Hamsty

I haven't been taking many pictures so I must apologize. However when I found the camera these are some of the pictures on it. I love Keaton's imagination.

It is DONE!

Samson Eli Harris

1. We call him Sam or Sammy
2. His teacher says he is the smartest in the class
3. He belches
4. His favorite color is no longer pink but red
5. He is practicing his drawing
6. He likes to whack Nellie
7. He is the late sleeper (only mom can put him to shame, if given the chance)
8. He loves to help cook
9. He loves to ride his scooter in a circle round the kitchen
10. His favorite song in Jitter-bug
11. He loves to wrestle with brother and sister
12. He can put the trash bag in the trash can without any help
13. His favorite game is Go Fish
14. He loves to run
15. He still has a little lisp on the S sound
16. He now says human instead of cumin
17. His big brother can frustrate him better than anyone else
18. He likes bagel and cream cheese
19. He has a little dip out of his hairs on the very front of his head
20. He likes to sing and he sings Nellie to sleep sometimes
21. He likes to exercise
22. His favorite shirts are the tie-die he made with Daddy
23. He is independent
24. His favorite food group is the dairy group
25. His hair is very black, think and grows fast

Justin's Obsession

Justin has been busy on the computer all day.

He has set up his songs he has written and recorded on a webhosting page.

Justin's Songs

Happy Hearts Day

We woke to a winter wonderland. It is even a snow day! YA say the kids. I drew this in the snow with food coloring and water. FUN!

Dinocake

Now I know what happened to the dinosaurs millions of years ago. When they rolled over their heads and legs fell off. Hope this satisfies the public.... Tate, Al

Nellie Rai Harris

1. Her nickname is Missy Moo, Nella Belle, Stinky, or Sister
2. She loves baths
3. Her favorite bath animal is the ducky
4. Her toes are growing out of her feety jamies
5. She like the first part of Sesame Street (but not Elmo’s World)
6. She likes her water with ice
7. She drinks out of a cup rather well
8. She must have a fork or spoon when eating
9. Her favorite spot is on Momma’s lap
10. She helps read the scriptures at night
11. She holds her own with her brothers
12. She is finally starting to get her pointy teeth
13. She loves Go-Gurts
14. She loves to sing
15. She likes Daddy’s music
16. She likes to help start the dishwasher
17. She likes to load the dryer
18. Her shoe size is a 4
19. She weighs 20 pounds
20. She loves to go outside
21. She doesn’t like the cold
22. She found out pens can draw on skin
23. She likes to set the table, even when it isn’t time to eat
24. She is very social
25. She loves books (book was her 1st (understandable) word)

What is it called

The hair on the top front of your head that hangs down on your face?

Here is a before and after of my _____. I had not cut them in over a year, 14 months to be exact.

Beef Jerkey

Sam:

"Do some turkeys live on the beach?"

flossing with a stuffed up nose. and a slightly swollen lip ( I have had chapped lips and am slightly allergic to veggies, celery. ) opps

San Diego trip after Christmas

The Reason for the Season

Keaton Helped with Breakfast

Happy New Years Resolutions

GET IT DONE


I almost typed gone so maybe "get it done or gone"

Teeth

Samson's school really pushes for oral health. They even brush thier teeth every day after lunch. Good thing because big brother Keaton had some dental work (a filling on a cavity). Now we all want good teeth. Nellie just says, "Monkey see, Monkey do"

Light Parade

Where are the lights? Our camera ran out of batteries. Here we are trying to stay warm. Others around up brought thier coffee. We brought children. Not the same.

A Christmas Poll...

I'd love to hear your answers, too. Email me or post them in the comments or on your own blog!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them up in his own special paper that doesn’t match all the rest of our presents. He writes our names right on the packages, and manoman does his handwriting stink! I had a friend that told me they wrapped the presents in towels. Big family, no waste.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
It depends on which strands are working and how fed up we are.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Everywhere and anywhere.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Slowly the week after Thanksgiving. I realized this year that if you don't get your outside lights up then it gets to cold to do it at all.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
HAM

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child?
Gumby wrapped as Gumby. Grandma's house and the home video's (we should watch them this year, or should we). Laying in bed on Christmas Eve night.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa ?
Well, when I was about 8 I finally realized that the red suit was a myth. How can he wear that in the heat in the southern hemisphere and even in Arizona. Nope, he just wears layers that he can peel off. That is the truth you're talking about, right?

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Yup. Nana's house is the best. Even growing up and going to Grandma's. I think that it reduced our anxious feelings about what was really under the tree. This year we are having a new tradition. We want to wake up to Christmas at our own house without loosing other traditions (Nana's House and Granny's on Christmas day). So we told the kids we wrote Santa a letter and he is going to come to our house a night early. Christmas Eve morning will be our Christmas morning. Best of both worlds.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
Bottom to top

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
LOOOOOVE IT!! This year is a neat one. Finally I get all those movies with people bundled up in the winter, patches of snow on the ground. It is fun and it feels like I am in a fictional story. Granted this is minor Arizona snow that I am talking about.

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes! But it hurts my ankles.

13. Of all the gifts you've gotten, do you have a favorite?
Not really Christmas ones. Justin, Keaton, Samson, Nellie. Cheesy I know but they are gifts most of the time good, sometimes bad.

14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
The culmination of the year and the begining of a new one. This gives me a time to reflect on what is important and how I took advantage during the year and how to do better through the new year. This comes through reflecting on self and relationship with Christ.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
I like baking so ususally what ever is on the counter or got finished.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Christmas Eve at Moms. Stockings in the morning.

17. What tops your tree?
This year, our ceiling. We went to the forest to get one ourselves. Oops. Well the snowman that ususally sits on top is adorning a window sill.

18. Which do you prefer giving gifts or receiving them?
It depends on the year. Some years I am so into giving that I forget other want to give to me. Other years I know what I want and the only way to get it is to mention it at every turn.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
The ones that my children sing. I love to hear thier little voices chiming in.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
The Dum Dum ones YUM. I love the regular ones sticking out of my hot cocoa for a little added affect.

21. When do you take your tree/decorations down?
It happens slowly. Usually some where around New Years. Hey that's when we do it New Years.
22. What do you do on New Year's Eve?
We used to go to Leslie's for her big bash. Other years we sit at home and watch long movies (Gone With the Wind, or My Fair Lady). This year, who knows.

Oh Christmas Tree

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I would like to wish you all a ____ !(click on blank)

Is This Me?