Oh Yeah I did the hair! I amazed even myself. Considering all I ever do for myself is a ponytail.

What a night. The girls had a father/daughter dance at school so not only did they get all gussied up to go, but our neighbor and friends rented a limo and let them ride along! Watch out future boyfriends. The standards are pretty high!

Side note: Craig just told me when they got there they had to check in by last name and since he wasn't sure how I RSVP (through bekah or anna's class) he started with the A's for Rebekah Anthony. At which point Anna declared (adequately loud enough for all to hear) her name wasn't Anthony her name was Randall and to go find the 'R' line!

Side-side note: Despite the fact that Anna looks miserable in all the pictures she was so excited she was practically jumping off the walls!

It's just too cold when the frost is on the inside of the door! And your heating bill runs in the $500 range (so much for getting ahead! LOL) Those of you in South Dakota can sympathize and those of you in Alabama I know are just green with envy!

mom colten randall

Apparently I use his whole name way too much! Not only do I call Kaid by his whole name, but often I mess up and use Kaids middle name for Quinns middle name too. Now he thinks you say (fill in your name) Colten Randall anytime you really want emphasis.

Thoughts on Babysitters

Every 4 weeks I get 25 minutes to myself (usually I don't even have to take the baby with me). I go to the beauty salon and get my eyebrows waxed. yahoo! Today I went and came back before Craig had to be at work, ok... then Kaid looks at me and says "mom, your gonna babysit us?!" Uhhhhhhh No, this is my parental responsibility, but really how is today 'babysitting' any different from the 364 other days in the year that I am with you? Why, in your mind am I a babysitter today? Do you expect more out of me - more playing, more conversation and less work - less laundry, less dishes done? Just curious why am I a babysitter today instead of a mom?

Just Imagine

OK, so we did all the usual Christmas stuff - it just seems that Craig always has one baby and I always have the other so we don't get to documenting too much of it... That being said, Some friends went with us to chop down a Christmas tree (on the coldest day of the year) at this great Christmas tree farm, we had sleigh rides and hot cocoa and I made a point to remember the camera - and now just imagine that Craig and I are in this picture instead of our friends and that there are a few more kids standing there. Our tree looked about the same as their tree, we all had on a lot of scarves and hats and gloves so that's about the same... but unfortunately we totally forgot to take a single picture of Christmas (any of it!) Oh how I cracked myself up when I realized that I (queen of picture taking) have no pictures of Christmas 2008.

'Does Jesus love giants?' This coming from the boy who is constantly acting like a pirate.

Christmas

Craigs very special gift from Santa was Rock Band (I worked really, really hard to keep it a surprise! I agonized over it! I hid the evidence at Merry Maids, I made a midnight run to pick it up so it would take him off gaurd, I had the neighbor lie to him about his 'lame gift' this year - Craig fell for it because I do have a tendency to get lame gifts. Then on Christmas morning he hardly acknowleded it. He said he was more excited to see the kids excited over their gifts (sweet, but I was waiting for him to show his utter amazement that I pulled this surprise off!) Anyway, the video is a crack up!