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Collin Quintin and Santa ( Santa is actually the boys' grandpa Simper) How lucky to have Santa be your grandpa

A day on the Harley!

Quintin's first solid food. HE LOVES FOOD!!


Two naughty boys plotting a new scheme for mommy.

I need to blog more. I think my mind gets clearer when I write down the days adventures so I don't linger on them...

I have been baby sitting Madison a lot lately. She is so much fun and yet is so naughty around Collin. Collin will steal a toy from her and gets in trouble. I tried spying on them the other day and Madison holds the toy in front of Collin's face and taunts him. I think she knows he will get a time out an enjoy it. Girls can be so mean.

I have also been painting like a mad person for the last 2 weeks. I have completed Malcolm's Life size Simpson Family Christmas for his front yard. Pictures will be up in a couple days. I also painted a life size Santa Claus kneeling before the manger for my own yard. That one has always been one of my favorite pictures for Christmas.

I sent out my Christmas cards and when I got to the last 10 I realized I didn't have enough pictures for the cards....sorry to those of you who did not get pics of the boys.

Poor Joe has been handcuffed to his desk the last week. He has been pulling 10-12 hour days and has been in the office all weekend. Hopefully the company will be friendly once this project is done and maybe give him a little more time off or something.

We had our ward Christmas party on Saturday. It was amazing. It was outside on someone's farm. Everyone was dressed up in Bethlehem attire and the church had set up a market place for all of the food and "wares". As you entered you were given a bag of "gold" to purchase you cheeses, soup in a breadbowl, little toys for the kids, and your frankincense and mur ( cute little bag with potpourri). There was a petting zoo for the kids. When it got dark there were a few fire pits and tiki lanterns lit. It almost looked real in the dark.