

May

In like a lion out like a lamb... isn't that supposed to be March?

June

Great Grandma Thomas came for a visit.

We also had a surprise visitor

July
Fun Fun Fun and more fun. Kevin's family traveled to see us and took the kids to McCall for a week. When they got back the kids spent some time in Nevada with my parents, while my brother and his wife hung out with us waiting for their baby to arrive.

Cousins '08 Edition

We spent A LOT of the summer just like this. Having a picnic under a shady tree at the park. I am really going to miss this

August

George turned 4. I'll spare everyone the potty training stories. Let's just say YEA!! it is over!


I made jam, the girls headed of to school
At the end of the month I submitted my 2 weeks notice and finished up just before Labor Day. Kevin I think jumped for joy when I said I was actually going to do it. Proactiv was good to me, but I was ready to be done.

September
Kevin went on his first hunting trip.



October
October was a huge month for us. Kevin accepted a new job, we finished up house projects, packed, packed some more, then borrowed another trailer. In 4 years we have gone from 1 16'x8' trailer to multiple trucks and trailers. Yikes!
We did squeeze in a lot of fun too. The girls had a going away sleepover with friends, then of course the Nevada Day parade and Halloween.


November
We had a wonderful thanksgiving with wonderful friends and then trekked to the mountains for a Christmas tree.

December
I love this picture. Kevin just watching the kids play.

2009 here we come!!