A Jolly Good Time!!

Christmas program!

The kids had their Christmas program on Thursday. Kelsey and Madison had speaking parts during the program....they both did a great job, along with all the other kids! This was probably the best program I have seen so far. The kids all looked to be having so much fun. We had great seats in front of where Jake and Kelsey sat, but were too far from Madison to get very many pictures.

A Sneak Peek.....

So with so much going on with the holidays, there is even more going on with our new restaurant...we are only weeks away from opening...January 7 to be exact. There is so much to do!! We have made a huge amount of progress this week, it is really coming together. Brian is there now everyday, and comes home overwhelmed with still so much that hasn't been done! We are really excited, life has certainly taken a different direction in what seems like a blink of an eye! So heres a sneak peek of the progress. I wish I was better about blogging these days, but a little on the busy side has to account for something!! I do have a lot of pictures and I am excited to get them posted here!

This giant wagon wheel rotates on an axle with wine bottles in it...it's a little scary, but so far it's passed the full rotating test....we have been very excited about this!

This is some of the booth seating in the bar...

This is a shot of one side of the main dining room...

This is the other side...these are booths that seat at least 6...

Just one shot of the kitchen....it was a mess when I was taking pictures...

Festive Fun!

I'm back! After Thanksgiving we went full speed ahead to get ready for Christmas! We had fun getting our tree....it was cold but I was so thankful for the sun! It is fun having a new house to decorate this year! Hope everyone else is enjoying getting ready for the holidays!

I'm here!

We are still alive! I can't believe I have only done 2 post this month! It has been busy, just like it is for most all of you. I have been trying to post the last 2 nights but having a problem uploading my pictures. I think I just figured it out, but now it's too late and I am tired! So check back for a posting from our weekend with the kids! For now I will leave you with this cute picture of the munchkins! Hope all is well with everyone and your Thanksgiving weekend was fabulous....I turned another year older on Thanksgiving this year, ummmmm....I was real thankful for that!! I'll be back soon :)

Pinkeys......& Panties!!

I don't feel like getting into my day as a whole....but this is one of the things that happened today! Kelsey broke her right pinkey finger today at school during P.E.
What a trooper! She had to have it set and then got this funky cast like thing. She will wear it for a week and go back for a check up. So far, it doesn't hurt. The bummer part is it will take 4-6 weeks to completely heal, which means she will be missing out on basketball this year. All because of a little pinkey finger....go figure! She is already sick of having it wrapped...it just might be a longgggg week!




Daisy got some "cincess"(princess)panties! We keep telling her if she goes potty on the toilet then she can have princess panties. She would rather have Shrek panties. Anyways, she hasn't gone on the toilet yet. But we thought we would try the approach of letting her wear the panties with the idea that we didn't want to get the princess wet or dirty and see if wetting herself would motivate her to at least give the whole toilet thing a try. How did it go? you ask. We gave it a shot, a one time shot, I might add....let's just say nothing real great came out of it. The only good thing was when she decided to go potty on the princess she went on the bathroom floor....made for an easy clean up.

Halloween.....

Nothing too exciting about our Halloween. We just stayed home with Daisy and answered the door for the trick or treaters. We did get to dress the girls up, however we also had to say good bye to them for the evening shortly after they got ready. Anyways here are a couple of pictures of them before they left.