Christian with the dog playing catch or I guess fetch.
They both had a blast outside. Peyton is a male dog we named him after the quarterback. Thought it was a tough name. Now I just hear girls with that name. It is said that a male dog will play until he is old and he will do anything to please his owner. The female dogs become needy and turn into bitches. (The actual name of the female dog. )
Ball in motion
Happy New Year !!!!! I have made some great resolutions this year. The one I need to work on the most is being a better mother. Patience is not one of my strong points. I get a little fussy when children aren't doing the things they should be. I just think I should have to ask once and they just mind. Right???? One of the other things on my list is going to bed earlier, after tonight of course.
My beautiful glamorous friend Katelyn
Jeff and Heather
We played Apples to Apples. Fun game. Kylee just found out what one of the cards really meant. She was completely disgusted. Logan didn't look to pleased either.
"Cassie, you know I can see your cards from back here."
The kids played a little Xbox
Well, it looks like he got away.
"Bottoms up."
Felix preferred to stay in the girls room. Everyone finally went to bed at 1:00 a.m.
Yesterday was Sabrina's birthday, the day after Christmas. She turned 12. What a sweet girl she is. She has such a soft heart.
Every year Sabrina chooses to go to the mall to build a bear. True she is 12 and I wonder when she will grow out of this tradition but for now I enjoy the innocence of her choice.
A frog was her pick this time. She named her Kristen.
First you pick the animal you want then a sound box to go inside it.
They fill it with stuffing and then you are done. After the mall we took her out to lunch with Jon and Summer. We had our great friends the Murdoch's over that evening for the celebration. 
We had a great Christmas. The children opened their stockings first then dug into the pile of presents. Hiram made breakfast and I cleaned up the big mess. For the past 5 years we have gone to the movies on Christmas day. The first time we went we thought maybe they would be closed because of Christmas. To our surprise they were opened and packed with people. We met Howard (Hiram's twin brother) and his family there. The movie this year was Sherlock Holmes. Entertaining.....
We didn't get up near as early this year. For some reason they all slept in. 
"Okay, I admit it I am obsessed with New Moon."
"49er's are the best."
"Out of all my presents this is my favorite."
Great hats......
Um, Christian how are you going to see what is in the box if your looking the other way?
"Adriana, just let me try it on."
"Close your eyes, go to sleep."
"I told you get that camera out of my face until I am ready for the day."
Chocolate and Sabrina
Jon and Peyton
The kids will be off for a total of 3 weeks. We have a lot of fun together but the house always seams to be in such disarray.
I think I will wait a few days before I undecorate.
This is Moonshine. He is a purebred Bloodhound. He is in training to help locate missing people by trailing their human scent. We volunteered to hide for Moonshine so he could come and locate us. (This picture was taken after Moonshine was done with all his work and then playing with the kids. He was exhausted.)
We met Moonshine and his Handler, Chuck Jones at a park with lots of places to hide.
Moonshine gets so excited to start his work.
The first to hide was Adriana. Lindsay and her went together. The girls went off into the park about a mile. Moonshine smelled Adriana's scarf that she left behind and he was ready to go. He did an amazing job. When he got to the girls he went right past Lindsay and straight to Adriana. He definitely knew who he was looking for.
Moonshine gets a lot of praise and a yummy treat after he finds his victims.
Christian was up in the tree. Moonshine circled the tree and then put his paws on it and looked up. How does he do it. There are so many other smells out there but he only focuses in on his victims smell.
He really enjoys his work. You can tell how happy he is once he finds who he was looking for. Then on the walk back to the center of the park Moonshine keeps an eye on Christian to make sure he doesn't get lost again.
Jon and Summer came for the excitement.
It's been a long day. Looks like pup and handler are ready for a nap.
We saw this movie the last day Renee was here. We laughed so hard. Very funny. I can't remember the last time I laughed like that.
Galaxy Theater. We always end up here!!! 
He's still smiling... 
Us girls. The little boys are in the arcade.