New Years Eve

The kids were playing so well together, and they even spent a little while watching cartoons!

More time was spent dancing...nice move Parker!

More dancing...or ring around the rosy!?

Even Olivia got in the Wii action...surprisingly, she did pretty well! Aunt Tara had to get in the shot too..nice one Tara! :-)

We spent a low key New Years Eve at Aunt Shell and Uncle Tim's this year. In fact, it was just the Erxlebens, the Clines, the Blundys and Rick. We had a great time all night, so it was perfect. We played a lot of board games, danced with the kids, played the Wii, etc. It was pretty tame compared the other years past, but fun nonetheless. We spent the night so we didn't have to drive home, so that was nice too (and Winston was with us as well).

In attendance...

Mommy and Daddy

Aunt Shell and Uncle Tim

Uncle Tim and Mommy

Rick and Uncle Tim

The Blundys

Play Time!

Aunt Shell and the kids came over tonight while the boys were bowling. It gets them out of the house, so we have been trying to do it every week. Tonight was our turn!!

I think she was making pancakes!

They were trying to race around the living room, but both were trying to take the lead, as usual!

Popsicle Cheers!

Back to Work!

It was pretty tough to get back to work this morning, considering I had taken the entire week off! I am thinking I may try to do that next year though, cause it was so nice. I could still check in to work from time to time on my laptop, but didn't have to physically be in the office and could get some last minute running done! All that being said, it was back to reality today. It wasn't terrible in that I had too much work to do, but just being in the office was tough. But, we made it through the day and finally headed home. Nana, Aunt Shell and I had all started reading the Twilight Series books, so wanted to see the movie. Last minute, we decided to go tonight and it was great. We are really enjoying the books and jumped on the bandwagon, so it was good to see the movie too. Even after a long day, we got home fairly late, but it was worth it!

Our last Christmas of the year...

We went to Gma and Gpa Davis's this afternoon to celebrate with them and Grandpa. Gma had been pretty sick recently and was feeling better today, so we were able to stop by! Unfortunately, Olivia had not had her nap today, so she wasn't in the best mood. However, we did have a great time and it was good to spend the afternoon with them. It was our last Christmas of the year, and I think the last week has just been a little overwhelming. It was time to get home and relax and try to get ready to go back to work and Kathy's! We had a wonderful year, so thanks to everyone!!!!

Last, but not least!

Miss Olivia and Grandpa

All in great moods as you can see from this picture!!

This is the result of not getting her nap in today! She wasn't even excited to be getting presents, and actually cried while she was opening some!

New jammies and a game for her V Smile!

Playing with some of her bath toys from Grandma...finally in a better mood! Grandma has the magic touch!!

Cline Family Christmas

We went to Aunt Jenny and Uncle Don's tonight for the Cline Christmas. As you can imgaine, we had lots of great food from Aunt Jenny. We got there a little early so we could exchange gifts between Grandpa, Mel, Jenny and Don before the rest of the gang arrived. We drew names again this year, so that was a lot of fun! Once everyone else arrived, we had the annual gift exchange. Mommy ended up with a gift certificate to a great Mexican place and Daddy got a bar stool for his garage/basement. Afterwards, we ate more and played ping pong, the Wii and enjoyed the rest of the evening. Winston came with us cause we planned on spending the night, which worked out great. We had the entire basement to ourselves and Olivia slept great and did well! We had a great time and will look forward to doing it again next year! Thanks everyone!

And the fun continues...

This is Miss Olivia's most recent 'scary face!'

A new fishing pole from Grandpa and Mel!

Nice quite sure what this move was, but she thought it was something...

...until she fell!

Looks like an interesting conversation was taking place here!!

Fun at Aunt Jenny and Uncle Don's!

Mommy, Daddy and Winston

Playing games...

Daddy and Olivia playing ping pong!

Miss Olivia is ready!!

Christmas with Nana and Paw Paw

We went to Nana and Paw Paw's tonight for dinner and to celebrate Christmas. We always have such a great time over here and tonight was no exception! We had a great dinner and the kids couldn't hardly wait to dig into the gifts! Aunt Shirley came over to watch the excitement too, so it was great to see her! We tried to do the gifts a little different this year...one at a time, so we could all see what was going on! Surprisingly, it worked very well and the kids were very patient and even excited to see what the others got! Sweet Parker would open something and then quickly put the next gift on his lap...he wouldn't open it, but he was sure ready for his next turn! They were spoiled rotten as usual, so it was wonderful that they each received a big gift bag with their names on them to take home their goodies! And, they all got new jammies and matching slippers, which were a big hit! Thanks to Nana and Paw Paw and Aunt Shell and Uncle Tim!!

Presents, Presents.....

Me and My Daddy!

She is definitely going through a My Little Pony phase, so absolutely loved this. The pose is courtesy of her father...he knows how I love to get the good shots! :-)

She was loving on her babies...

...and then taking them for a walk!


Thanks for the roller skates Aunt Shell and Uncle Tim...I hope I don't fall and break something! Maybe we'll keep those at your house for when she comes over!


Unlike most kids, Olivia loves her clothes! This was such a cute outfit...thanks Nana and Paw Paw!

...and more presents!

All the kidlets inside their goody bags from Nana and Paw Paw. These are perfect and will come in handy for the years to come!

Paw Paw jumped right in to the Hungry Hungry Hippo action! Good luck Paw Paw...they are pretty ruthless and have been known to cheat a little by just grabbing the marbles with thier grubby little hands!

Sweet Kaleigh seemed satisfied with her gifts this year!

Hannah Montana guitar from Aunt Missy and Uncle Shane!

Parker did so well waiting for his turn. He would grab the next gift and place it on his lap, just to be ready when we said it was his turn!

RRROOOOAAARRRR!!!

New Jammies!!

Miss Olivia loving her new jammies!

Thanks Nana for my jammies and matching slippers!

All the kids with their new jammies!

A little competition....

Shane looks cool, calm and collected! Tim...not so much!

Looks like he got his revenge! :-)

Merry Christmas!!!

I think this is the first year ever that we spent our entire Christmas Day at our own house and did not have to go anywhere!!! In fact, it was just the three of us until right before lunch! We enjoyed the morning and couldn't help ourselves...even though we didn't get home until about 11:00 last night and stayed up until 1:00 in the morning helping Santa put together the Barbie Jeep....we woke her up!!! We wanted to ensure we got her on the video camera when she saw the jeep, so we got her up and then brought her downstairs. She was so excited, and jumped in it right away! Then, after playing for a few minutes, she did want to open her other gifts. Unlike last year when we couldn't pull her away from one toy to open another, this year was different. She wanted the next one, and the next one, and so on. She got excited over everything she got, so it was so sweet. We had so much fun watching her open this year, and she actually got to relax all day and play with everything!

After a while, Grandma and Dave, Granny and Bob, and Aunt Jenny and Uncle Don came over. I had made a big pot of chili, so they came for lunch and to spend some time with Olivia. She was super excited with the rest of the gifts she opened, especially the piano, her scooter, her floor puzzle and game and the playdoh! Great job guys! We all joined in the fun and enjoyed the day. They couldn't stay too long as they had other places to go, however we were in for the long haul. We stayed in our jammies all day and it was wonderful! We might just have to make this the new Cline family tradition!! :-) The pictures are below (2).

Christmas Morning at the Clines

The 'Before'

This was one of Daddy's ideas...he was so excited for her to see this...even though she cannot play with it until it is nice outside.

Thanks Santa!!

The 'After'

She looks quite satisfied!

We are on a My Little Pony kick right now!

More stickers....lovely!

As you know, most little kids don't like getting clothes! Miss Olivia on the other hand, loves them. She especially liked her new jammies and slippers!