Florida and Stomach flu round 2

At this time I should be posting beautiful pictures of Disney and Christmas with my family but truthfully I am just plain exhausted! Disney was great I will post pics soon but a whole week, going to every park, seeing every show and carrying tired kids drained me. Then we left right away for Ohio had a good two days there until the little two caught the stomach flu bug. After that it has been get home, do 15 loads of laundry, clean the house, take down Christmas stuff, do the bills, try to stay awake for New Years Eve and rest!!
So stay well, happy new years, and I will post beautiful pics and great stories later !

stomach flu, hole in the ceiling, and pretty boy

let's see to get everyone caught up......
Abi, Clara and I all had a 12 hour stomach flu bug, They got to miss school I gotto lay on the couch.
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We had a mushy spot in the kitchen area and Mitch got around to finding the problem on Tuesday, it was the vent pipes in the attic. long story short they got fixed so now we will have to patch the hole!
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Pretty Boy Drew, he is now into doing his hair and putting on Bod Spray. He got into Mitch's last night and boy did he smell "good" The girls said he smelled like Uncle Kris :)
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We are going to see Christmas lights this weekend, packing for Disney, the girls have a Christmas program at church on Sunday and we are going to help celebrate Grandpa Burger's 95th birthday.
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decorating the "tree"

Boys are the strangest. We decorated the tree this weekend. Well, today I was changing Drew's diaper and had to go get the phone. He was running around naked and when I looked up he was hanging an ornament from his penis! I am not quite sure what he was thinking!
Wanted to take a picture but thought boy would he kill me when he is a teenager!

Thanksgiving

We are thankful for our new computer of course!!
We are thankful for healthly and happy kids.
We are thankful for our home and family nearby.
We are thankful for the opportunity to work from home.
We are thankful for the great Thanksgiving dinner at the Davis' home.
I was thankful for coconut cream pie!!
We are thankful for snow!

We are keeping a busy schedule between now and Chirstmas. I will try and post some pics soon lost the good Halloween ones in the computer crash. Look for my Christmas want list soon to come :)

Hoot's Handyman

Our business has been in existence for one year! Haven't written much about it and have not been keeping up with the Hoot's blog (so don't look there). Decided to write because this has been a record month for us! Mitch worked really all summer non-stop and then this month we had some great accounts. We are starting to get repeat business and adding new clients every week! We stopped advertising and are just relying on word of mouth.
He dropped the one part time job and doesn't look like he will have to pick it up again until after Dec. Good thing the lawn mowing season is ending that made things crazy!
He does some work for Matt with One Way Audio, cleans the church every other month, works Richards 2 days a week, 7 Sat. at ND and on top of that Hoot's has been busy.
We are praising the Lord and thanking all of you for your support. Starting a small business is not an easy step but it has been worth it. Mitch is enjoying everyday and only feels the pressure when there is too much work to do. Pray that the winter months will be a little easier this year and that our business will continue to grow.

If the shoe fits

I am going to talk about shoes. Abi (10 year old) has been complaining about her new shoes (size 6) that they hurt her feet. I was ignoring it hoping that she would get used to wearing tennis shoes again after spending all summer in her crocs. Well this morning 5 minutes before the bus came she was complaining again so just to see what happens I literally give her the shoes off my feet and say here try this on. What do you know they fit her! So, once again I was wrong and my 10 year olds feet have grown once again this time into my size. And yes she is wearing my shoes to school today and I guess a trip to the store will be put on the agenda for both her and I! (just went yesterday and bought shirts for her)
Will my kids feet ever stop growing and am I doomed to have all three of my girls wear the same size as me and having to share shoes with all of them. Stay tuned...........

The Critic Corner

You have not asked for my opinion on all the new shows on TV but here they are anyway.
(Remember we do not have cable so this is the normal stations.)
Monday night: Hereos - lived up to all the hype and was even better this week. This will be a have to be home night.
Chuck - pretty unrealistic but funny in a quirky way
Journeyman - hard to figure out why he goes back in time and what the
old finance has to do with the time travel but the acting is
fairly decent
Tuesday night: all I caught was Law and Order SVU and it was terrible I think I am done
watching all L&O since my favorite moved to a cable network

Wed night - watched Bionic Woman Did not like it at all hard to follow and what is with the
old bionic woman turned bad, and using them to fight wars........

Thursday - Survivor I can't believe that show is still on.... What a bunch of loonies on this season
Do you ever think they would run out of people to be on that show!
CSI - OK yeah just OK it was very predicatable and slow. Maybe the season
will get better
Sunday - Desperate Housewives - Mitch and I just started watching end of last season the premiere was really good and funny. I guess you had to be watching the show for years for some of the characters to make sense but glad I am not the only one with issues.

What was your favorite show??