Oh %@#$!!!! & Barack Obama???

Oh yes, Ben uddered the words "OH &@#$"! I guess I need to watch my mouth around him. I don't swear as much as I did when I was working.... Maybe momma needs her mouth washed out with soap! That or I need to stop driving Ben around in my car when I am in crappy traffic.


The other day I was driving Ben home from school and he says, "Mommy I don't like Barack". So I asked him who Barack was & he said "Obama". I shook my head and said "Ben what did you say???" He said it again! I don't know if he heard it when I was listening to Rush Limbaugh on the way to school or on the way home listening to Sean Hannity. I can't wait for my little Republican to be able to vote!

Christmas! 4 Times!??!?!

Since the grand parents are spread out between Grand Blanc and Woodstock, and we had to to be nimble and quick. In total$, we ended up having 4, count them, 4 Christmases in the span of 3 weeks. Whew. Now people can understand why I had to go back to work to get some rest! Here we go... Try to follow along if you can.

We started out with Ben's Holiday Songfest at school. I made a crucial mistake and let him see me before the show started. Ben wanted to come sit with me. He didn't sing a single note during the whole performance :( Luckily, we knew he knows the song because he's been practicing at home for the last month.

I did get to video tape it, but being the novice camera man I accidentally taped over it later.

Our first stop for the Holidays was the Weber family Christmas party. This year it was held at Uncle David and and Aunt Gayle's farm.

(pics to come)

We all had fun on a hay ride. But Ben also got to ride a Welsh Pony and the Goat!

(pics to come)

After all of that, and dinner, we got to open the "stocking's" and presents.

After a quick drive home and a furious pace of packing for 2 kids, 2 dogs, presents and ourselves, we got some sleep. In the morning, we got to open the presents from England, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis.


Ben was a lucky boy and got a REAL tool box and REAL tools for working on projects around the house with me.

We then travelled to Woodstock for Christmas with Meemaw and BaBa.

Ben and BaBa hung the stockings by the fireplace in hopes that Santa would be generous.

And of course he was :)

And there were presents under the tree as well!

Bren and Jon got bitten by the Christmas bug. Jon maybe a little more :)

Then after driving back to Grand Rapids and a day of work for me, we spent New Years' Day at Grandma and Grampa's house. Yet another tree and even more presents! Will it ever end?

Grandpa got to show Ben the finer points of driving a train around the tree.

Whew... I'm tired just reading about it all again. We hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season, ours was filled with family joy and sharing and that is all that matters.

Wrapping up the Holidays, all of us wish you and yours a Happy and prosperous New Year.

Will, Brenna, Ben and Jon

Happy Holidays!!

Well, as we have been travelling for the holidays, a week in Woodstock, New Year's day in Grand Blanc (through the worst snow storm so far this year), we haven't had a chance to update the blog. But now we're back in town and somewhat settled, here are some pictures...

Ben and Jon say "Cheese" for the camera in Woodstock.

While in Woodstock we got about 8" of snow.. All that fresh snow was put to good use, sledding down the hills, and...

a Snowman taller than Ben!










When we got too cold, we came inside and warmed up by the Hot Tub. Steamy!