We spent New Years Eve with Brenda and Troy. We played the Wii and ate way to much junk food. I fell asleep on the couch with Ellie. Mama and Pops left before midnight. Jeff and I were asleep in bed when it turned into 2009. Tallyn came in the room and gave me a New Years kiss. I think the boys went to bed around 1:AM. We are a wild bunch!!
I do have to add that Rebel spent the majority of the night mad at me....I ruined his life!!! I guess they had a lock in at the skating rink and I would not let him go. I called there to get some details..I was never going to let him go but I needed amo for the argument. There was no age limit, or capacity limit. They said that the normal staff (teenagers) would be there with "the" security guard. Notice that is singular. Ok so here it was...there would be tons of kids from 8 and up, adults that were not working could be there and security was lax. I am a horrible mother who does not care about the social life of a teenager. I guess I just don't understand...I was NEVER 13.
Happy New Year!!!!
I took these around 10:AM. As you can see it is a perfect example of everyones personality!!
I am really so glad the holidays are over. Normally I will still have up all my decorations but yesterday we took down EVERYTHING and rearranged the living room. It just seems like the holiday spirit is just not in the air anymore. Everywhere you go people just seem so angry and depressed. It is just so sad.
The kids did have a good Christmas. Ellie just could not decide what to leave Santa for a snack. We did decide on cookies and chocolate milk but that was after we almost left him a Dr. Pepper and a pickle.
The kids did have a good Christmas. Ellie just could not decide what to leave Santa for a snack. We did decide on cookies and chocolate milk but that was after we almost left him a Dr. Pepper and a pickle.
Brazell Christmas
We had an early Christmas with Jeff's side. It was so much fun. Reb got the skateboard he wanted, Tallyn his TV, and Ellie her barbie house. Mama got a wii so everyone spent the weekend bowling and playing golf.
Tallyn's sick
Well, I have been home for a couple of days with Tallyn. He has a stomach virus that has been making its way through the school. He has nothing left in his belly to throw up...poor thing. I think we are on the up side of it...he seems MUCH better today. So we will just hang out and hopefully go back to school tomorrow. I have all my wrapping and cleaning done so that is one good thing that came out of it all.
The kids are super excited about Debbie, Amber and Kirk coming in tomorrow. We are about to get so busy we won't know which way is up!!
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!!!
The kids are super excited about Debbie, Amber and Kirk coming in tomorrow. We are about to get so busy we won't know which way is up!!
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!!!
A few Christmas pictures
Sorry this is blurry...
my battery was dying.
Tallyn is in honor choir
and they proformed thier
Christmas show at the
mall.
This was the Christmas
Program at church. This
part was all 3yr olds
so you can guess how
cute it was. They only
sang one song but it
was the best song EVER!!
Ellie can't keep her hands off the tree.
She keeps adding decorations for me.
I sat down the other day to put some
gifts under it and an old cell phone fell
on my head. She had put it in the tree
with a few envelopes and a couple of
hair ties.
Tagged...
OK, I think I am behind in some of the blogging activities. I have never heard of tagging but my friend Amy tagged me so I will follow the rules. I think I am supposed to post the 4th picture in the 4th folder...I just put most of my pictures on a disk so we will see what we come up with. Amy I hope I did it right.....I tag Amber! I agree with the girl that tagged Amy...maybe this will get Amber to update her blog!!!!
Tallyn
It was a crazy day but we made it. He had another birthday party to go to that same day then his basketball game then his party.
First basketball...the game was horrible!!!!! The score was 25-15. Tallyn scored 2 points. I don't know what happened but they did not play well AT ALL! Tallyn was hardly ever on his man and I think he forgot that jumping for a rebound might increase his odds of rebounding. Lets just say coach was not happy and practice will be exhausting for them!!
After the game we all came back to the house for Tallyn's party that we had to change for the game. It was just pizza and cake(Mama made...YUM!) A movie then home for a few. It was freezing outside but we drove with ALL the windows down because all 10 boys thought it would be funny to fart Tallyn's mom out of the car! Little do they know Jeff and Rebel have conditioned me in that area!
First basketball...the game was horrible!!!!! The score was 25-15. Tallyn scored 2 points. I don't know what happened but they did not play well AT ALL! Tallyn was hardly ever on his man and I think he forgot that jumping for a rebound might increase his odds of rebounding. Lets just say coach was not happy and practice will be exhausting for them!!
After the game we all came back to the house for Tallyn's party that we had to change for the game. It was just pizza and cake(Mama made...YUM!) A movie then home for a few. It was freezing outside but we drove with ALL the windows down because all 10 boys thought it would be funny to fart Tallyn's mom out of the car! Little do they know Jeff and Rebel have conditioned me in that area!
Well, Tallyn is now as he says it "double digits". His party will be next weekend. His birthday fell on Thanksgiving weekend so we planned the party for then. We had planned on going to the skate park today with a few other boys but the wind is so bad there is no way they could skate in it.
His birthday dinner was German Hamburgers ( I can't spell the actual name of it!!), pea salad and pumpkin pie, what a combination. He has me make pea salad every chance he gets. I do have battle wounds from cooking. I cooked on one of the pampered chef trays with the metal stand. After I had taken the hamburgers out of the oven I went to move the tray without potholders and grabbed the metal tray. CRAP!! It hurt so bad. The kids thought it was so funny I had to eat using my ring finger and pinkie. I burned three fingers on each hand. Smart huh!
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving this year. We went to Panhandle first to see Mom, Jimmy, Autumn, Jason and the girls. Then drove to Dumas to see all of Jeff's family. The new edition to the family was not able to make it :(. It was great to see everyone.
That evening the kids went back to stay with Granny. Jeff and I stayed in Dumas and spent some time with some old high school friends. I finally got to see Tiff this trip. I really miss her. I hope it's not another 2 years before we get together.
Dustin, my little brother, left for Iraq. Please keep him and every other person defending our country in your prayers. I am so proud of him.
I did not take many pictures this trip. Ok, I did not take any. I did get a few on the car ride home so this is the best I can do. I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving....
That evening the kids went back to stay with Granny. Jeff and I stayed in Dumas and spent some time with some old high school friends. I finally got to see Tiff this trip. I really miss her. I hope it's not another 2 years before we get together.
Dustin, my little brother, left for Iraq. Please keep him and every other person defending our country in your prayers. I am so proud of him.
I did not take many pictures this trip. Ok, I did not take any. I did get a few on the car ride home so this is the best I can do. I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving....
Basketball season is here!!!!!!
So Tallyn's coach gave the team a little talk the other day at practice. We had our round robin games last week almost the whole team looked like they were twitching the entire game. So they were all given a week to get haircuts. Tallyn was not as upset as I thought he would be. In his words "Who would choose to have long hair over playing basketball?" He was not willing to go super short so we had to go short enough to stay out of his eyes. He is hoping if he lets it grow for the full year in between seasons it will be long enough for a ponytail next year. I could care less, hair is one battle I can go without fighting. Plus, I like him and Reb both with long hair.
I will keep you posted on the games. Season starts in December 4th. He did make the A team. The first round robin was a tie game 14-14. Tallyn made 6 points but he was more excited about the steals he did. The second game was 18-16 them. He scored 9 points, missed 2 free throws and did a great job rebounding. Now that team will be able to see they will be amazing.
I will keep you posted on the games. Season starts in December 4th. He did make the A team. The first round robin was a tie game 14-14. Tallyn made 6 points but he was more excited about the steals he did. The second game was 18-16 them. He scored 9 points, missed 2 free throws and did a great job rebounding. Now that team will be able to see they will be amazing.
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