WOW, its been while but I am back.....hopefully for longer then a day!!!

So its been a few months since I last updated my blog.  Im hoping this isn't too long but it may very well be since a lot has been going on in our lives and lives around us:)  all happy things of course!!


Lets take a look back in time...going back to November 2011.....
Shauna, Mom and I had our annual shopping trip to illinois, we had such a great time, once again and of course had some more laughs again this year!! I don't think a trip can compare to the one trip we had with Slidey, but they are always a very very close second:)  we had a little incident in our hotel room the night we stayed over....lets just sum it up saying, broken tv,  a lot of drunk people across the hall from us thinking our room was their room!!!  it all ended up fine and we had some laughs in the morning watching the "drunk" people wander down for breakfast!! most of them what looked like to be in clothes from the night before!! haha 


Then of course, Thanksgiving, getting together at my parents house with my grandparents, my sister and her family and of course my parents!!!  Thats always a nice time getting together with family!!!  eating, chatting and Im assuming watching football! I can't even remember if the Packers played that day its been so long!! 


Lets move on to December 2011....
First we had Christmas at my sisters house with my grandparents, cousin Jeremiah and his family and our families.  That is always another fun time, watching the kids play and again just chatting and catching up!!  The kids of course cannot wait to open the presents they exchange with each other, always smiles on their faces while doing that!!!  

Then moving on to Christmas Eve at Kents house...its nice to see family there that we don't get to see very often throughout the year, if at all!  Jeremy and his wife Andrea were in town this year which was really nice. They are the nicest couple and they are expecting in March, very exciting for them, its their first!  Good Luck!!  


Finally its Christmas morning and its always so much fun at home with Abby and Ryan!!!  They get so excited when they run out in the living room and see what Santa brought them!!  I think Santa must have overlooked any bad behavior this year because they were spoiled, once again by Santa!!!  Silly Santa, maybe one year he will learn kids don't need so many toys !!!  hehe!!!  

Moving right into January 2012...
some more exciting news happening with our family of 4....Soon to be a family of 5....yes, thats right, we are expecting a little baby at the end of July!! we are all so excited....I think its going to be a very long six months for the kids to wait for their little brother or sister!!  can't wait to give you updates throughout the pregnancy telling you the changes and the fun things going on:)  I feel like its my first time being pregnant since its been about six years since I was with Ryan!!!  
One of the ultrasound pics of the babys tiny little foot!!!  

Then one more last BIG news for the family......January 10th, we welcomed a new nephew into the family. "Little" Nathan Patrick was born via c section !!  9 pounds 1 ounce, so not so little!! we are so excited for Shauna and Mike, what a happy family they have and the older ones seem very excited to have another little brother around:)  well a first little brother for Eli, which Im thinking he loves!!!  and Mike too:)  

 Its not real long but its hard to go back and remember everything that has happened! hope to keep updating this much better then I had been for the last few months!!!  


and thats....
...why I love 'em.....