Happy Wordless/Wordful Wednesday!!

**Playing another round of Uno with my son....**
I am off on a vacation day today! I took Monday and Wednesday off this week ( and we are closed Friday) so I get to spend a few days with my ever so darling munchkins. Yea... its been F.U.N. (not)
They are whiny, bored and lazy.
They are kids. And we just spent umteen hundreds of dollars on Christmas BUT alas.... they dont understand the concept of money ....
Monday we shopped. With our gift cards. All of them ( except for teen.. who wants to be dropped off at the mall today for "alone time" with a friend to browse and shop in peace... who wouldnt want that?) and so today brings... little money, more bored whining and who knows what else.
A trip to the grocery store( oh joy) for things for New Years Eve dinner ( I make chinese food)

Here's to your Wednesday... may it be a joyful as mine is...

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You Capture~ Holiday Decor

The challenge this week over at Beth's is: Holiday Decor....

Its pathetic to say that I just took these shots this morning... I am a slacker, what can I say.
Here ya go...

Our family, done on slate... custom made. Its hard to see from this angle but my son has a football near him,Jocelyn has a microphone ( she's a singer) and Ky has a cell phone & iPod... our snowmobile is there off to the side... such a fun piece of my Holiday Decor...
My Nana made these... one each to represent my babies...

My Holiday Garland that I drape over the banister... this has held up for 3 years now.. might have to get some new stuff next year....

Happy Holidays!!!

I ♥ Faces ~ Animals

This week over at I ♥ Faces the challenge is PETS ( or animals)

I have posted both my dogs before... this week... something different.
Saturday we went to the Ecotarium in Worcester and went on a train for a rendition of the Polar Express... this was called The Polar Bear Express.
We got to listen to the story The Polar Express... then went on a train ride up to see Kenda, the oldest living Polar Bear in captivity. We then took the train back to the building where we had hot chocolate & cookies. It was so fun! ( but cold!)

I ♥ Faces ~ Sweet Dreams

This week over at I ♥ Faces the challenge is : Sweet Dreams. I wrestled with a few pics this week but ultimately went with this one... this is a friends new baby... sleeping peacefully... Enjoy!

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You Capture: Your HAPPY Story

The Challenge over at Beth's this week is : Your Happy Story

I have been so busy this week that I woke up this morning and had a panic attack because I forgot... I forgot to put together this post! So...
I went back through all the photos I have taken over the last few weeks and these are the ones that make me the happiest when I saw them... Enjoy!!

All the kids happy and smiling... a rare moment but a Happy one!!
It makes me Happy to see my husband playing with my nieces... he adores them!!
It makes me Happy that we get to see my nephews and that we all enjoy our time together!!
It makes me Happy to see my daughter LOVE her American Girl Doll. She is so passionate about her!! Its so adorable!!
It makes me Happy to see how much my newest niece Natalie adores spending time with my son and it makes me thrilled that he, being the baby of our family, is so good with her!!
It makes me Happy to see my baby turn 15!! and she is such an amazing young woman. I am so proud of her!!

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i Heart Faces~ Tooshies

The challenge this week over at I ♥ Faces is TOOSHIES!!

I was super excited because my kids have the cutest bums BUT then I had the task of finding the perfect photo to use. Here ( by popular vote) is what I chose.




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WW Wednesday~ 11/25

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!
Its time again for Wordful/Wordless Wednesday!
I have been so busy this week that I havent really even taken my camera out.... so this one was taken last week. I chose to post this photo today because Jocelyn is in Maine today... she will be staying with my Dad and Step Mom for Thanksgiving. This is a first for us... I always have my children with me for all the holidays BUT she was invited and gets to spend so little time with them that she really wanted to go so we said OK... We will miss her smiling face for the next 5 days though. She will be home Sunday!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!




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You Capture~ Sunset/Sunrise

The challenge over at Beth's this week: SUNRISE/SUNSET
I kinda cheated this week because I was working all week until after 5pm and here the sun sets so early now, I just couldnt capture it. Plus, getting over the H1N1, we havent been getting up super early either so... this is a shot I took a few weeks ago while watching my sons Football Scrimmage. I always have my camera with me to take tons of shots of the boys but this sunset was too gorgeous to pass up! No editing done at all... Enjoy!

I ♥ Faces ~ Autumn Beauty

This week at I ♥ Faces the challenge is Autumn Beauty!!




This is my son Trevor, taken a week ago during "family picture day"
We are right in the middle of the Fall here in Mass... so there are alot of great Autumn Colors around here!!
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You Capture~ Sick In real Life!!

This weeks Challenge over at Beth's is : Your Real Life!

In My Real Life... this week... we are sick. With H1N1... we are growing piggy tails! Ugh! So, you asked for it... photos of MY life... this week... Here ya go! ( I will spare you the vomit and tissue photos)

This is our stash of meds... not pictured... Tamiflu ( which came later!)
Even Hubby isnt feeling well.. But he is still playing SoCom!
Yep.. thats my boy... the only one NOT sick... ( he was vaccinated) and he is cooking for us! ( with help, of course!)
Kylie snoozing... going on day 7!!

Even Crazy Jojo is sick... atleast the Cable is working... that would be a disaster..!!

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I ♥ Faces ~ Thankful

This week at I ♥ Faces the challenge is : Thankful, My story in Photos.

Here are a few of my favorites... the things I am most Thankful for in my life!!


This man.. my husband... my life... my best friend. I am totally Thankful that he found me and that I found him. Cant imaging my life without him!
These babies... my children... my life. I am so Thankful that I was lucky enough to have 3 beautiful, happy and healthy children.


Again... my babies... with their cousins. I am Thankful that my kids adore their cousins and get to spend time with them being silly! Its super important to me that they all remain close!!

You Capture~ Free For All

This week for the challenge at Beth's its a Free For All... our choice!! I dug through my pics from this week and found some good ones for you all... ENJOY!

My niece Natalie & Trevor... oh how she loves my little boy...


Nat was a little witch for Halloween... she was super happy!

This is a shot of Kylie ( my teen's) corsage for her Homecoming Dance this past weekend.
All dressed up for her dance...

The boys final football game... Trev ( #34) held hands to go out as team captains...

WW ~ Halloween Photos!!!

Its Wednesday again and that means time for Mostly Wordless Wednesday....( or Wordful Wednesdays now... courtesy of Angie's blog!!)

This past weekend was Halloween and though I am a terrible mom because I dont have pics of my kids... ( they wouldnt stay put for long) I do have a few gorgeous ones of my niece Natalie. (My sisters favorite holiday is Halloween... so she went all out for my little niece!) Enjoy!!



She had the cutest little WITCH costume but refused to wear the hat !!!

Oh, and here's a shot of my baby at her first Homecoming Dance. This was taken with her BFF Sam!! ( Ky is the one in black!)

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You Capture ~ Autumn

This week the challenge over at Beth's is Autumn!

This is a MUM in my front yard.. with snow on it... We were getting a snow shower in October! Craziness!!
Here are my beautiful babies... posing for our family pictures.
This was taken in the mountains during Trev's football game this weekend. The trees were turning beautiful oranges...
Our front yard.. wouldnt be complete without the pumpkins and scarecrow!