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We have been very busy this month. Mike is getting ready to take boards next week so he is studying up a storm. He is stress mode, he has been on call a lot this month also. The kids have been sick also, and they seem not to get over the cold they have. We had to put the Landrover in the shop finally for the oil leak to get fixed. I hope they can fix it and we do not have to get another car. We are trying to get all of our credit cards paid off which we paid of 4 so far!! Yea for us!! We only have 3 more to go and then we are going to try and work on Mike's student loans. Which that will take for ever. In the mean time while we are trying to pay off credit cards we are trying to buy new furniture for our house. We still use the futon for the couch and a glider rocker for a chair. I can seem to go out and charge anything anymore, because I do not to owe anyone anymore. Mike and I are also taking the Fire Proof class for marriage enrichment at church. We are not having any problems there we just want to make our marriage better. The class is great so far we only had one class so far I will let you know how it goes. We had a great Valentines day. We just spent the day with the kids and saw Bolt the movie and went to Chili's the kids had a great time. Mike and I both got I phones which I love. I almost did not get one because of the money, but Mike surprised me. How sweat is he. I love him. His birthday was on the 20th we went out to eat and the kids made him cupcakes which he loved. They are great kids.

The Joys of living in Oklahoma

We are ok where we live. The tornado's hit mainly in Edmond and at Oak Tree golf and country club. That is about 45 min. north west of us. We just have had a lot of wind and no rain. So far none of our family has been in this. Mikes mom and step dad live up in Edmond and they do not have power right now. I will let you know if anything happens where we live.

Ice Storm

What do kids like to do during an ice storm. Go out and play!!!!! The problem is it really is not ice it is sleet. My kids thought it was snow. I told them we do not live in Virginia anymore we live in Oklahoma and we do not get that much snow we get ice here. I am happy to say that right now we still have power. The sleet is still coming down now, it was supposed to stop mid day, but it has not. I let the kids go out for a little while and play, as long as they stayed in the back yard. They had a great time. Abby wanted to go out with out her coat and play and I was like what are you thinking it is cold outside.


Abby and Jacob ready to go outside for a while. Abby and Jacob playing outside in the sleet.What do kids do after playing in the sleet? Eat lunch and watch cartoons of course.

Retreat

This past weekend we went on Mike's work retreat. Abby calls everything we go on an adventure, that is what she told her teacher. We all had a great time. They had a speaker come and his name was John Patrick he talks about God and the ethics behind everything. He was very good. We ate a lot while we were gone and I got to know the spouses a little bit more. The residents choose who they want to come to there program during this time so they had a little special meeting. Abby and Jacob had a great time playing with other kids there. The only problem was that it was sooo cold there. On Thursday it was 70 degrees, and when we left on Friday it was 36 degrees go figure that out, but I do live in Oklahoma. The kids played a lot of rock band while we were there also.


Abby and Jacob up in the loft of our cabin. They had a great time up there. They got hot sleeping up there, so Mike and I was cold down stairs, but that was ok the kids had fun.Jacob up in the loft.Mike, Abby, and Jacob headed to the club house for breakfast. Abby and Jacob running.

Abby and Jacob playing rock band.

Santa Came

Abby and Jacob putting the cookies and milk out for Santa. They also put out food for the reindeer that they made at school. They were sooo excited about Santa coming they went straight to bed with no problems. They got up around 7:00 am which we were trying to sleep and very tired. My parents came over that morning for breakfast. We all had a great time.


Abby and Jacob putting cookies and milk out for Santa.

Jacob with his buzz. Oh how he loves this toy!!!

Abby with her pony and new doll.

Christmas Cookies

This year I used a different cookie recipe and icing. Abby did all the mixing and cutting this year. We had some cookies that were fat and some very skinny. The kids did a great job in decorating and they also had a great time. We did not have any problems with them trying to take things from each other. We have that problem a lot, because they always want to have the same thing or do the same thing. We are getting better with that.


Jacob putting icing on the cookies

Abby showing off her big cookie that she made.

Proud of the work. They did a great job.

Christmas Eve with the Kelley's

On Christmas Eve we always spend it with my mom's side of the family. We have it at my mom's church, because it is hard to fit all of my mom's brothers and sisters in one house. This year we ate and then went to the candle light service. The service was very good. When the service was done we went back and had a couple of snacks and opened presents. We draw names for the kids and the adults do dirty Santa. We always have a good time.

Abby opening her gift with her cousin Randy looking to see what she got.

Jacob opening his gift. Our family on Chirstmas Eve. This picture was taken right before we left. The kids are either hyper or tired.