A few Christmas pics

I didn't take near as many pictures as I wanted to, but here are a few that I did get.

Hannah enjoying breakfast...eggs, hashbrowns, biscuits & gravy...yummy!

Jimmy was heard on Christmas Eve saying that he didn't believe in Santa Claus...something happened to his stocking before Christmas morning :) Although, I believe it was already planned ...

Jimmy's tiny stocking next to Josh's stocking

Hannah getting a ride in her LEGO wagon

I love trying to think of new/creative gifts for people...a few of my favorites this year were a scrapbook for my Mom and a digital scrapbook for Erika. A few weeks ago Erika, Sara and I spent the weekend creating a scrapbook from our family vacation this past spring. It was so much fun and I think it turned out pretty good...especially for being a first for all of us!

I made a scrapbook on Shutterfly for Erika that was pictures from Hannah's first year. I also had alot of fun picking out pictures for that one...much easier to assemble than the one for Mom :)

Another one that I really liked was for a guy at work...he is an Ohio State fan and my boss and I were trying to think of something for his basement (recently remodeled into a 'party' area). We had thought about a dartboard but found out he already had one but that he could use some new billiard balls. Yep, we found OSU ones...they were awesome!!

I wish I was here again!

With the cold weather that has made its way to the area I am wishing I was back in Arizona!

Some of the gorgeous scenery...makes me warm just seeing it :)

...and the spa, how relaxing it was. I could go for a massage or a facial right now!

What was he thinking?!?!

With THE GAME tomorrow you would think Dad would have gotten his cast any color except for blue! (and of course yellow:))

Hodge Podge of Photos

The cutest, sweetest, happiest baby ever!

Somebody got this for their birthday...and no it wasn't Hannah :) I thought it was quite funny!

BTW...I added the 'sensor bar' to make it more blog friendly :)

A few weeks ago, Sara and I along with our cousin Laurie and her husband Cory went on a murder mystery train ride in Lebanon. It was alot of fun...here are a few pictures of the ride.

Our Invitation

Cory and Laurie

It was a Gilligan's Island theme and Gilligan sat next to Sara a few times and 'chatted' with us.

New Outfit

Jax got a new sweater/shirt over the weekend. Some say he is an old man now and needs glasses and a pipe to go with it :) I had to bribe him with treats to get him to sit still for pictures.

Happy 1st Birthday...

Hannah! Sorry I'm late :)

The Birthday girl chowing down on pizza...yummy!

Not entirely sure what that face is about...maybe the icing is super sweet?!?

Happy Birthday Erika!

Hope you had a fantastic birthday!

Love you lots!

Game Day

Yesterday was Scarlet & Gray Day at the OSU Football game. They honored all the student athletes during half time and had them all out on the field in the middle of the block O.

Before the game

What a difference just a little while makes :)

It is neat to watch them raise the US flag. They do this before every game.

Everyone in place and ready

On it's way up

If you look close you can see the guy that has just come running down the ramp with the rope to tie down.


Flying high above the field

We had a different perspective from our seats this time...we were in the endzone about 9 rows from the top of the stands. Still pretty good seats :)

General (boring) Update...

Hmm...what has been going on...sorry I haven't taken any pictures to include in this post.

We finally got power back on Monday at work then we got to begin the 'catch up' process this week. After being out for 7.5 days it was about time! We had some generators set up for the end of last week so we could get some work done...on Saturday right before the last few people were leaving, one of the computers caught on fire. Thankfully they hadn't left yet since our alarm system needs electricity to work :) We had a security guard there but I don't think he would have noticed anything until the entire building was in flames...anyways, the only damage was to the computer and the cubicle that it was in.

Mom & Dad have decided to keep the puppy...now named Molly (short for Molasses). Actually I think the puppy is Josh, Ashlee & Jimmy's, but Mom & Dad let them keep her :)

I have left Jax out of his crate all week while I was at work...no messes! Yay!!

Been to Spanish class this week...enjoying it for the most part. I think I'm finally picking up a few things :)

Went to Erika's tonight for Taco Pizza and games...had alot of fun. Hannah is walking really well. I need to take some more pictures!

And tomorrow I'm working a few hours and then...

I'm going to be here!!!! :)

Go Buckeyes!!

A guy at work is unable use his alumni tickets so he gave them to me. Twice in one season, I don't know if I'll survive :)

Unplanned Vacation

What's a girl to do when she doesn't have to go to work for four days??? (no, I haven't been trying to eat my toes :))

We haven't had electricity at work at all this week...kinda of nice to not have to go in, however, I'm afraid I will regret it when payday comes around. They've gotten some generators so some people are supposed to go to work tomorrow, I'm going in to help get the backlog of orders started. They have also said for the employees to plan to work the weekend! Hopefully power will be fully restored soon!!
I have been picking up extra hours at Burger King since they have been extra busy because of the power outages. Monday was super crazy! (Sunday night was too, but I wasn't there) We never lost power at BK and were one of about 3 restaurants in the area that didn't. During lunch we had two hours that were over $1,000 each...we've never been that busy even during the summer!

Puppy, Poppins, Sissy...

This cute little puppy showed up at Mom and Dad's house yesterday so we all had fun playing with her...even Jax! Everybody had a different name for her :) Hopefully we won't be able to find her family and someone can keep her! I think she looks a little bit like Jax when he was a puppy.

Little Miss Hannah

Hannah loves ice cream :)

not really liking when it gets moved away!

sad that its gone...

Here she is after she got a head wrap for her 'boo-boo'...I think someone was just having fun with the ace bandage :)

The Best Band in the Land

Here are some of the pictures I took of the band performances. It is so much better to see them actually performing them, but pictures will have to do. I can't get very many videos on my camera without using all the memory.

Pre-game formations

This is the current band along with the alumni band

Current band only

Block 'O'

This is the new formation they began doing this year for the team entrance. The band forms a block 'O' and the cheerleaders are in the middle of the 'O'. If you click on the picture you can see the football players getting ready to run through. The band splits and they all go running through...so neat!!

Half time show

This is the alumni band...they played the 'theme' song (not sure what it is) from the Olympics. They are welcoming back the 13 OSU alumi that participated in the 2008 Olympics

Celebrating a 40th reunion...so cool to see those drum majors, some of them probably at least in their 70's, leading the band and twirling their batons!

Finally, the beginning of Script Ohio. With the alumni band being there they do 4 at the same time. Extremely fascinating to see!

'O'

'Oh'

There's two of them...the other two are in the endzones.

Go Buckeyes!

Ahh...Buckeye football has begun again! So very exciting! The season started with a fantastic win (43-0) over Youngstown State today. I absolutely love going to the games...wish I could go more often! Dad, Matt, Sara, Josh, Quentin (my cousin) and I headed to Columbus about 8:15 this morning. After parking and walking what seemed like 5 miles at least we finally arrived at The Horseshoe...the band was already there and you could hear them before you got there! After a stop at the concession stand (I wasn't planning to traipse back down all those stairs once I got up them!) we climbed the many steps to our seats. Sara and I were on the 35 yard line, we also managed to get the shade not long before halftime! It was alumni day so the alumni band, drum majors and cheerleaders were there as well. I have several pics of the band but that will be a separate post :)

The Buckeyes getting ready to score a touchdown!

After every field goal, 4 cheerleaders run through each endzone with the O-H-I-O flags

After the touchdowns, the cheerleaders get on their knees on the edge of the endzone and raise their arms up and then down

...and that's another Ohio State first down ( the annoucer said the first part and the crowd shouted 'first down'...every time...this was the first time I've been there when they did this)

(1st down)

The final score

Here are a few more 'action' shots



On our long journey to and from the stadium there were several 'Brutus on Parade' statues. They included a Phantom of the Opera, Ceasar, Astronaut, Tin Man, Irish Leprechaun, Disco, Woody Hayes and many more including the ones below.

We were trying to take our picture so the man behind us offered to take it if we wanted to stand up so the stadium would be in the background.

and of course you must have the perfect pedicure for any game! :)