Christmas Pictures

So here are the pictures I was trying to download last night.


My dad at our Christmas Eve party. That's when we knew it was time to start playing games....Dad sleeping in the chair, with his mouth WIDE open.


All day Christmas Day Jillian would just sit on someones lap. She was not feeling well at all. Here she finally moves from my lap to Jeremy's.


Daisha being a good sport letting my play with my camera, blowin' me kisses. I love you Daisha.


Jillian's medicine finally kicked in for a little while and she played with one of her toys she got. She is so cute when she is her happy self.


Tucker playing with his Christmas present a DS. He got the Tansformers game with it and he didn't put it down all day.


Bryton crashes after a long fun Christmas Day.


Jillian loves to take care of the little kids. Here she is sharing something with her cousin Zakary.


Jillian playing with a toy at "Mem's" house. She is feeling a little better the day after Christmas. Isn't she so cute in her Christmas outfit?!


The whole Kiester clan the day after Christmas.


Ok, so there are a few pictures of my beautiful family. I love my kids so much! They are the joy of my life...and my husband too. Love you all!

Christmas

Ok, it's taken me a few days since Christmas but my excuse is...well I have lots of them and none of them are good ones. :)

So I don't have a whole lot of pictures of Christmas and the kids opening their presents because I got a new camera for Christmas. The whole time the kids were opening their gifts I was trying to figure out how to work the new camera. So here's what I have.



While I was trying to upload the pictures Jeremy was playing xbox with a bunch of his friends and every time I would try to upload it will kill his connection...so maybe we can get pictures on here tomorrow.

So we had a wonderful Christmas Eve at my parents' house with LOTS of food and games. We had a great time. Our favorite game was Catch Phrase. Tons of fun!! The girls (my, mom, my sister Sheree and myself) beat the guys (my dad, Rob and Jeremy)...no the girls SLOTTERED the guys. LOL.

Then of course we had to track Santa. Finally he was getting so close we had to convince the kids he wouldn't come unless they went to bed. Finally they gave up about 11-11:30 and went to bed.

Santa did come. YAH! And brought more than just coal. We must have all been pretty good this year. My parents along with my sister Sheree came over to watch the kids open their gifts. We got to see and visit my grandpa, the one in New Hampshire, for a little while. That was fun, he has some great neighbors who invited him over for Christmas day. Thank goodness because all of the family is far away.

After a while everyone went home and took their naps. I got a short nap but had to continue playing with all the new toys. Later in the day my other sister, Yvonne, came over with her girls and my parents and Sheree came back for a little while. It's great to have everyone together for the Holidays. No matter what happens in my family I am always happy to see everyone. Family is what the holidays are all about. I love all of my family.

So speaking of family, I consider my husbands side of the family my family also. And we got to spend some time with them the day after Christmas. My mother in law and father in law had everyone over to their house, which makes it even better. I get to enjoy everyone's company and not have to do the preparation or clean up. :) Thanks Laurie and Greg! We had almost the whole family together. We were just missing a few people, which with a big family that's pretty good. But it's just not the same without everyone there. (We miss you Anne and Jas)

So as the year comes to an end I have been thinking about this year, and I decided I feel like I wasted this year. I don't feel like I accomplished much, but was lucky enough to not have a lot of bad things happen to say it was a bad year. I guess what I am trying to say is just that I want to make the year 2011 one to remember. I want it to be a GREAT year not just an ok year. I want to go out of my way to make more people happy. I want to spend more QUALITY time with my family. I want to go on more dates with my husband. I really thing that is what is important in life. We all get so caught up with having to have the house clean and blah blah that we forget what's important. So that is my goal for this coming year. Wish me luck! :) With that being said...I love you all!

Have a Happy New Year.

Just an update

I just wanted to update everyone on what's been going on here. I have one more week of working. Thank goodness! I love working at Hickory Farms but I am just worn out. I think it might have a little bit to do with having 4 kids at home and being 29 weeks pregnant with baby number 5. I am worn out!!!

Jeremy finished another semester of college. He did REALLY well this semester. He raised his GPA to a 3.2! Great job Jeremy!!! Next semester looks like it's going to be tough though. I'm not sure if the classes will be hard but he will be gone a lot. We'll just wait and see how things go.

Jillian has been getting more teeth in, so she has been kind of grouchy and clingy. Jeremy says that while I am gone to work she won't let him do anything.

Bryton has been regressing. Since I have been working so much he's gone back to baby fits and having accidents in his underwear. One more week buddy we can do it. I can't wait to be back home with him and get him back to doing learning activities and having mommy time.

Tucker oh that boy is a spittin' image of his dad. Tucker is our gaming boy. He loves to play xbox. He will do anything to have time on the xbox. Which I use to my advantage a lot. :) He is nothing like Daisha was when she started school. He doesn't really care to go. In fact he'd rather not go if he didn't have to. Tucker is still very much into Star Wars and Transformers things.

Daisha is still my big helper. She makes me lunches for when I go to work. She helps take care of all the younger kids. She is my lifesaver at times. Some days I just need a hug and she is always there to give me one. And when I am not feeling well she tells the other kids to "leave mommy alone, she needs to rest".

Anyways, we are planning on staying home for Christmas. No major plans really. On Christmas Eve we are going to have a party at my mom's. My dad even told me he is going to play games with us. That doesn't happen very often. I'm pretty excited about that.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas and Happy New Year! Make some goals for yourself and make it a great 2011.

Snow, Birthday, and Fun

This was our first big snow fall. The kids love to play in the snow, or should I say they like to eat the snow. :)


Just hangin' out.


Putting up our Christmas tree. The day after Thanksgiving. What a fun time we had. The kids are so excited for Christmas!


Cousins...Jillian and Maddilyn Kiester trying to play in the snow with the big kids.


Rob brought his 4 wheeler over and took the kids in tubes out in the field behind our house. I wasn't out there with them. I stayed in with Jillian and we made them hot chocolate for when they got back, but we opened up the back door and could hear them laughing and screaming and having a good time. I did take some pics of them but it was so dark you can't tell what they are.


Our miracle child, Tucker, turned 5 years old. He had to have a Transformers cake. So he got what he wanted. I think he had a great day. All day, I was at work and Jeremy kept sending me messages saying Tucker was making him crazy because he was ready to have his transformers cake. He was just so excited.


This is all of the grandkids on my family's side. From left to right we have: Tucker, Daisha holding Zakary, Amber holding Jillian, Bryton and Lindsey. (sorry about the red eye...didn't have time to edit first)


The baby bellies...