Abigail is 2

Abigail celebrated her 2nd birthday with family. She got a bunch of stuff such as Buzz Lightyear, a books, clothes a dress, playdough, chalk, a bratz barbie,  cinderella barbie and Ken and I think that names everything she got.

Abi you are turning into a cute little diva. Your personality, character and desire you are still trying to figure out. You know what you want when you want it, but learning to share or leaving your brother a lone is a very hard thing for you to learn. Grandma has taught and I have had you practice saying "I'm a little stinker!" and you say it so proudly. You also have learned "Don't tell me No!" which you have gotten in trouble for saying that to me and your dad. You pick up things so quickly and you want your brother to play with you. You are so into barbie that although trains are almost your favorite I think we are slowly switching you to girl stuff. You are a girl through and through and you are growing up way too fast. You LOVE to read and that is such a good thing. I am so excited to continue to see you grow, learn and become a perfect little girl which you already are. You know your manners are we continue to work on them with you.

We love you, keep up the great work that you do and you will always shine in our eyes, and heart.

Mom's Christmas 2011

Every other year we tend to do things differently due to my brothers and their wives visiting their families for Christmas. So since this year was one of them we postponed Mom's Christmas until the day after New Years.

Mom always goes all out and it and although it is hard work and stress in the end it makes this event something to look forward too.

This year we started with the famous Broccoli Cheese Soup

After the soup which is always delicious we had salad brought by Brook and Logan

It was also delicious.

After the soup and salad it was on to the main course which consisted of potatoes, prime rib and lobster.

Once our tummys were full and we needed to rest from the delicious meal we headed to the living room to work of some of the calories by unwrapping presents.

Jack got a Dash Train Track and more,  Abi got a barbie car with a cooking apron and hat and more, Jeremy got bullets and more and I got a turtle neck with a bowtied vest along with necklaces and a gift card to B&N and more.

What a great day!

Thank you to everyone for their nice gifts.

New Years Eve 2011

Sine Grandma and Granpa Hone have passed the Hone family still gets together each and every year. This year the party was going to be held at Jolene's House (my mom's sister). Jeremy had to work, so Mom, the kids and I loaded up the CRV and headed to Mackay, Idaho.

We were instructed that when we reached the town of Mackay to call Jolene. Not knowing why we did as we were told to then leave a message. As we passed through Mackay and around the damn we came upon the gravel pit so turn off the highway and head down the lane to their house . As we began to head passed the gravel pit we see Landon and Cristy's Car. Not know what is going on we see this...

So we scuttled out of the car, got the kids shoes, coats and blankets on, jumped on the sleigh and headed to house. It was pretty cold with a gentle cold breeze flowing by, but having the sun up helped a lot.

We made it to the house and I stayed on to get back to the car and drive it down to the house. When we made it back to the car the sun had set and it was really cold out - so the kids and I jumped in the car and drve the car back to the house. By the time we made it to the house it was time to help get things set up for dinner.

So between mom and her two sisters they rotate this shindig and it always starts with eating, allowing the little kids to exchange gifts, the adults playing Bunko and and then who wins the pot and what present are exchanged.

Usually I am not a very good player, however this year was different. The main contender is alway Uncle Randy and he did lead off with 2 Naturals and in the end he had 3, but this year there were 6 of us (including him) that had 3 naturals and I was one of them. So we did a play off.

At my table there was Randy, Jamie and myself and at the other table there was Sage, Mike and Tyler. I was at 20 for three or so rounds and Mike was the same at his table and it was really intense when all of a sudden Tyler rolls a natural and wins the whole thing.

Although it is a fun game with this family it is a competitive sport.

After the win and loses we did the white elephant. Feeling down on my luck someone brought these nice king size pillows and so I ended up steeling them from Logan, well then low and behold my own sister in law Brooke steals them from me. How Rude! She almost got my mixing bowls too but I was going to put up a fight for those since we already stole the pillows (which I hope she is completely enjoying).

Most of everyone left except for Jerilyn, Randy, Shantae and Mike, then you had The Zollinger Family and Mom, the Kids (which Abigail had fallen asleep by now) and I. So we stayed up for the big 2012 change.

Jolene lives in the country and you mainly have to have satellite in order to get TV service so we couldn't watch the count down on TV. Uncle Brett gets his iPad and finds the count down, Mom and her sister are ready to drink with the punch that was made for the shindig. We all gather in the kitchen surrounding this iPad when I say "This is how rednecks count down on New Years Eve." My Jolene says "Hey we are high tech." I reply back "Ok this is how High Tech rednecks bring on the new year." After the count down we all yelled Happy New Year, I reached for my phone to call Jeremy and I looked at the clock and it was still 11:59. Lacey and I told everyone it was still 11:59 and so we were high tech late red necks. the time finally changed and we welcomed 2012!