Weekend Wrapup

Gosh, as I sit here brainstorming what I should write, lots of things are coming to my head about what I WISH I could write.

Christmas tree isn't up yet, still have some pretty major cleaning to do before next weekend when we have company for Cadee's 1st birthday party. Lots of prep for the bday party. Owell, I work best under pressure! :)

We did get most of the goodies shopped for the party, and I do have the Christmas letter written and ready for the most part to send out.

Cadee is making some progress about pivoting and getting around on her feet, walking won't be far off.

Tonight while watching the AWESOME Bears / Broncos game (PS BEARS WON in overtime if you missed it!), I called my good friend Kaycee up during half time, she's expecting her first child with a due date this week. I'm so glad I did, she's going in to be induced tonight!! I am so excited for them and can't wait to hear from them tomorrow. Sounds like we will be able to get together during Christmas time, so I am really looking forward to that. We are making plans to see a Home Bears game hopefully next season!

Willie and Barney are really coming together. We had a rough night or two, but I think that things are falling into place now. Working on the potty training, but crate training is going really well. He's still so little to expect anything yet.

Hope everyone has a good week, will be busy here. Chris will be away training for a couple of days and I will be working on the last minute stuff for company and party planning.

Family Lunch

On Saturday we joined Grandpa Craig and Grandma Diane for lunch to visit with Paul who is in town for the holiday. Great Grandma and Grandpa H, and Uncle Sean joined us as well.

Black Friday

After we got home from Chanute Jana and Matt came over to meet Barney and to spend some time together for the holiday.

Jana and I decided that there were some bargains at Wal-Mart and Kohl's that we couldn't pass up, so we got together at 4:30 Friday morning to join the Black Friday crowds. I have to be careful not to reveal my secret bargains for whomever might be reading this.

Jana and I found the location of our hot bargain and waited along with the few dozen other people standing around. My secret plan was to "help" Jana (read: shove) haha :) into the middle of the action to make sure that we got the quantity of the item we were looking for. The customer service lady came over and unveiled the treasure and we were able to get what we were after, but in about 45 seconds flat the entire palate was gone.

We then went after our second bargain, but realized that the best plan of attack would be to station a person at each desired item, otherwise we were probably out of luck. We did walk away with some toys that we weren't necessarily after for the girls, but when everyone else is grabbing them like hotcakes, they must be a great deal! :)

It was probably only 5:45 and the adrenaline was running so off to Kohls we went. Jana found some bargain sheets and then we went off to where we stood in line as it snaked its way through the store. We stood in line roughly an hour, but it worked out well because we took turns shopping some more, and Jana was making fun of me because most of the bargains I was picking up was things people had left behind close to the line!

By the time we left there I had to take Jana home so I could make it home in time for Chris to get off to work. The girls and I spent a good day together and went in and joined Daddy for lunch. We also brought in Barney for his office friends to meet. It was a long day after getting up so early (I need my sleep) and the girls's naps didn't coordinate well enough for me to sneak one in of my own.

Jana and I always have fun on our Black Friday adventures. This year our wardrobe even coordinated in our Garth hoodies. :) Our radar isn't so great, so if you see us coming, get out of our way! :)

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. On actual Thanksgiving day, we traveled to Chanute to visit Chris's Grandparents, the girl's Great Grandparents. We (and my kids) are so lucky to have lots of family in our lives. The girls currently have 6 Grandparents, and 7 Great-Grandparents, but not so long ago had 8 Great-Grandparents. I thought I was lucky that I had a Great-Grandma (she was an amazing woman who lived to be 101), but I think it is great for the kids to have this opportunities.

We got to see extended family from Texas and Oklahoma. It was fun for all of Grandma Lassman's grandchildren to be together (minus Sarah), but close.

Here are some pictures from the day. Barney was a big hit. He just laid around and soaked it all in!

Who can resist more pictures?

I am so blessed with such beautiful children, and now about the cutest puppy that there ever was. :)

I am glad that it is the end of a short work week and look forward to spending the long 4 day weekend with my family.

Tonight was spent preparing casseroles, deserts and getting ready for our day trip to Chanute. We also tried on some Christmas dresses for Nana and took a couple of pictures.

(Barney was helping Dad give the girls a bath)

Hope all is well! Happy Thanksgiving eve.

So I'm not a cat person.....

Through a friend at work, we had an offer we just couldn't pass up! Meet Barney the Bulldog!

He was 7 weeks old yesterday, the last of his liter, and sweet as can be! Willie is doing well, Barney doesn't move around as much and doesn't catch as much attention yet.

(Willie and Barney getting acquainted!)

We just picked him up tonight and are totally in love.

Happy pre-Thanksgiving everyone.

(especially from Barney the Bulldog, and Willie the Pug)

(Zoey was making sure he was tucked in before she went to bed)

P.S. Chris is thrilled, he is finally owning both breeds of dogs he has always wanted too (same goes for me, I just haven't known it as long, haha!) :)

Weekend Wrapup

So I know I have at least one loyal reader out there who made a comment from the peanut gallery about how I hadn't updated my blog in a whole week (you know who you are) :) I do appreciate my readers!

Pretty quiet and uneventful weekend, although those are nice too. Friday evening we had dinner with Nana and Papa Dave. Nana and Zoey spent some time at ChuckECheese and the Toy store.

Saturday was really quiet, went grocery shopping, although I should have spent it much more productively.... (preparing for Cadee's Birthday, the holidays, cleaning the house) but I did enjoy my nap that I caught up on.

Sunday Chris and Matt tried to go out Turkey hunting again. They saw one, but there was too much brush in the way for a good shot. Maybe again next Sunday.

The weather was so unusually warm, Chris got up and hung Christmas lights around the house it looks really nice. Not that on a dead end street we'll have much drive by traffic, but it makes us feel more festive and I think that Zoey really gets a kick out of it.

Zoey found out at Sunday School that she is going to be a shepherd for the Church Christmas Program. She choose that from a Shepherd, Sheep, or Angel. She is pretty excited about it and enjoys practicing her songs.

Finished up the weekend watching the Chiefs play a close game with Indianapolis. Take care!