A note from the kids:

let your hair down in the new year....

and chill........

And my all-time favorite of 2009

Jennie say: give whatever bugs you a giant raspberry salute!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Happy and magical wishes from Maggie and all of us!!

Step away from the.....

raccoon,especially during the daytime!
Actually, we're at the little museum here and the only ones who were there...so we had a little fun with the exhibits!

Good Morning Maggie!!!

She slept through everyone opening presents and woke up with a big smile:))

You'll shoot your.....

I was very careful and paid attention to Jared's thorough explanation of the loading and proper handling of a 22 and12 gauge shotgun. Actually hit the target a few times...from 100 yds. away:)

Breakfast at Katy's:)

Ty was a happy guy...even though he woke up at 4:30!

James was happy about his Spiderman car.

Time to play with the new toys on a very rainy Sunday!

Jennie demonstrates how to use the new mugs....in her Super Jennie cape!

Amy and Maggie:)

Ty proudly gives us a gift he chose himself:)

Maggie's 1st Christmas:)

Before we hit the road.....

Just want to say Merry Christmas,Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! If we're related, friends, or you're a blog buddy who takes the time to stop by here(thanks)...my wish for you is for the best of holidays and loads of happiness in 2010.

2010.... Can you believe it?

Will we be saying "Happy 10" "See you in 10".It's not 0-10 since 10 is a double digit....oh my.... Do we say Twenty-ten all the time? Are you prepared for this? I'm not.
Weren't we just talking about Y2K??!! Anyways, have a great holiday!! xo

Extreme Winter Sports on "Olde Cape Cod"

When you take your trash to the transfer station and do your recycling you just may find a new sport. IRONINGBOARDING in the metal recycling pile!*

With old paint cans for balance, I am ready to find a little hill....somewhere:)

*( it's free...... and priceless was the look on a guy's face who was ready to peruse the pile. I may have scared him off:)

A blast from holidays past:)

Pep and Rocky sending James down the hill at 8 months of age! (Visiting from Dallas at the time, he must have thought who are they,where am I , and what are they doing to me?)

It was really chilly,

but I needed to see what the snow looked like in my favorite places.

And I was able to say hi to friends along the way. Why I rolled my window down and said "Hi turkeys", I'll never know. They realllly take their time crossing and then waited their turn to go up the snowbank. It was cute to see.
March of the Penguins...or in this case Strut of the Turkeys.

Ty's favorite lighthouse and mine,too!

Yay for the Snowblower!

and its operator! ( that is not me!)

I cleared the path and took pictures and then came in like an old, cold dog.

Winter has arrived!

Ready or not,Happy Winter!

Well, they said we'd get a blizzard... and they aren't offically calling it one but, yes we got the almost 60 mph winds,drifting snow,and it is beginning to look alot like winter!

liar! maybe 12" and 15" in spots due to drifitng.....but not this much!

Tyler and Jennie yesterday.

Today...what a difference 24 hrs. makes!

Christmas through the eyes of children.....

Jennie loves to look at the little inside tree(she does, but she is actually intently watching her favorite tv show:)

festive girl

all that glitters

could be a hat?

Now that's a pear! (and that's about 1/6th of the pear!)

the golden pear:)

That pear looks as big as Jennie's head. Can a box of pears make you teary-eyed? Yes, when they are sent from the family of a friend who has suffered a stroke. Her yearly gift has always been the beautiful box of pears sent in the mail and when it was delivered yesterday....well, let's just say I was glad the kids were here:)

Jennie is a bookworm!

Ty models his new robot shirt:)

Just opened a new hamper which I use for recycling...well,Ty had it on it's side, climbed right in and he wanted me to carry him and swing him around:)

the 83 pc. set of play food bought me a few minutes...well worth it!