Christmas 2008

On Christmas eve we were invited to go to some friends of ours, Don and Donna Sisco. We went over to their house for appetizers, and then to church, and then back to their house with some other families and played a game of cranium We had a great time!!
The Sisco family

Christmas morning at our house!!


On Christmas day we went to the Phelans house.
Kristina played us some Christmas music on her violin.

Checking out who is shortest. Kelly wins the shortest contest!!!! Look at the happy face on Brendon. He's quite proud to give up the title of shortest cousin.
Norm, Lisa, Noreen and Jim
Dancing in the kitchen to high school musical.

A night at the spa

Last Friday we were treated by the doctors that I work for to a night at the spa. We had dinner catered to us(it was delicious) and then we had a choice of a pedicure or a massage. I had a pedicure and it was fabulous. This was a hundred dollar pedicure so it was VERY nice .We had a great time together and a big thank you to the doctor for treating us to a relaxing night at the spa.

Thankgivng 2008- a whole weekend of fun

Thanksgiving started out with a delicious breakfast, with many thanks to Norm for cooking for us.
Next we had to check out all the "after thanksgiving " ads. We found some great bargains.
Next, we went over to Karen and Marks for dinner.Mark and Madison had time for a fun game.
The engaged couple. Aren't they cute?


The "kids" table.
The Phelans also enjoyed the holiday with us.
What's in the oven?????

Awwwwww. Madison loves her big cousin.

The friday after thanksgiving is time for the festival of lights parade in Howell. The weather was nice, but cold. A fun time was had by all.



On Saturday we drove to Indianapolis to meet up with the Wegescheide family and return Missouri Matt back to his family. He was visiting in Michigan for the past week. We actually had some relaxing time.

Playing Texas Hold em on the computer.

Saying goodbye....so sad. But,Kelly and Matt will be together soon in Europe. Kelly will be going there in 2 weeks, just for a 10 day visit to "check it out".

Finished Bedrooms

Kelly, this blogspot is for you. I know you have been waiting to see the finished pictures of your bedroom. Here are pictures of your "old" room.




Here is the picture you have been waiting for Kelly. Your NEW room. I didn't want to put the bulletin board up on the wall, but we didn't throw ANYTHING away. We have everything in boxes waiting for you to go through when you get home from school. Maybe you can help me pick out pictures for the walls when you get home.

Kelly, this is a gift from Aunt Debbie waiting for you when you get home. A gift for your classroom. It is the curious George book and Curious George!!!!!!!! That was very sweet of Aunt Debbie. Thank you.

This is our room. I don't have wide angle so it's very hard to get a good picture. but, you can get the general idea. As you can see I also haven't put pictures on the wall yet so it looks pretty boring. Come visit if you want to see the whole room.

This is now the "spare bedroom". It used to be Kellys room downstairs.

Busy, Busy, Busy

This is how Norm and I have been spending the last week. Painting 3 bedrooms and changing the carpet in all 4 bedrooms. Norm is doing 90% of it since he is still off work. But I try to help when I can.


This is our family room and living room with all the bedroom furniture in it. We only have a small aisle to get to the T.V. We have to watch the presidential debates after all. Stay tuned for the finished products. I will take pictures of the new and improved bedrooms.

Fun Camping Weekend

This past weekend we went camping with Matt and Cindy Wegescheide (Kelly's future inlaws). We went to Turkey Run State Park in Indiana. Matt and Bethany have you been there?
It's a beautiful state park with lots of hiking trails and very clean camping. There is an olympic size swimming pool for the campers also. It's just an awesome state park and I recommend it to anyone who camps. We walked the hiking trails for seven hours on Saturday, and had sore legs the next day. We had a GREAT time with Matt and Cindy, and would love to go there again sometime.