Drive-in

Arie with her cousins: Olivia, Jacob and Celia

Celia and Arie enjoy a yummy snack in the back of the truck before the movie begins.

Olivia and Celia having fun - peace out man!

Chillin in the back of the van! Mason and Zach made sure that they had their goodies evenly placed between pillows and sleeping bags - priorities!

Do you remember going to the drive-in? I have some great memories of going to the drive-in with both my parents and my friends! A local drive-in was recently renovated, and it is so much cheaper to do a drive-in that the regular theater. It was a warm night and we decided to go with our cousins to the drive-in! We loaded the car up with sleeping bags and pillows and blankets and, of course, lots of JUNK FOOD! Hey - what's a movie without loads of junk? We had a fun night! We are now looking forward to the summer when we can go to the drive-in again!

LIttle Mama

This week Arie got a new cast - her arm is healing well - it's actually miraculous to watch those bones grow back, and in the correct "straight" place! But, the original cast was a little too large - in fact they didn't even need to cut it off. Instead, the tech just pulled it right off her little arm! They put a new cast on until February 3rd, and then I think she will be done with the cast. We had to do a different color, so this time we went with purple! This week she also got the last of her Christmas presents: a Hello Kitty purse with some necklaces from her cousin (who's engaged to be married!!) Kaite. Oh how she loves that purse! When we are leaving to go anywhere, she runs to find her purse before jumping in the car. Last night, as I was making dinner, she walks into the kitchen and she has on her hat and purse (we are all about the accessories over here), her stroller and baby doll. She's walking around and singing to her doll. It put a big smile on my face (which is extremely hard for me to do while I'm cooking), so I thought I'd share it! Hopefully it'll put a smile on your face too!

New Years Day

So what do you do on New Year's Day? Most people who know me, know that you can find me camped out on my sofa, watching as many hours as I possibly can of college football! I live for college football, and be-moan January since the impending end to the season is fast approaching. I try and soak as much in as I possibly can. My children, however, don't enjoy football quite as much as me - so while I mindlessly watch hours upon hours of football, they have to find other ways with which to occupy their time. This is how my children spent their New Year's Day!

My little reader girl! I have a comfy chair in the corner with a lamp - my child opts for a laundry basket that is just the right size. She piles tons of books in the basket with her and she is good for quite a while!

Believe it or not, this is her "pretty" face! May look more scary than pretty, but you gotta admit - she is dang cute!
Mason's favorite place almost any time is in front of the games! This year, he invited his friend, Evan to celebrate with us! These two boys are peas-in-a-pod: they both speak a special Star Wars language that only they seem to understand! Evan is a great kid, and we love having him hang with us!

Zach - well, he was on a mission. He got some pretty heavy-duty Legos for Christmas, and he wanted nothing better than several hours to just build, build, build. And so he did . . .

And here is the finished product! Quite possibly, he was the only Krey who actually accomplished something! In my defense, however, my New Year's resolution was to watch as much football as I possibly could this year! And I am proud to say that I am doing very well with that resolution! Happy New Year!