Fantasy Football Champion

Congratulations to Mike on another great fantasy football season. He took first place!!!! I think he was very proud that all of his hard work paid off:)

Merry Christmas!!!

We had a fabulous Chritmas this year! Christmas Eve was spent with Mike's family at Shannon's house. It was great to have everyone all together and be able to celebrate what a wonderful year it has been. We had a great meal and lots of wonderful conversation. It was great to ALL be together!

Christmas morning, Riley woke up about 8 and could not wait to get into all those presents! She had to start right away, although she was a little sleepy still and it took her awhile to get happy and enjoy all her new stuff. Santa even managed to fit a bike in his sleigh! She has tried it out in the basement, but I know she is waiting for that first warm day we have to really try it out. After breakfast, we headed to church and then came home to get ready for the next visit.

In the afternoon, we were joined by my family. We had another great time to being relaxed and togther. We spent a lot of time relaxing and talking, and then had a great meal, followed by more excitement of presents. Thank you to my family for spending the afternoon with us and being such help. (More Christmas pictures to come that Dad took. Have not had a chance to put them on my computer yet.)

Thank yo to all for making our Christmas so wonderful! We once again had a great holiday and were so excited to all be together. Hope everyone else cansay the same.

Let's go Sledding!!!

Riley woke up today asking to play in the snow when daddy got home. She kept saying I want to go sledding. I was off but she was going to school still. She convinced me to pick her up after lunch and when we got home she took a little rest. As soon as she heard daddy home though, she was up and rearin' to go outside. I got her all bundled up and they had a ball! They threw snowballs, made snow angels, and even made a snowman. Then it was time for a little sledding. They had a blast and I stayed nice and toasty inside!

Family Rivalry and New Traditions

Last night we traveled to Mike and Shannon's for a little football. The Cowboys were playing the Saints. As you all know, Mike is a huge Cowboys fan and Uncle Mike is a huge Saints, fan so it was only fitting that we watch together. Plus they just finished their theatre room in the basement and wanted to share it with us. The boys had fun watching the game, which fun for us, the Cowboys won, and the ladies had fun all being together. Kelly, Ryan, and Ryder also came so it was lots of fun.

During the game, the kids had a great time and Kelly gave Riley a bang trim and Eli his first haircut. They both did a fabulous job. The little girls played until they were all worn out and then fell asleep on the couch. We even stayed for a sleepover! It was a great night!!!! Maybe they'll invite us back again:)

Auntie Shannon also started a new tradition for Riley. She gave her an "elf on the shelf". In case you don't know what that is, it is a book that tells a story about an elf that comes to live with a family and then each night when the kids are sleeping, the elf reports back to Santa to tell him whether they were naughty or nice that day. And it come with its very own elf to watch your house. It worked great this year. If she was being naughty, we would just say "elfie is watching" and then she would stop. How much longer with that last? Thanks Shannon and Mike for the great new tradition!

Riley's First Movie Date

Today, I had plans to have a girls night for dinner and to see New Moon. For months we have been contemplating taking Riley to the movies and today daddy finally did it! Riley and Daddy saw Planet 51 and she had a great first time. She sat through the whole movie, on daddy's lap, and munched on some popcorn throughout too. Mike said she did a great job and askd questions during the movie that showed she knew what was going on. Riley always makes people laugh and the movie was no exception. There is one part, it is in some of the previews, where the astronaut steps on a duck and it squeaks. Mike said when he stepped on the duck she said out loud "he steppd on a duck!" and people started laughing. We know she had a great time beacause she keeps talking about it and every time we see a preview for the movie, she says, "I saw that one". Now what to take her to see next?