Dear Santa

First (and possibly only) time all the grandkids saw Santa together. Aren't they cute?

In order

Santa's Lap - Andrew 7 months & Jakob 4 Months

Mrs Santa's Lap - Rylee 2 years

Floor: AC 4 years & Trace 3 years.

A few of my Favorite Things (People)

As Promised

As Promised a few postings ago here is the map of Places We Have Been.

You can see by the Key that Randy has been so MANY more places than I have.

See my YELLOW compared to all of Randy's BLUE (Canada & England trump my Italy any day! Not to mention my little bitty DC).

Together we have seen a good bit of the USA and hopefully will se even more before too long.

Goodbye, Hello, Hello, Goodbye

These seem to be the words I say the most lately.

First Goodbye!
My parents were here for my birthday & left on Halloween Day. So Goodbye Momma & Daddy. Now for the things I learned while they were here.

1. The world did not come to an end because my house wasn't spotless when my mother came to visit
2. No matter how old you are it is always nice to be your parents little girl again (even if it's only for a short time)
3. I would not have survived having the 3 boys by myself, they were a HUGE help. (even if Trace did tell me on Saturday night - that there was too many Grandmas here.)

First Hello!
Randy came home from Chicago (having been home only about 36 hours in a 3 week period.)
Luckily he was able to fly in earlier than expected so we were able to go Camping! (pictures to follow!) His next schedule trip is December 4. We had Monday night alone only since we were camping Friday & Saturday and I co-coordinated a wedding of a Friend of mine's son.

Another Hello!
Nyki & her family flew in Tuesday morning. (Well actually afternoon thanks to flight changes.) So we have house guests again. Our lovely daughter will be with us for 3 weeks. We have 2 wonderful grandchildren laughing & playing in our house for 3 weeks. Our SIL has to go back on Sunday for a week but will be back in time for Thanksgiving :). Last night we listened to laughter - shouts of joy and tears, fits all the wonderful noises that grandkids make times 5! Britt got to see her new nephew Jakob and Nyki got to meet her new nephew Andrew. Rylee runs around calling "My Brittney" and cried really hard when she had to leave her last night. Andrew is enamored with Uncle Jeremy! Trace cuddles with Aunt Nyki. It's like they know in their hearts the love of an extended family!

Another Goodbye!
So much for Randy being home until December - due to issues at work he had to leave this morning for Montana until Saturday urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - I don't think they pay him enough for this CRAP!

Well now you know what's going on in my life - What's up with yours?

Of the Places I've been (in the US)

Look I've been coast to coast & top to bottom. (Wait until you see Randy's - WOW!)