New Years Eve

Happy New Year Everyone!!!
Tony and Cliff worked on the kitchen counter tops yesterday and got quite aways with it. They will continue their project today. Can't wait to see it completed.

We went to dinner at Los Lupes last night with Leo & Cha. Had yummy food and then home to our nice warm house. I am such a puss. I hate the cold and it was only about 39 degrees. HA.

We watched Family Guy and The Office and Cliff and I laughed our butts off. The girls didn't seem to think it was as funny as we did. I guess they don't have our sick sense of humor. We dyed Alecia's hair a soft black last night and it looks great. I am going to have to do it again today as there are some light spots. She has so much hair that I thought we'd need an extra box of dye but we tried it anyway. I was worried it was too dark for her but it actually looks nice.

The girls will be leaving either tomorrow or Friday. It is always so quiet when they all go. I'll miss them. Then Big Daddy and I will be on our own again, running amuck with no restraints who knows what could happen?

I think we are going to stay home tonight and play games with the kids. I tried to get Teddi to bring our baby Oli out but she is having a baby party with her friend Amber. So I imagine it will be the Mexicans and us partying like it's 2009!!!!

Rockin to the Oldies

Well the big girls are here and we are having a ball. It is so much fun for us all when they get to spend time with us. They can relax and be themselves around their Dad, and boy they do. When they get in trouble they really get punished though!! Last night Alecia was really bad and so I gave her the harsh punishment of being forced to sing old 80's rock ballads and then eat ice cream. I hope she learned her lesson after that!!

We have discovered that Traci can sing after all, she didn't know she was an old rocker but last night we had her belting out Joan Jett and she rocked the house. Of course Dad had to rock out to some Danzig and we liked that although Traci said that Glen was a major CREEPER!! HA!
Cliff was clowning Ozzie Osborn and saying, "I've been the Prince of Darkness since 1979!" in his British accent till we were all laughing hysterically. Ah I love the Old School rockers. Then the girls sang me a song they said was about me. It was by some new group and all I remember is it was about some girl named Debbie who was dreaming of shaking her butt dancing on top of White Snakes car. It was pretty funny and really fit too. Lately I have too much butt to shake anywhere, but oh well.

We also went bowling and that was fun. We bowled 3 games and I won one and Cliff won the others, It was pretty distracting cause all the kids are out of school and the place was a mad house.

Cliff and the girls are working on the counter tops today. I can't wait to get them done. Traci was excited to show her Dad her construction skills so I hope they have fun. I am going to dye Alecia's hair tonight and we are going to grill steaks in Traci honor. She says she never gets to eat meat at home so I try to make sure we have meat as much as possible while she is here. She gets meat, Alecia gets ice cream, and Cheyenne just eats non-stop anything in the carbohydrate family. I guess you can say we are all pigs, there you have it!!

Christmas Past

Well Christmas is over. We had a wonderful time and hopefully so did all the kids. We picked Cheyenne up in CO last week and had a real fun week. We went to see Santa with Gabbi and Charlee and then made cookies for Santa with Mr Tony. Santa managed to find Cheyenne although she was quite disgusted that Santa used the same wrapping paper as I did to wrap gifts. She thought he should have found something besides EXACTLY what I used HA. She was also amazed that the Tooth Fairy found her this week. Traci had convinced her that the Tooth Fairy NEVER finds you at Dad's house but Traci was wrong, she did come and she left a whole dollar!!

We picked up Traci and Alecia yesterday in Co when we took Cheyenne home. We spent the evening partying at Aunt Julie's. Alecia and I were big party poopers. I had an excuse, I have to sing in two weeks and couldn't chance all the cigarette smoke, I don't know what party pooper Alecia's excuse was. Maybe she just loves me so much she could not bear to leave me!!!! We got to see Baby Bailey, Aaron and Becca's baby, what a sweetheart. She felt so light after our big chunk babies. Cliff and I laughed when we held her cause it wasn't like lugging around our fat butt babies.

We drove home this morning and the roads were clear all the way. We were really lucky. Even with the bad storm just blowing through, the roads were clear and dry both trips. We took the Durango both times in case we needed the 4 wheel drive but it wasn't necessary. Can't believe that poor car is still running. It now has 250,000 miles on it and it runs like a top. Amazing. Cliff drove it 90 miles and hours over and back and it didn't miss a beat. Sweet. Side note: It was so damn cold over there I about died. It really made me remember how much I hate the cold. I hope I never have to live where it's cold again. Please Please Please don't make me

Cheyenne in the mask she made with her Christmas paper dolls!

The Gabbi in front of Mimi and Big Daddy's tree on her first Christmas ever.

Look at those big black eyes!!

The big girls model their new leather coats and sun glasses. They also got jewelery, games, pj's, CD's, watches, movies, lotions and potions...........

Mima and Baby Oli

Baby Oli in her box!!!

Teddi and Baby Oli in her new ride! I was surprised at how fast she learned to drive her car, She was so cute in it. A hot chick in a sweet ride.

Clear Sailing

We made it back from Colorado today about 4:00. The roads were clear and dry all the way but it was sooooo cold. I thought I'd die. It was miserable. So glad we don't live there. It was great to see everyone and we had a great time at John and Julie's on Saturday night. And yes we have awarded the MVP award to Dakota with mad props for being "player of the year". (inside joke that you had to be there for) As you can see we got our Cheyenne and brought her home with us for the week.Here she is with her friend Emerald. They have lots of fun together and are so cute.

We go back next weekend to get the older girls. We did get to see them this weekend which was great, but we will pick them up next weekend when we take Cheyenne home.

The one day I spent in CO I managed to catch a cold and I feel miserable. I think I will take a hot bath and go to bed!!!

Stay Positive

I am trying to stay positive but it just is not easy with the crap I deal with at work. I have never seen so many people who have no clue about business and have no conscience when it comes to dealing with other human beings. I estimate we will have to file for bankruptcy by the middle of January and in a way it will be a relief. Richly deserved to say the least.

We leave to go get Shiner in the morning. Cliff wants to spend the night in Co and visit a bit. I am glad cause we usually just turn around and leave and I always feel bad that we don't go see people. He just hates Co so bad that he can't stand to be there one more minute than necessary. AS bad as the roads are going to be, it will be best to do it in the daytime. When I checked the road reports it is snow packed and snowing so it should be fun. 450 miles of hell!!!then 450 miles back. Oh well at least we will get our baby for a week.

I got to see my Ollie last night in Vegas. She is so sweet. As soon as she saw me she said MIMA then looked around and said DADDY DADDY? She is such a beauty with all that golden hair and big brown eyes. I love her!!

White Christmas

Well Vegas got 3.5 inches of snow last night. Crazy. Of course it shut the whole town down. They even closed the schools up here . It was just rainy here but I quess it was the whole school district. Cliff had to work today and he said the snow started just about the time he got to the race track so it was mainly snowy in Vegas. It has been really cold. We felt sorry for Digger so we made him a bed in the laundry room and put a little heater in there for him. All my lantana finally froze, that's how I gauge when winter is here, when my lantana freezes.

Well I am ready for Christmas, We go to get Cheyenne this weekend. I have big plans for next week. I want to take her for pictures with Santa on Monday night and let her do a little Christmas shopping, then bake cookies with the kids on Christmas Eve, hopefully Teddi will bring Ollie out. Can't wait to see their sweet faces. So far it has been a wonderful holiday season, hope it continues.

I have to go to Vegas tonight and help Teddi a little. Hopefully the roads will be good. They have been closed out of Vegas into California all day. Weird. I guess the passes got 10" of snow. Got Cliff a pizza for dinner cause he will be bachelor-ing it tonight. Hopefully I won't be too late.

Spanky

Cliff and I watched Gabbi today for Charlee and it was like having our own little monkey. We combed her hair like Alfalfa and took her picture. She is so sweet. We had a lot of fun.

Cliff did more tile today and started the back splash in the kitchen, it looks fabulous darling. Can't wait till it's all done. We are hoping to have it done for Christmas but he has to work tomorrow and then we are going to get Cheyenne on Saturday and then he will probably work again on Monday, so maybe not. We will see. I don't really care just it would be nice for him to have it over.

It is suppsoe to snow 4 inches in the Vegas Valley tonight and it is crazy cold (for us). I hate winter!! Even here HAHA