Christmas Eve 2011

 We always have pizza for Christmas Eve.  Homemade pizza.

The table was set :)

  Our cute Christmas dishes!

Marissa did these lovely artsy food blogesque pictures!

 The crust was looking good!

 The toppings were sliced and ready.

Yum. The cheese was grated.

And then.... sorry, we didn't get pics of the pizzas grilling.

Delicious grilled BBQ chicken and pesto with sausage pizza.

It was delicious.

However, it is a load of work. I love it, but I'm thinking it isn't the best choice for Christmas Eve anymore. Especially if I don't have all the presents wrapped.  I think working until the 23rd this year was a little much too.  I must be careful next year to not overplan!! :)  Hopefully I'll be able to enjoy Christmas Eve a little more. lol.

cuties

Although we have ALL loved having Jacquie home this fall, I think Andrea has loved it the most.

These two girls have laughed more than any two sisters in the world. They love watching movies and TV together.  They LOVE taking pictures (mostly of the two of them together.)  They like shopping, stealing sharing their clothes, and trying new things.

It will be extra quiet around here without Jacquie. Our kitchen counters will probably be really dirty. She's the best kitchen cleaner in the world.  Riley and Andrea will have to go back to doing some chores-- since they won't be able to rely on Jacquie doing them because she's sick of waiting for them to do it! (lol)

It's been a great couple of months. We are so, so glad it didn't work out at Disneyworld.

JQ. We. Will. Miss. You.

P.S. no silly. I didn't forget to mention the creeper in the photo. muhahahaha.

worthy tramp stamps

So Jacquie and her friend, Tyler, brought home a bottle of henna tattoo the other night.

They made a lovely bird on her wrist and a sun on his. I can handle henna tattoos because they wash off in 10-14 days.  Okay, so I know some would think this was evil and super bad.  I never had a problem with temporary tattoos when my kids were little either. So, as long as it isn't a permanent tat, I'm okay with it. Judge me as you will...

As for a henna tattoo tramp stamp??

I was a little more worried about that. Not that my girls regularly bend down and show skin. We have lovely camis from Shadeclothing.com that take care of that. Those camis are a staple in our house. I have kept these beautiful girls modestly covered in them. I wear one every day as well. They are awesome.

Anyway, back to the tats.  We settled on appropriate words for their henna tramp stamps.

Perhaps when they accidentally show a little lower back/upper butt... people will know that they are good girls.  ;)

Twins

Have you met my twins?

Triplets

Ever met my triplets??

ENGAGED!

Kevin and Jessica are ENGAGED!

Hooray :)

We are all so excited to have Jessica join our family.

Jessica is from Smithfield, Utah. She is the youngest of 3. She is an art/illustration major at BYU. Kevin and Jessica met last fall at BYU. They are planning a Utah wedding in June.

We can hardly wait :)

Congratulations!!

Guess who??

Can you guess who this is?

Bear Attack!

Some might think Riley got attacked by a bear....

Nope. Just soccer. Ugh! He has a nice slice on his forehead too. We know call him scar.

Tough game. Not for wimps. (Guess I'm out!- lol)

Dinner made the right way!

I'm loving this moment right here. All the Wagdog boys cooking up some good grub!! Hooray!

Playa of the Year

Oh ya baby. That's what I'm talking about.

Playa of the YEAR!!

Dude. This girls rocks.

Even though tennis season is over, the award ceremony was on Monday.  Andrea received the JV Player of the Year.  Awesome.  Totally Awesome.  This girl rocks. She was the only one on her team to win a match against the Stockdale Mustangs.  That team is filled with country club girls who've been playing tennis at the club for the whole lives-- lots of lessons, lots of coaching-- so winning a match against them is worth gold.  Their reputation didn't stop Andrea from playing hard. Her season was amazing.

Congratulations Andrea!

You rock!

Christmastime

The tree is decorated. The college kids are home.

Why oh why do I still have to go to work?? Ugh. Tonight I'm feeling sorry for myself since our schools don't let out for the break until Friday, the 23rd!!

Wish me luck!! (and luck to Riley and Andrea who have finals on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday!)

Our kitties love baby Jesus

This is Figaro last year.  He just loved laying right by baby Jesus.  Perhaps this will give us all a little comfort now-- since we all miss him.  

This afternoon I set up our nativity.  A few hours later I checked to see if the lights were on and I found this!! Noel, our other kitty (Figaro's mom) up near baby Jesus.

How sweet are our kitties...

No wonder we love them so much.

P.S. Please don't die Noel. We want you to stick around here with us.

Christmas Time...

It's that wonderful time of the year.

I've been a little behind, but I FINALLY have gotten my house mostly decorated for the season.  I seem to have a system to my madness:  First the tree, then the mantle, then the family room.

Our family room has a snowman theme.

Then comes my favorite part of the 'unpacking' of Christmas pasts.

Yep. I even had to take a picture of him. The posted picture is Kevin's little snowman.  He made this little guy in kindergarten.  Isn't he SO cute!  I laugh smile a little each year that I unwrap him from his 11 month nap in bubble wrap.  When he is placed on the table, I know that Christmastime has truly arrived!

we live and breathe soccer

It's that time of year again!

we live

we breathe

we soccer

I'm not even kidding!  Riley & Andrea both made the JV soccer teams at school.  It's still preseason-- but that doesn't mean they don't play a lot of soccer.  They just completed a two day tournament.  For me, that meant I watched 4 games on Friday and 5 games on Saturday. (NINE GAMES!!! but who's counting?)

I'm a dutiful mom. I watched every game.

Holy.

That was a lot of soccer.

I'm pretty sure I dreamt soccer last night.

It was a great tournament. Riley's team finally found their confidence and beat a team that had already beat them twice. It was wonderful vengeance. They were SO happy. It built their confidence and they won a few games. More than that, they started playing hard. It was great to see them pull it all together. I am sure next weekend's tournament will be great for them.

Andrea's team hasn't met much opposition yet. They tied one game on Friday-- so they were put in the 'silver' bracket for Saturday. They found success in every match and won the silver bracket.  It was fabulous.  Soccer is a relatively new sport for Andrea, but she is doing great.  The 'real' season begins in January.

Brrrrr. 

And we have get to go to more tournaments this weekend!!

Well played kids. Well played.

P.S.

I promise to take post pictures of Riley next week!

Grouchy Pants

I miss this guy. :(

He will be missed...

Our kitty Figaro has been missing for a couple of days. Unfortunately we found him today. He was Jacquie's kitty and the only son born to Andrea's kitty, Noel.  He loves to lay in the sun on our neighbors patio in the afternoons. He doesn't like our backyard because he isn't a big fan of Ella.  The two of them were like water and oil. They just love to fight.

He must have been sick, because he just simply passed away laying on her patio.  We are sad to have him gone. It just isn't the same walking up to our front door and not hearing him "greet" us in his own special grumpy way.  Even though he was rather grumpy and grouchy old soul, we loved him just the same.  He was an adorable kitty and usually won any neighborhood cat fights.

Rest in peace Figaro. We will miss you. You'll love going back to this POST to see a great picture of Figaro with his mother.  It's a great way to remember him.

Ha!

I couldn't resist sharing this.... :)

It makes me laugh every time!

The fun never stops!!

Recently we treated the kids to a dinner out. They chose I-Hop....