Marry Christmas!

As always, our family continues to be blessed each year. Each year, Christmas seems to be the "best ever". This year was no different.

Now...just what to do with all the "old" Christmas extravaganza items that have been quickly replaced by the "new" extravaganza items? Well, some we recycle. Meaning we save the favorites for a rainy or snowy day and they're "new" again. Others, it's just time for them to have a new home.

Merry Christmas to all!

This weekend has been great so far. Friday night, we hosted one of Adeline's school friends, Charlei, and Saturday we went sledding at the property. Check out the fun photo slideshow below!!

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A milestone event...

Tonight marks another first in the Webster house....Adeline's first slumber party at her friend's house. She couldn't be more excited! Immediately after coming home from school she packed her bag with clothes, jammies, lotion, toothbrush/paste, floss, robe....everything!

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!!

I won't deny that the snow has help me at least get into the Christmas spirit! How about you?

We LOVE Fall!

Happy Halloween!

Our neighbor has the rear apartment and while we at our house receive HUNDREDS of trick-or-treaters, she only receives a handful. This year she made some pretty cool cupcakes!

For the church Halloween party, I made eyeballs! The kids' favorite powdered donuts, m&m's and icing. Pretty cool!

Happy Halloween from the Webster cowgirl and cowboy!

Garrett is 3!

Today, Garrett turned 3. Seems hard to believe.

Born 7:13am - 5 lbs 6 oz
Well visit today .... 29 lbs

What's new??....

Well...what is new??

Adeline is 6. School has started - first grade. She can tie her own shoes. She can read and loves school. She is obsessed with peanut butter - to the point that we only let her have it at one meal a day. Seriously....peanut butter to Adeline is like pizza to Kurt. She is playing soccer this fall and going to the Y in Farmington for tumbling. She can do a 1-handed cartwheel and is flexible like no other. Getting close to doing a back bend by herself. She loves to ride the 4-wheeler with Daddy and prefers to go FAST!

Garrett is almost 3. Just ask him, he'll tell you...."my birthday coming up...october 5". He'll order his own meal at a restaurant...."me want this" or "me want chicken nuggets, apples and chocolate milk". He wears big boy underwear - day AND night. He loves his blankie and monkey at bedtime. He loves to ride the 4-wheeler with Daddy but prefers to go s-l-o-w!

Kurt and I have been married 9 years! WOW, time flies when you're having fun, and jobs, kids, house, etc!! We love it and wouldn't change a thing!

"Get Caught Up"

Why is it so hard to "catch up"??

Really, it never happens. We all muddle along attempting to keep our heads above water and then bam something happens and everything is upside down again. This is life, right.

Our upside down has been Mom out of commission Tuesday with the flu and Dad now out of commission Wednesday and still through tonight (though getting a little better). Of course, the rest of the school drop off, work, pick-up, soccer game, school open house, dinner, homework, baths, stories, garbage night stuff still doesn't end which I might add are really the fun parts (well work is most of the time).

So back to why is it so hard to "catch up"? Take this blog for instance....I always feel so guilty that I don't get current posts up of our recent activities with photos to boot. I think we (ok I, Mom) would post more if I just spent 15 minutes figuring out how to post via my blackberry. Though if it involves texting, no dice. Mom's work smartphone doesn't have that glorious function of texting aka work won't pay for it. Anywho....facebook is so much easier though more difficult to put out there stories to journal your family's life. But really, if we didn't have either wouldn't that be simplier too?

I just hope and pray that one day this will get easier. I am reminded that likely that's not the case as they get older and are more involved but we'll take it as it comes.

Busy Summer so Far

We've been so busy and so bad about updating the blog - well mom has.

Adeline is spending the summer at PALS with Garrett enjoying her time with her former classmates in the school age program. She lost her first tooth Saturday, July 24 while in St. Louis for a long weekend and the Porter's Annual Hog Roast. Not just the hog roasted - everyone did, it was so hot outside. First grade starts next month (yikes!) and start up of tumbling likely. The Elmwood location closed at the end of the season in May so we're looking to Farmington or Canton to keep her busy. She loves it!

Garrett is talking more and more every day and wearing big boy underwear now! He's not always successful but mostly. My little man.

Here are some recent pics, enjoy.

School is out, Summer is here and so is....T-Ball!!!

There's been a few practices and so far Adeline loves t-ball. Games start in June every Thursday night at 6p and Saturday morning at 9:30a (except 6/5, which is the Strawberry Festival).

A Day at the Park with Daddy!

Sunday, Daddy packed up the kids and went to Wildlife Prairie State Park (while Mommy went to work :( ). They all had so much fun!!

Adeline - Swimming!

Well we have a hole in the ceiling....

Rain all weekend and the ceiling in the living room Saturday night was the worst yet. Seems like it is finally time for us to fix the roof at the bump out and the ceiling. It just looks awful. Thanks to Kurt's mom and dad for coming to visit us Sunday on short notice to help with the kids and move furniture. It was much appreciated!!

Coincidentally might be the time now for paint and curtians. Only 3-years after moving in, not bad huh?!

Case - Burlington, IA

Last Sunday, Kurt and his dad (Greg) and Garrett went to Case plant tour. Greg is now a retiree of Case. This is Garrett's favorite - tractors of any kind. The first thing Garrett does is buckle up! This is now a "Safety First" flyer all over the plant. Isn't this gerat!!

Spring Break

It's Spring Break for the whole family and what an amazing week. We've had so much fun so far and the weather is amazing. Pictures of our Wisconsin adventure to come.....

It's March....yaaaahooo!

Today is March 1st. It must mean that Spring is near and the snow will be a distant memory.

Let's all hope so. I'm not sure about everyone else but the Webster household has cabin fever. We had the opprotunity to enjoy some sun and outside play yesterday with the kids. It was still a little chilly but they didn't mind.

Snow...again...

Just as soon as my last post, I check the weather channel and there it is "winter weather advisory". Well, no school today so Mom is home with Adeline and we had an opportunity to clean up the rooms and take some pictures of the kid's bedrooms.

Adeline's Room (aka Pink Explosion!!)

Little Man's Room!!

More Snow fun....will this be the last?!

I'm ready Mom and Dad!!

Are you ready Grandma and Papa?!!

Time for some hot chocolate and marshmallows!

Mom and Dad Webster - what a hoot! ENJOY!!

Astronauts!

We are so proud of our son. He's the only one in his class who has the vaguest notion of what an astronaut does (of course they are a class of only 2 year olds). Most everyone else would go to Mommy & Daddy, but not our boy. Pure awesomeness. Kurt

It's Official....

We are crib free!

We've disassembled Adeline's bunk bed and made given each of the kids a twin bed. After 2-weeks of Garrett not sleeping all night and his interest in big sis' bed told us to just go ahead and give him his big boy room. We'll post pictures at some point when the rooms aren't too much of a disaster. He loves it and the best part is that he is back to sleeping all night.

Now...for the binkie! We have only 1-left. Then that is it.

Ready to C-H-E-E-R!!

Ahhh..Chooooo....snif, snif....

Well, 50% of the family has a cold....Mommy and Garrett. It's the middle of January and the first sickness of the cold/flu season. I consider this a success.

The excitement though is diminished substantially by clouded heads, hacking coughs, sneezing, stuffy nose, runny nose, aches and so on. TLC, tea (for mom) and orange juice or grape orange juice (in Garrett's terms.....which means apple juice - go figure). Mommy just wants to go to bed.

Daddy is super Daddy as always. When Garrett is up in the middle of the night, coughing and crying away, Daddy to the rescue so Mommy can sleep. Side note...he does this even when I'm not sick. He even does dishes....where did that come from... He is the best. We're blessed. We love you, I love you.

Busy, Busy...

We've had such a busy weekend. We are so blessed to have a great family and to be so close that the kids can spend time with all of them. Grammy came to visit and watch the kids Saturday and off to Lomax we went on Sunday. Thank goodness for 3-days and for a 4-day work week this week! We've got a long time until any vacation time so we need to get focused on work and the nights and weekends with the kids.

Adeline proudly counted to 100 over the weekend. It is amazing to see her grow up. As much as we don't really like the kids growing up it is neat to witness and be in this next stage of their development.

Speaking of different stage....we will be out of diapers in 2010! How awesome is that?! It is an instant salary increase!!

Garrett is more and more interested in the potty. We're not rushing it but encouraging him if he chooses. He's come down with a cold or something. Running our typical protocol of albuterol treatments. We went to Peds After Hours tonight to check his oxygen levels per Pediatrician's orders. It was 94%, not great but not awful either. Keep on doing what we're doing we were told.

Have a great week all!

4-Wheeling Fun!

Another fun filled adventurous day on Sunday at the Websters. 5- 4-wheelers and the open fields...it was an awesome day!

January brings birthday celebrations!

Happy Birthday Andy!

Happy Birthday Stephanie (Mommy!)!

Happy New Year 2010!!

As with any new year comes "New Year's Resolutions"....ours, well mine for now, is to simplify things, have less "stuff", post more to this blog and this is more for work but, be rid of lots of paper filing.

So far, I have 5-stacks of paper sitting around me at our home desk. Not starting out so well. As resolutions go though, it's a start. Oh yeah, we still have the traditional resolutions of eat better and exercise more....typing is strenuous you know!

Happy New Year all!