THEE punch recipe ;-)

INGREDIENTS
2 (46 fluid ounce) bottles cranberry-raspberry juice
1 (32 fluid ounce) bottle pina colada mix (non-alch of course)
2 liters raspberry ginger ale soda

DIRECTIONS
In a large plastic container, combine cranberry-raspberry juice with the pina colada mix. Freeze overnight.
Remove from freezer 30 minutes prior to serving. To serve place frozen slush in punch bowl and slowly add raspberry ginger ale.

Yum! I am not really a fan of pina colada OR raspberry OR ginger ale....BUT all mixed together this is just fabulous!

(I heard a lot of people at the reception comment on this punch! Positively comment.)

Jordan and Cyndi's Wedding

Mr. L in his suit! Isn't he cute??
Close up on Mr. L
Ms. G and her cousin, Ellie. (Ellie is a month and eight
days older than Ms. G) Aren't they adorable???
Ms. I in her beautiful dress. She LOVESto be referred
to as the flower girl. And look at her pose!
Our precious G. Isn't she cute?

The reception was great. The best part was the dolled up kids. Unfortunately for Mr. L he got a fever and wasn't feeling well most of the night. Poor guy. The punch was the best! I found the recipe online. Yum! Oh, and of course Cyndi was beautiful and Jordan was handsome. It was a lovely reception.

Family night

This was our activity for FHE one night!

The first picture is Ms. I and her house.

The second picture is Mr. L eating his house.

The third picture is Mr. L and dad's house.

The fourth picture is Ms. I and S-Mom's house.

HALLOWEEN 2008

Trunk 'r' Treat

Tonight was the Church's Trunk or Treat. We dressed up as fairies! (Yes, even Frosdaddy did) Ms. I got to pick what we were going to be this year and she wanted to be a fairy. (She has really been into Fairytopia so we should have seen this coming) It was fun to make the costumes. Here are the results!

Pumpkin' Carvin' 'n' Paintin'

So we had our annual pumpkin carving and painting night. Ms. I picked out what face she wanted on her pumpkin and I picked out the other. Then, of course, we let the kids paint their own pumpkin. Ms. I picked out two small white pumpkins to paint on. What a great idea! It was much easier than painting those orange ones! She is so smart.

"L-LANGALO"

So I was doing laundry...thinking to myself. (Daydreaming is more like it) And I look up to find Mr. L had painted his sister's head! I was literally two feet away. That morning Ms. I had had Spirit Week at her High School Preschool and I painted her face with white and blue (The High School Colors!) So of course, I put the paint bottle away but the brush and a little bit of the paint I left out....whoops!

You've Been Tagged

We were tagged by Mrs. King. She is Frosdaddy's sister and the kids' aunt.

S-Mom:

1. Gets tension headaches. Wears her stress on her back.

2. Always imagines WCS! Example: Frosdaddy was letting Ms. G lean in her seat standing on her legs and I imagined her falling out of the chair, landing on her head, blood getting everywhere, and she dies! (All in a split second.)

3. Is trying to keep away from red meat except in times of winter or famine! (she makes a lot of tofu and meatless dishes but is NOT a vegetarian.)

4. Has a love-hate relationship with her cat.

5. Is interested in rocks/gems...more specifically geology.

6. If she could she would "grow up" to be everything.

7. Is still madly in love with her husband after five years of marriage.

Frosdaddy:

1. Likes to wear pink.

2. Stares at himself in the mirror...a lot.

3. Has loooong ear hair.

4. Pontificates about the relationship between science and religion.

5. Enjoys washing dishes...but takes him a while.

6. Has warts on the bottom of his feet.

7. Likes jam on his meat.

Ms. I:

1. Loves preschool.

2. On some days doesn't like ballet but likes tap.

3. LOVES my little ponies!

4. Pretends to be Princess Wysteria from Ponyville.

5. Rubs the corner of her Blank (her name for her blanket) over her nose and mouth. (but she also said today that she is going to break that habit.)

6. Wants a pet turtle.

7. Likes to say kiki after her words. "I love you mommy kiki."

Mr. L:

1. LOVES and is OBSESSED with cars.

2. Prefers to grunt over using vocabulary.

3. Will turn on the TV just for the noise.

4. Doesn't like to play in the park unless his elder sister is with him.

5. Is still wearing 12 and 18 month clothes though he is 2 years and three months.

6. Tries to close mom's laptop when he wants her attention.

7. Loves animals.

Ms. G:

1. Loves breast milk.

2. Sleeps a lot.

3. Talks...more than Locke.

4. Likes to poop outside of her diaper.

5. Gives her biggest smiles and giggles to her daddy.

6. Is off the charts as far as weight, height, and bodily measurements.

7. Will have hazel eyes like her mom.

We don't know seven people who haven't done this already.

The Sock Hop

Frosdaddy and I deejay for the youth dances. Well, he does most the work and I just sit there and ask him to dance....a lot. In September there was a 50's sock hop. I thoroughly did my research on what men and women wore then. Frosdaddy slicked his hair and parted it, tucked in his shirt, folded his pants, and wore loafer look-alikes. I wore a cute fluffy dress, pin curled my hair, wore gloves and pearls, wore the "ballet" shoe WITH socks. (too bad you can't see our legs!) And of course RED lips. Altogether it was a fun night. It was also the night after Frosdaddy's car accident. You can see his hospital band on his wrist still!

Mr. L Lately

Watch this video, if you dare! Mr. L is in his terrible two's and this is what I deal with on a daily basis. I love the kid terribly but he can really drive me bonkers! That and the fact that he (and I) are very frustrated because he can't yet communicate verbally. I figured Ms. G and Ms. I are getting lots of blogging publicity and thought you would like to know what Mr. L is up to...and here it is folks. Presenting: Mr. L and his terrible two tantrum!

Pictures of Ms. I's firsts

Ms. I's first ballet Class!
Ms. I's first day of school!

(Sorry no pictures of the parade..we forgot the camera!)

Firsts for Ms.I

Ms. I has had a whole bunch of new and exciting things happening to her. For one, she started preschool this year. She absolutely loves it. We just had parent-teacher conference...and guess what???? Ms. I IS SHY! I don't think we could tell! (With how she acts at home) But overall is right on track on most things for kindergarten.
She also started ballet. She enjoys it...most of the time. "Ballet is boring. I like tap." But then when I went to watch during parents time ballet looked fun. They did "butterfly wings" and "flower petals". Of course after that day she liked ballet. I guess it just depends on the day.
Finally she was in her first parade. :-( It was hard for me to let her be on the float! Fortunately she was not kidnapped and made it back safely. She was on her dance schools float to kick off the fair. (The fair is lame compared to my hometown county fair). So that is the list of Ms. I's new firsts!

At Home

More Visitors

We have visitors

Out She Comes!

On July Fourth we brought into this world the newest addition to our family.

She weighed in at 8 lbs. 8 oz., huge coming from petite S-Mom.

She measured 21 inches.

The Birth of a Precious Gem

S-Mom chose the name for Little Miss G after she had heard Frosdaddy relate that he had baptized a woman with the same name from Scotland, he thought it was a beautiful name and had determined that he would have it in his family. S-Mom fell in love with the name and decided to name her such. The choice was ultimately S-Mom's as she was allowed to name all of the girls and Frosdaddy was allowed to name all of the boys. Unfortunately, because this will most likely be our last child, Frosdaddy will probably not be able to name anymore children (good thing, because he got a little bit carried away by naming Mr. L with four names as apposed to the traditional first, middle and last names). S-Mom fell in love with the name because of its beauty and her affinity for geology.

But, without further adieu, we introduce the newest addition to our family.

Gemma Margaret Rackham

Frosdaddy loves this picture. And I must say, I do too! This is at Mike G's wedding. I love my hubby!

Didn't send out Christmas Cards

Guess what?? We did not send out our Christmas cards! But just to update everyone. We will be moving soon. Currently we are spending toooo much on rent per month. We will be moving to an apartment complex that won't take so much money per month! It is a wee bit smaller that what we live in now but that is OK!