oh what a night

the evening of our 5th anniversary was great!

my in laws and parents each babysat 2 kids overnight.

we started the night off at little tree. a sushi bar\restaurant in royal oak.

shared a plate of gang gui, spider roll, tuna roll, spicy california hand roll, and another roll that i just cant remember the name of. soooooo yummy.

then we went to to a tattoo\piercing shop in clawson.

we went because mr. blanchard lost a ball in one of his earrings.

i ended up getting my nose pierced.

yeah, im super hardcore now.

tried to go bowling but all lanes were full of leagues.

so we went out for beers at 2 bars. o'tooles and then the post.

went home for a little romance ;)

i didnt wake up the next morning until after 11am. wow.

that may have been the best part of the whole experience.

love you bubski.

love

happy 5th anniversary mr. blanchard.

cant wait for our date tonight

(wink, wink)

i love you oh so very much!!!!!!!

christmas eve '09

chocolate is all eaten from the advent calenders, turkey is smoked, ferret is bought, im ready for the party tonight, and santa later on tonight.

christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat....

smoke a turkey all day long..................check.
deliver gifts to our adopted christmas family............check.
talk to santa on the phone with the 3 little ones.......check.
shower...............not so check.
make an awesome dinner...................check.
clean the crap outta the house................check.
bathe all 4 munchkins.............check.
vacuum the pine needles 500 times.............check.
watch anderson for a few hours...............check.
successfully put all kids to bed (including mary)......check.
get ready to wrap the last of the christmas presents at 10pm at night, i use up the last of the wrapping paper wrapping 2 gifts, still have 8 to go. scotts at work. faaaarrrrrt! i really need more hours in the day. merry christmas to all.

11:30 at night

and i just cant seem to sleep.

i guess im a little anxious about the funeral in the morning.

sooo 2 funny things that happened today that ide like to share with you...

#1. today while singing christmas carols (which i sing all year long, not just the week before christmas) my sweet 2yr old mary exclaims "no mommy, youre silly, im not mary christmas im mayyy lizabefff baaaanchard" man-o-man is she cute. that may be the single reason i dont lose it when she purposely pees in her pullup tonight, for the 3rd reason to get out of her room at bedtime.

#2. at my aunt pats christmas party tonight, jax refused to take off his not 1 but 2 necklaces. at home i really dont care about him playing with or wearing gender bias stuff. but today at the party ill admit i was a little embarrassed. oh well.

good night

baking...

baking 2 french baguettes and a bowl full of artichoke dip for a christmas party tonight. once the baguettes are cooled completely ill slice them thinly and diagonally. so fun to make, especially with my little helper in the kitchen. tomorrow morning we have a funeral :( my uncle bob lost his short battle with als (Lou Gehrig disease). last night we made a boatload of drop shortbread cookies. i think we need to make more, the kids gobbled up so many. on sunday sara is coming over so we can wrap presents for a family that we adopted for the holiday. so here we go, were off to a busy weekend. i hope yours is nice!

just incase

you forgot how cute we are, heres a reminder. ok fine i need to updaye my camera with more shots. adn youll need to bare with me while im figuring out this whole photoshop thing...

went shopping this morning with my dad. christmas shopping for the kiddos. theyre about all done now. just 1 more gift. a flyboat form the wonderpets tv show (ya know, winnie, tuck and ming-ming?) thats the only thing that sweet mary wants. well good luck for scott. hes the one whose gotta go out and find it amongst all the crazy shoppers this time of year...

bliggity blah!

nothin new to report since i went hunting yesterday. froze my nose off in the deer blind, had a few deer in the scope, didnt take a shot... i need to work on controlling my breathing and slowing down my heart rate. better luck next time i guess. i still had lotsa fun chattin it up with amanda. thanks again!

not tomorrow but next friday...

im going hunting. this is my first time really hunting out in the woods holding a gun. ive been out in the woods with the guys while they were actively hunting. but this will my first real time. im super exited to day the least.