Ya I know, more pictures of the kids. Deal with it!

This is Chase at the mall. This is Jarrett doing his science fair project. I had the wonderful idea to make him cut onions and make him cry. His project was to find out which of eight defenses actually work. So out of: having a fan blow on your face, a piece of bread in your mouth (shown below), freezing it, boiling it, wearing goggles, no protection at all, and running water over the onion. Which one do you think is the best defense? It's the running water! There is my cooking tip for the day.
For those of you not on my Christmas card list, here is the picture of the family that we sent this year. Of course I cropped out the messy floor before I sent them. This is Ricky, Mikey, Jarrett, Chase and Heather. This was the 28th picture taken...some of them had full moons and missing people but we all agreed on this one finally.
I have been asking the boys what they want for Christmas for weeks now and Chase has always told me he wants a little dump truck. Thats it, just a little dump truck. Well, Chase and my Dad go for walks around the block when Chase visits them. Chase is very friendly with all the neighbors and will even help them out when they ask. Well, one of the ladies bought him a Christmas gift, the dump truck and a small snowman. So very nice of her. He was so excited he wanted to go home right then to play with it. These are pictures from the next morning. Whats funny is Chase hates to get dirty and he got plenty dirty while playing with the dump truck.


Just a side note: Mikey is a kid that got kicked out of his house for fighting with his brother Timmy and so now he moved in with us. We have known him and his family for a long time, like eight years. Ricky and Mikey's brother Timmy made their first communion together and before that their mom Beth knew two of my brothers and didn't even know they were brothers. (She worked for my s-i-l's moms flower shop and she did girlscouts with my other brothers daughter.)
When I lost my job, the ex could not figure out where I went. He went to my friend Angies house and asked her if she had seen me. She told him no. Then the next day his buddy Danny and his son (also Danny) show up at my parents house looking for me. What a coincidence huh? They convinced Mom to call me so I talked to Little Danny for a few and took down his number and told him I would call him later. That was on the 6th and I did not call him. I just figured that he was going to tell Rick-the ex.
So on the 16th they show up at moms again. She calls me while they are there and I tell Little Danny that I would call them on Wednesday. So on Wednesday I go to Target and my car is not running right. I call Little Danny and see if they want to chat. He says ok and I proceed to wait around for freaking ever for them. Chase was getting ansy so we made our way home. They show up at Moms seven hours later and ask what happened. WTF.

Chase being goofy about the gingerbread man and lady that we made.
Tho outside of the house.
My wonderful palm tree all lighted up...I'm so proud of myself!
The tree and many many stockings. And yes, we have a star and an angel on top of the tree. Cause thats what Chase wanted.
The tissue paper wreath that we made this year cause I remember how pretty the one was that I made in 2nd grade.
This is my stocking that I made from scratch for the four of us like three years ago.
This is Chase petting a goat at the snow fest today.
Look it does snow in Florida. See!
Chase just threw a snowball!
He made it to the top!
A raindeer, elf, snowman, and Chase holding his new fish named "Little".
Chase riding in a horse drawn sleigh!

Today was the Snow-fest here in town. It always snows here the first Saturday of December! There are so many people that come that they have you park at the high school and they bus you over. You can make ornaments and sit with santa for a picture. They also have carnival rides and tons of fair food. This year Chase thought his time in the snow was a little too short.

On a side note they started this event when I was 12 years old and I have pictures of me in the snow too! Although it used to be a way smaller event.

Jarrett is camping this weekend with the scouts. Just a one nighter but thats good enough for them. They are panning for artifacts on the Peace River so that should keep them pretty busy.

Wow, where have I been...I don't really know to be honest.

I have decorated my house for Christmas. The tree is up and it has tinsel and ornaments on it. I even did a palm tree that is outside. Which I will take pictures of soon...

I decorated a hotel in Marco for Christmas.

I decorated two separate residences for Christmas. One of which was entirely santa clauses on the tree ranging from 6 feet tall to 3 inches tall, on the tree. Very santa clausy!

I got laid off.

I made a wreath out of tissue paper just like I did in 2nd grade and it looks fan-freaking-tastic if you ask me.

I painted some cute masks for Chase to play with, a kitten, an elf, and a puppy all with santa hats on.

Tonight I need to help Jarrett with a science fair project, and find the courage to tell the boys that I'm not working. Eek!

Wish me luck.