What did you ask for from Santa?

This morning while typing out our annual Christmas letter (yes, I know it's the 13th) Bobby and Abby were writing their letters to Santa.  Bobby signed his name and put his in the envelope all by himself.  I was  asking him what he asked for Christmas and he said, "I would like a garbage truck with garbage cans and Daddy as the garbage man." I then turned my focus to Abby and asked the same question to which she replied, "DADDY!" Precious, I know.

Better late than never - how cliche!

This is one of the projects the kids and I made for Thanksgiving, a turkey hat.  I also made a bushel of wheat bread loaf.  This is before I baked it.  It was very pretty on the table at my in - laws.  I also made a cornucopia for actual Thanksgiving.  It's in the lower right hand of the picture above.  I had so much fun preparing and setting everything.

We're Back!!!!

From losing my beloved camera, to moving, to major illness in our family... we are back and ready to re join the blogging world.  Ready or not here it goes.  Hope you check in once and again to see if we are still here.  The Jones'

Empty - blank - nothing

You may be wondering why I haven't posted?  Maybe you were wondering...  I LOST our camera!  It has been very sad for me.  I just don't loose things.  I am very responsible.  That is until December, I lost my car keys - which I have never done ever and still I can't find them.  I think they are in Oakland or Berkeley.  I really enjoy taking pictures and especially pictures of my kids.  I will remind you I said taking pictures not printing, emailing or hanging - just taking.  This is one area in my life I would like to do better.  That's all I have till I find a new camera that I like, love, can use and will use.

I am bitter...

Happy Birthday Abby

We are so grateful for this beautiful little girl.  We had a nice day.  Thank you to all who came and braved the wind.

Top 5 things to consider if dinner was yummy...

1. How much did they eat?
2. Did they ask for more?
3. Did they offer an unsolicited comment, such as,
"Mom, you're a good cooker!"?
4. Did they ask if they could have it for breakfast?
5. Did they leave a little on the corners of their mouths,
"saving it for later"?


I think the picture below explains the top 5 things!

Bobby's Birthday Party

What a beautiful day to spend with family and friends.  Thank you for sharing your day with us to celebrate Bobby's birthday.  Here are a few pictures from the party.

Look how time flies in a year!

                                                                        So Handsome.

Who knew...

that riding around in an ice chest throughout the house would be soooo much fun. Bobby loves to include his sister in all of his activities. As you see she too was enjoying herself. I love when kids explore.

SNOW !!!

Every year after Christmas we try and go to the cabin for some snow, games and lots of food. We try and schedule nothing else so we can see all the family and make sure to see some snow. Well, we did see lots of snow but not all of the family while we were there. We had a blast and we are already looking forward to this year.