2013 Anual Soup and Pie Troop 293

The boys are raising money to go to camp so they put on a Soup and Pie Dinner.  It is so so good! 

Chili so good

Look at all the Pie you could eat.  What is your Favorite Pie?

Ryan getting to enjoy some food also

 Bella (Polly likes crackers)

My hubby got to join me this year.  We enjoyed some awesome soup and pie!  Thanks boys for the awesome day.

Christmas

Christmas Day we have done things a little different every year.  This year we read The Story of Christmas and the boys got 3 gifts from us.  Based on the 3 gift the wise men brought.  The gold gift did not come so I had to compromise a little so they got a few more than 3.  I got this idea from a ladys blog that I follow you can visit her here.  Santa and his helper stay up tell wee in the morning doing the things around the house.  So instead of them going to sleep afterwards the wake the kids.  Telling them Santa came this Christmas it was 3 am.  They open there gifts and then we go to bed the kids stay up and play with there gifts and crash when they cant stay awake anymore.  It has worked out for the most part. 

 When you open the book it has little books that are numbered.  I handed them out and each of us read them out load.

Conner just need a little help with a few words.

The First Gift was myrrh ( something practical something they can use)

 Clothing can always be used.

The second gift is frankincense (something we all can enjoy together as a family)

Movies with some popcorn. We love watching movies together.

The last gift is Gold (something they really wanted)

Patrick got a pair of shoes green shoes that he just loved and the other boys got characters to go to the wii for there Sky-lander game.  And the boys had a few more gifts to open.  Then I made Christmas Breakfast.  Randy and I decided on not getting gifts for each other.(we did get one gift  from the boys)  We sponsored two little girls in China for Christmas this year instead. You can visit there blog here.

This is Lydia and her Chunky Sock Monkey I made just for her.  She is also wearing the bow I sent also sent a outfit.

This is Lena you can see the Chunky Sock Monkey legs they are pink with hearts.  You can take a look at the other children here.  
Most of the children at New Day are needing forever homes.

You can find the recipe here.  
Then it was time for Randy and I to lay down and get a few hours of sleep before the rest of the family came over.  As always I do Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.  So I wanted something simple and I wastnt going to fund the whole holiday Dinner so I made a list of things that each family needed to bring so I could cook it.  Okay so the crack pot could.  This year Dinner was Mexican Style.

 

Enchilada Casserole

 Taquito Enchilada Casserole

Spanish rice

drinks

Chips and salsa

ref beans and rotel dip

 This one is Grinch

And here are some photos of Family

 My sister Melissa and her husband Graig and Bella there daughter.

 Randy's Mom and dad

 Uncle Julian

 Step dad Jim

My Mom Betty

And then us.  After we opened gifts from the family then there was homemade hot chocolate and more sweets.  I also gave gift baskets of the goodies I made to friends.

You can find most of the recipes on my blog 12 days of Christmas Cookies.  
This year was so different form the years before.  It was easier, not so stressed.  I hope you have enjoyed you Christmas.

I think he likes!

Ryan 2nd time wrestling.  I had a Doctor appointment that day also.  So I didn't get to see his first time out.  but I was there for the second.  Usually they wrestle three matches.  But for some reason he didn't.

Here are a few video clips

Video are up now

First time ever wrestling for the both of us

After football comes wrestling.  Ryan wanted to try it this year so I made him a deal.  You have your week of choirs.  You have to do them every day to earn $5.00 a day.  If for some reason you do not feel like you have to do them on a day then you will have to figure out how you are going to get 30 miles home.  Or if you choice if you have 5.00 cash then you pay that way.  So ever time I pick him up he owes me 5.00 for gas.  I pick him up 3 days out of the week.  So I thought that was a good start.  Last week he did not do his choirs so he had to pay me 10.00.  I don't think he like it to well at all because ever since then he has been doing them.

So Friday was his first match(Nov 2). And mine to go watch ever.

He is the one in red white and black.  

It was interesting to see how each coach is different.  And you can get hurt in wrestling.  He classmate got a broken thump.  It looked liked it hurt.  

You can see here that he is holding his hand up here.  He did a great job.

 Ryan friend Justin in red white and black

And here also 

His next match is Monday and i will have more photos and video to post then.  Also i have a Doctor appointment that day.  I think I'm going to get some butt chewed.  I have not seen him for 5 mouths and i sup post to see him every mouth.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !

I will post more tomorrow after i recover I'm so tired and going to bed.  Hope you all had a great one.


Conner class and the 3rd grade class carved pumpkins at school 

 Randy helping by holding the pumpkin still

 All done

2nd graders and there pumpkins
 

Patrick as a Killer I'm going to put it a little nicer than what he called him self

Conner as Hulk

 Daylon as Spider-man

 Ryan is in the background B is a little doggie was so cute