My Little Sugar Plum Fairy...

Jadyn joined ballet this year and is loving every minute of it! They had a special parent recital at her preschool to show us what they have been working on. She did GREAT!!!!
She knows all the positions...love Macee's old shoes that are just a wee bit big still :)
The girls did so good their teacher let them become real sugar plum fairies!!

And finally, shakin her penguin feathers to Happy Feet...so adorable! Good job Jadyn!!

Blogging catch up...

Well, I totally blew it for blogging over the holiday so here's a VERY quick run down! Had a great Christmas Eve with the Greenwoods in Boise. Grandma Jan's reindeers were at it again helping deliver presents to all! We headed to IF the next day for a fun filled and house filled wknd...not sure how much longer we can all crash at Grandma Brenda's with all the grandkids!! I didn't get one picture taken while we were there either...boo! :(

WE hosted New Year's Eve at our house this year and enjoyed yummy Shrimp Alfredo, seared scallops, salad, and breadstick! What a yummy feast!
And of course, my delicious chocolate trifle for dessert! You know me- gotta get some chocolate in!!
We had a ball playing the Wii and board games until we rang in the New Year :)
Always fun to spend time with cousins :)

Meet the newest member of the Greenwoods....

This is WILLOW....our new fish :) Nope sorry no baby news on the homefront if that's what you were thinking...just some friendly fishies! I got Willow (the big one) as my white elephant gift at my work X-mas party. The girls were so excited and have loved him/her. I very carefully explained goldfish don't usually live very long - in fact I'm surprised he/she ahs made it through the weekend! Macee also had a free fish coupon from Halloween at a local pet store so we decided to get Willow a friend.....hence Angel :) We'll see how long they last!

It's beginnin to look a lot like Christmas!

Well I am actually on top of things this year and got the decorations up, did some after Thanksgiving day shopping that wasn't too terribly scary, mailed my X-mas cards (well most of them), mailed some packages, and delivered neighbor gifts last night! I am so impressed with myself:) Just thought I would rub it in for those of you who ahvn't even started your holiday shopping yet!! Hee hee:) Hope everyone is enjoy this wonderful time of the year!
My darling little blondies and their super cute new snowflake twilry skirts- courtesy of Aunt Brina the magnificent! If only I had a sewing machine I MAYBE just MAYBE could figure these out. They don't look TOO difficult and they are so cute and my girls love them! Jadyn got one last year that's red and green for X-mas and she wears it year round :) Yeah I'm that mom that let's her kid go out in holiday clothes whenever- like last Saturday when she wanted to wear her Halloween outfit. I got soem funny looks - but oh well the kid is happy and clothed right!?!

Macee had her Christmas Singing program this past week and she let me do her hair for once! She does her own hair most of the time so when she lets me I take advantage! I use the three barrell curling iron and it looked so pretty I had to take a picture. She did awesome singing and I totally had dejavu from when I used to do those programs. Soo weird watching my own! Loved every minute of it too :)

Turkey Time

We had yet another great Thanksgiving this year with lots of family, food, and fun. All of the Greenwoods were in Boise this year for the first time since the in-laws joined us this past year. The food was amazing and good times were had by all. Here's our lovely bird and the main cooks of the day! I got away once again without having to cook a turkey. My goal is to see how many years I can go without ever having to cook one myself! I'm too scared to take on such a big bird!!


Here's me just observing and making sure all was well....I DID make mashed potatoes and pumpkin bars though folks- I didn't make everyone else do ALL the cooking :)
My super cute hubby and his family..including Grandma Hank this year who also joined the Boise Crew this year while living with Dick and Jan now! We love her and her homemade cooking all the time!! She is a fabulous chef!~
Macee, Carter, and JAdyn hammin it up!
My super cute family :)
All the grandkids......
The whole crew- including our soon-to-be brother-in-law Casey!
Hope you all had a great turkey day too!

Halloween 2010

This is what happens when you carve your pumpkins too early before Halloween....YUK!
Macee the cupcake! MY first ever all by myself costume creation!! Macee actually found the design and I recreated by looking at it off the computer:) Turned out pretty cute I think!
This year we tried out something new and went to the Famous Harrison Blvd in downtown Boise. One of the oldest streets in Boise and soooo cool at Halloween. It's like trick or treating in the movies. Perfectly lighted streets with huge trees of falling leaves everywhere, tons f kids going door to door , and really cool old houses that were decorated so neat. Every year a group of houses does a theme show too where they dress up and put on a show. It was a circus theme this year, but we left before the show started but it looked awesome. The kids loved it but were actually worn out after about 6 blocks and asked to go home! Crazy!!
Right before we left our neighborhood there was a HUGE full rainbow in the skyline that was beautiful! I couldn't even get the whole thing in my camera lense it was so huge. You can also kind of see another one behind it that cmae out in full a little later- soo pretty!
Look at all the pumpkins!! I don't even know how many there were but all were hand carved covering the porch. These people on Harrison Blvd go all out at Halloween! No wonder half the city of Boise goes trick or treating there!

These kids got waaay too much candy! By the time we got back to our neighborhood we only went to four houses and they filled another bag halfway. I guess our neighborhood was pretty dead this year so they got handfuls at each house!
We had to make another stop at the famous "Witches Lair" down the street. The lady who lives here hand makes all her witches and fills her yard. She has over 25 hand made full size witches!!This was her latest addition- the witch walking her pet spider- we love this house!!
The witches tea party :)
Happy Halloween!!!!
There were lines of people at some of the really big neat houses. Luckily we got started early and finished up just as the lines all along the street were piling up!!!

Student of the Month....AGAIN!

Congrats again to my AWESOME kiddo on getting awarded the Student of the Month award for 'Responsibility' at her school. Her teacher wrote how she is always on task, finishing work right away and then helping tutor other kids in her class who are struggling. She is always offering to help her teacher in any way- which Ms Gallagher gladly takes advantage of! She is also acting as the reading buddy for the class helping the other kids with their daily reading. We are still a little unsure of where here love for school and brains are coming from but we are SO PROUD of her and her accomplishments!! Keep it up Macee!
Here we are posing for the award presentation at school- all clad in purple of course! :) I love that her school does this each month for a different character trait that children portray. The principal reads a small segment on each child that their teacher has written about them explaining how the exemplify the character trait of the month and it is displayed int he school all month long. Pretty cool idea to make the kiddos feel good- and parents too!! She got it last year for 'Citizenship' and says she wants to try and get one every year now! :) Good goal Miss Macee - keep up the great work:)