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Can you guess what this is? Well some of you know right away that it is a little contraption that helps make our lives a little more organized.

I'd 1st like to thank my dad who got it for me--THANKS dad!!!!!

Now, here's the BEFORE picture. . .

And the AFTER picture. . .

Anyways, that's one small step for me, one large step for my pantry--hee, hee!

Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday Brian. O.K. so this post is a little belated, but the birthday was not.

The BIG 35 yet still young at heart. And what do you get the man who has almost everything but never asks for anything?

Well you get him a gun of course and some extra ammo. Now don't panic, it's just a pellet gun (thanks to Emily for the idea).
It gets harder and harder to try and surprise him, but I think we did it this year (hence the smile).

Now he just needs some extra time so he can try it out! Have fun Brian we love you!!!

Go FISH!!

Woo hoo, we finally got some fish to match the tank that Santa gave Meghan for Christmas. Crazy enough everyone chose goldfish. Out of all our choices. Well, it's a good place to start anyways.


Who knew that fish were so exciting? I find myself watching them every time I walk past them, all they do is swim around--seriously, is this that exciting, I guess that's how exciting my life is :) Of course the girls love watching them as well.

My fish (tiger) and Meghan's fish (candy) the dominate ones in the tank.

Let's Celebrate!

O.K., I know I'm starting the year off right by being behind already in my posts, but here's what we did for New Year's Eve.

1st a little Guitar Hero to get everyone in the mood. Of course Sadie and Caitlyn are the groupies who love to get down and groovy to the tunes.

Then there's Meghan who's groups name is "The Blue Midgits", she is actually pretty good at it too.

Well, I guess Caitlyn just had to show her talent as well--Not bad for a 1 year old.

Next, we just had to let some firecrackers go. Thanks to dad who helped pull the strings literally.

A little more noise perhaps, because we just can't get enough.

And of course, what would New Year's Eve be without the goodies. So even though there's no pictures (I must've been too busy eating at the time), I'll tell you what we ate--chocolate fondue with fruit, little hotdogs in bar-b-que sauce, and sparkling apple cider.

A great way to start the New Year!

Peek-A-Boo

We were lucky enough to be able to visit with both sides of our family for Christmas this year. After spending some time with Brian's family, we got to spend a little time with my family--it was so great to get to see everyone!!

Caitlyn and Grandpa playing a rousing game of Peek-A-Boo.

Grandma selflessly playing horsey to Sadie, while at the same time being a monster for Aliese and Caitlyn.

This was Adam's Christmas present--a game of his choosing--and what did he choose, but Star Wars of course. And who should be the winner, yep, you guessed it--ADAM!! I USED to play games with him when I was younger, but I soon learned that if I wanted to actually WIN, I had to play someone else.

Ah, and another game was going on at the same time, Meghan came out victorious over Grandma in "Go, Go Giraffe" (grandma is such a good sport).

Christmas Day--Finally!!

Oh the anxiety of waiting. Finally the day is here--hurray!



So what's with all the sheets you may ask? Well, this is where Santa puts our gifts in the Brems family. Each sheet has a name of someone, and that's where their gifts go.

Here's what we got from Santa: Caitlyn

Sadie: Princess talking Kitchen (just in time to replace the kitchen mom sold on Craigslist)

Haley: Games

Meghan: Moon Sand, Aquarium

Me: Wii game (which will probably be played more by the girls, dvd players for the car--actually for Sadie and Caitlyn, but also for my sanity during the 18 hour trip home)

Then we checked out our stockings to see what cool things we got in those.

Then we got to open our actual Christmas presents (yes, it's a process. Very organized (and LONG in the Brems household, but it sure makes Christmas last longer!!). Here's the tree before we started.

Sadie got a BEAUTIFUL Snow White outfit, shoes and all! She pretty much wore it the rest of the week. Thanks G-ma Brems!

Cinderella and Snow White--too cute!

A ballerina in the making--Thanks G-ma Winter

Cute homemade tu-tu for Sadie, but Haley put it on to show us all how it looked--Thanks again G-ma Winter!!

And who could forget the little babies for Sadie and Caitlyn, complete with homemade bassinets (thanks G-pa Winter) and diaper bags full of diapers, hair things and clothes. Caitlyn loves her baby, and even sleeps with her.

All-in-all, a WONDERFUL Christmas!!!!!!!

Christmas Eve 2008

Christmas Eve is almost more fun to me than Christmas day. Here was our Christmas eve dinner: Pizza and soda.

Then the festivities begin. First, a mild game (or "wild" game depending on who you are) of NOEL.

This is the 1st time I've played with such a LARGE group--can you say "FUN"!!!

Then Mom threw in a new game. After NOEL, Dad read a story throwing in a bunch of "Left" and "Rights" with which we had to pass our new unwrapped gift that direction ending with a new gift completely.

Funny thing was, it seems as if just about everyone ended up with something that fit them perfectly!!

Grandpa is having fun with Sadie and Emma.

Thanks Grandpa for taking care of Caitlyn's baby.

We had so much fun in Arizona. Thanks everyone!!