COWBOY TOUGH & CHRISTMAS FUN

SO ON CHRISTMAS EVE, I HAD JUST GOT DONE LOADING MELISSA (ZAK'S BIRTH MOM) PRESENTS IN THE CAR, I HEARD JOSH'S TRUCK, ZAK AND I USUALLY GREET JOSH AT THE DOOR, AND GIVE HIM OUR LOVE'S, SO WHEN HE CAME IN HE WAS NOT WALKING REALLY GOOD I SAID JOSH ARE YOU OK HE SAID YEP, HE SAYS I'M GOING TO HURRY AND JUMP IN THE SHOWER I SAID OK WE HAVE TO HURRY, WE STILL NEEDED TO DROP MELISSA PRESENTS OFF AT MELISSA AUNT'S HOUSE, AND THEM WE HAD JOSH'S FAMILY PARTY, WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE SHOWER AND WAS GETTING DRESSED I SAID WHAT IN THE HECK DID YOU DO HE SAID A BULL GOT ME I SAID I GUESS, I SAID DO WE NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL HE SAID I'M FINE, I KNOW HE WAS LYING, OFF WE WENT, TO DROP OFF MELISSA PRESENTS I GOT TO SEE MELISSA AUNT AND HER DAUGHTER, I LOVE HER AUNT SHE IS SO KIND, SHE LOVE'S ZAK SO MUCH, THEN OFF TO JOSH'S PARENTS HOUSE WE ATE DINNER OPENED SOME PRESENTS, THEN JOSH'S MOM AND DAD GAVE ZAK A METAL TRACTOR THAT HAS A WAGON ON THE BACK OF COURSE HE WAS IN LOVE HE COULD OF PLAYED WITH IT ALL NIGHT, THEN OFF TO THE ALM PARTY, MY DAD'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY, IT WAS ALOT OF FUN WE GOT THERE AFTER THEY ALL ATE, I LOVE IT WE SING CHRISTMAS SONGS AND EACH FAMILY USUALLY HAS A TALENT THAT THEY DO, THERE IS SOME TALENTED PEOPLE, ZAK EVEN SANG AND WAS DOING HIS LITTLE DANCE THAT HE DOES IT MELTED MY HEART ZAK HAS SUCH A LOVE FOR MUSIC, OF COURSE HE WANTED SANTA TO BRING HIM A PIANO, I HOPE HE ALWAYS HAS A LOVE FOR MUSIC, THEN SANTA CAME ZAK GOT TO SIT ON SANTA LAP, AND HE GAVE HIM A TREAT, THEN OFF TO HOME, ZAK OPENED UP P-J'S THAT MY MOM MADE HIM JOSH AND I ALSO GET NEW P-J'S AND SLIPPERS I LOVE IT, THEN THIS IS THE TIME ZAK GETS TO OPEN HIS PRESENTS FROM MELISSA, AND HER MOM WE WANT ZAK TO REMEMBER IT AND FOR IT TO BE SPECIAL FOR HIM, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EMOTIONAL I GET, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GIVE HIM THINGS BUT THEY DO,HE IS ONE LUCKY LITTLE GUY, THEN CHRISTMAS MORNING IT WAS SO FUN TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT ON ZAK'S FACE, THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, JOSH AND I WAITED FOR THIS FOR SO LONG AND NOW I ENJOY EVERY MINUTE OF IT, THEN WENT TO JOSH'S PARENTS TO OPEN PRESENTS THEM TO MY MOM'S FOR BRUNCH AND TO OPEN PRESENTS I LOVE BEING WITH BOTH OF OUR FAMILIES WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE THEM, ALSO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MY BE WONDERING WHERE THERE CHRISTMAS CARD IS? I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN, JOSH AND I WILL BE SENDING THEM OUT IN JANUARY I HOPE, MORE DETAIL'S TO COME, SO FOR NOW HAPPY NEW YEAR I 'AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR.... THIS IS WHAT THE BULL DID, THANK GOODNESS SOME ONE WAS THERE TO PULL JOSH OUT OR HE SAID IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME ONE WATCHING OVER HIM, THANK HEAVEN

HIS BACK

ZAK'S NEW TRACTOR

ZAK SITTING ON SANTA'S LAP

OPENING A PRESENT FROM MELISSA AND HER MOM

SHE GAVE BOTH JOSH AND I THIS BEAR THAT SAYS" WHEN I COUNT MY BLESSING I COUNT YOU TWICE",

ZAK OPENING THE P-J MY MOM MADE I LOVE HIS SMILE, HE IS SO HAPPY

PLAYING WITH HIS TRACTOR

SANTA AND ALL THE PRESENTS HE LEFT

THE STOCKING'S WHERE HUNG

ZAK'S STOCKING

CHRISTMAS DAY MY DAD GAVE ALL THE KID'S A RIDE ON HIS SLED, HE IS ALWAYS PLAYING WITH THE KIDS, I LOVE IT, HE IS A KID HIM SELF, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD CHRISTMAS AND MADE MANY FUN MEMORIES AS A FAMILY, WE SURE HAVE.


P.S JOSH'S IS DOING FINE, HE IS ONE TOUGH COWBOY.

MERRY CHRISTmas!!!

"THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS NEVER ENDS BECAUSE IT'S GREATEST GIFT'S ARE FAMILY AND FRIENDS. LET'S ALL REMEMBER THE REAL REASON WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS, I'M REALLY EXCITED TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO PARTY'S TO GO TO, I WILL BE SURROUNDED BY FAMILY THOSE I LOVE AND THOSE I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT, I'M REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE BOTH OF OUR FAMILIES SO CLOSE, I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A MERRY CHRISTMAS. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

THE OUTSIDE OF OUR HOUSE

FRONT DOOR

WREATH ON THE DOOR, SORRY SUCH A DARK PICTURE

A PLATE THAT I HAVE IN MY KITCHEN BY MY GINGERBREAD TREE

MY GINGER BREAD TREE

I LOVE THIS PICTURE I HAVE TO PUT IT OUT EVERY YEAR, ZAK WAS ONLY 6 DAYS OLD, IN FACT I WAS WORRIED WE WOULD MISS IT, THEY ONLY TAKE IT THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, I LOVE THE SANTA, AND THE OLD FASHION SLED, I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE THIS PICTURE.

ANOTHER SIGN, I KNOW ME AND MY SIGNS

ONE OF OUR TRADITIONS

WHEN THE ELF ARRIVED ON DEC 1ST HE BROUGHT ONE OF THESE ADVENT CALENDAR'S YOU OPEN A DOOR EACH DAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS EVE, IT HAS A LITTLE CHOCOLATE IN IT, WE DID THIS TRADITION WHEN I WAS LITTLE WE ALL LOVED IT, ZAK LOVE'S IT AS WELL HE BRINGS IT TO ME EVERY DAY, I HAVE TO SAY WHEN I WAS LITTLE I WOULD EAT ONE OF THE CHOCOLATE, WHEN IT WAS NOT MY TURN (BAD ME I KNOW) I WILL BE SAD WHEN CHRISTMAS IS OVER, BUT I'M ALREADY PLANNING THINGS FOR VALENTINE'S I KNOW I'M STRANGE, I SAW VALENTINE'S UP AT TWO STORE'S ALREADY.

I LOVE MONDAY NIGHT'S

SO LAST MONDAY NIGHT FOR FAMILY NIGHT, WE MADE GINGER BREAD HOUSE'S, AND MADE COOKIE'S, ZAK WAS SO EXCITED, I LOVE TO WATCH HIM AND SEE HOW EXCITED HE GET'S THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT, ALL DAY HE KEEP SAYING MAKE GINGER BREAD HOUSE, AND COOKIE'S. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN, SAD TO SAY ARE HOUSE FELL IN, WELL THERE'S NEXT YEAR, (NOTE TO SELF DON'T OVER DECORATE IT). THEN TO NIGHT FOR FAMILY NIGHT WE WENT TO THE MALL IT WAS CRAZY, WE ATE DINNER THERE, ZAK WENT ON THE CAROUSEL, HE LOVE'S TO GO ON IT, THEY KNOW HAVE A TRAIN THAT TAKES YOU AROUND THE MALL BUT THE LINE WAS TO LONG, SO WE WILL GO ON IT ANOTHER DAY OUR GINGER BREAD HOUSE

ZAK PUTTING THE DOUGH ON THE COOKIE SHEET

MOM WATCHING ZAK

ZAK WATCHING JOSH

HE WANTED TO DIVE RIGHT IN

RIDING A HORSE OF COURSE THAT'S THE ONE HE WANTED

I LOVE BEING WITH MY FAMILY, AND DOING FUN THING'S TOGETHER, I'M REALLY EXCITED JOSH HAS WORK OFF FROM DEC 24, TO JAN 4TH WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN THINGS PLANNED.

SWEET DREAM'S

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP WE LOVED TO DECORATE OUR ROOM'S FOR CHRISTMAS, US KIDS HAD SO MUCH FUN DOING IT WE SHARED A ROOM, IT WAS ALWAYS SO FUN TO TURN OFF OUR LIGHTS AND JUST SIT IN OUR ROOM'S AND LOOK AT OUR OWN CHRISTMAS TREE, THIS YEAR WAS ZAK'S FIRST YEAR FOR HIS TREE HE LOVE'S IT, HE DOES NOT EVEN TOUCH IT, I 'AM SHOCKED I THOUGHT WHEN I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING EVERYTHING WOULD BE OFF THE TREE, I COURSE I DID A COWBOY TREE, EACH YEAR WE WILL ADD TO IT, ONE DAY IF HE WANT HE CAN HAVE THE TREE

I ALSO BOUGHT HIM SOME WINTER SHEET'S FOR THE WINTER MONTH'S, THEY ARE BROWN WITH THE BABY BLUE SNOWFLAKE'S HE LOVE'S HIS NEW SHEET'S, I LOVE MAKE OLD, BUT NEW MEMORIES WITH ZAK IT HAS BEEN REALLY FUN THIS YEAR.

WHAT FUN MEMORIES ARE YOU MAKING AS A FAMILY?

BYE, BYE BOTTLE (SNIFF, SNIFF)

SO NOT THIS LAST SATURDAY BUT THE SATURDAY BEFORE I SAID TO JOSH I THINK IT''S TIME TO TAKE ZAK'S BOTTLE AWAY, EVEN THOUGH I DID NOT REALLY WANT TO I FEEL LIKE HE IS NOT A BABY ANYMORE, SO BEFORE HE WENT TO BED HE HAS A BOTTLE SO THAT NIGHT WE PUT HIS MILK IN A SIPPY CUP, HE LOOKED AT IT AND THAT WAS IT HE NEVER SAID I WANT MY BOTTLE, I LOVE HOW HE HANDLE'S CHANGE HE WAS LIKE THAT WHEN WE TOOK HIS PACIFIER AWAY, I KNOW HE HAS TO GROW UP I WANT HIM TO, I LOVE TO WATCH HIM GROW BUT IT'S HARD, BECAUSE I KNOW I WILL NEVER SEE HIM DRINK A BOTTLE AND WHO KNOWS WHEN I WILL GET TO FEED ANOTHER BABY A BOTTLE, I LOVE BEING A MOM I LOVE WATCHING ZAK, HE PUT'S A SMILE ON MY FACE EVERY DAY, I THINK IT FUNNY BECAUSE AT EACH STAGE I SAY I LOVE THIS, BUT IT SEEMS I LOVE ALL THE STAGE'S ZAK HAS GONE THREW.

SaNtA's HeLpEr

THIS IS SANTA'S HELPER HE ARRIVED AT OUR HOME ON DEC 1ST, HE WATCHES TO SEE IF WE ARE GOOD, HE LIKE IT WHEN HE SEE'S THAT YOU LISTEN TO YOUR MOM AND DADDY, THAT YOU SAY PLEASE AND THANK YOU, THAT YOUR NICE, YOU DO NICE THINGS FOR OTHERS, HE IS NOT IN THE SAME SPOT EVERY DAY, SOME DAY'S HE LEAVE'S LITTLE TREATS, ZAK LOVE'S THE ELF HIS FACE LIGHT'S UP WHEN I SAY LET'S GO FIND THE ELF, AND WHEN HE DOES FIND HIM HE HAS THE BIGGEST SMILE ON HIS FACE I LOVE IT, MY SISTER MELANIE ALSO DOES THIS IS HER HOME AND HER KID'S LOVE IT AS WELL. WELL THE ELF IS OFF TO THE NORTH POLE TO FINISH HELPING SANTA WITH ALL THE MANY THING"S THAT STILL NEED TO BE DONE.. REMEMBER HE WILL BE WATCHING SO BE GOOD FOR GOODNESS SAKE!!!

THE LIFE, IN A DAY OF A COWBOY!!!

THEY CAN LIVE ON A SADDLE ALL DAY LONG

THEY LET THERE DOGS RIDE RIGHT NEXT TO THEM

THEY WORK HARD FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN

THEY LOVE HANGING OUT WITH THERE BUDDY, GOING FOR WAGON RIDES

IF COW'S ARE OUT THEY PUT ON THERE BOOTS AND HEAD OUT, EVEN IF THEY ARE STILL IN THERE P-J'S

ASKING DADDY DO YOU NEED HELP???

THEY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THERE ANIMAL'S

THEY LOVE TAKING CARE OF ALL THE ANIMALS, WATERING AND FEEDING THEM

THEY STILL HAVE A SMILE ON THERE FACE, EVEN WHEN THEY FALL IN SHIT!!

THEY CAN RIDE ON A TRACTOR ALL DAY LONG IF THEY WANTED TOO

THEY LOVE TO WATCH THE ANIMALS, AND THEY LOVE THERE CHAPS.

THEY HAVE A COWBOY MOTTO "LONG LIVED COWBOYS"

AND THEY ALSO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, WE ASK ZAK WHAT ARE YOU? HE SAYS I'AM A COWBOY BABY....

I LOVE BOTH OF MY COWBOYS!!

SANTA IS HERE!!!

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING, WE HAD A GREAT ONE, I LOVE BEING WITH OUR FAMILY'S, WE DID ALOT OF EATING AND SHOPPING, AND WE DID EVEN GET TO RELAX, I TOOK ZAK TO GET HIS PICTURE TAKEN WITH SANTA AT SWEET BAIR HOLLOW, THEY DO SUCH A GOOD JOB, THE SANTA IS IN A OLD SLED, AND THE SANTA, I LOVE HIM HE IS THE OLD FASHION ONE, I TOOK ZAK WHEN HE WAS 6 DAYS OLD WHEN WE GOT HIM, INFACT I WAS WORRIED THAT MELISSA WOULD NOT HAVE HIM BUT SHE PULLED IT OFF, WE DID IT LAST YEAR ZAK CRYED THIS YEAR HE WAS SO EXCITED HE DID NOT WANT TO WAIT FOR HIS TURN, HE SMILED AS WELL AND HE TOLD SANTA WHAT HE WANTED SO FUN I GET BACK THE PICTURE'S TOMMOROW I'AM SO EXCITED TO SEE IT,AND OFF COURSE I HAD NO CAMAREA BECAUSE I LEFT IT AT MY MOM AND DADS. TO START OFF OUR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY ON MONDAY FOR FAMILY NIGHT JOSH AND I TOOK ZAK TO OUR STAKE'S NATIVITY, THAT THEY PUT ON EVERY YEAR, THEY BUILD EVERYTHING. THEY HAVE LIVE GOAT'S , SHEEP, CAMELS, ETC AND OF COURSE ALL THE PEOPLE ARE DRESSED IN COSTUME, BABY JESUS IS EVEN REAL, WE GOT THERE AND THE LINE WAS SO LONG, IT WAS SO COLD BUT ZAK DID GOOD HE KEEP TELLING ME ALL DAY MOMMY FAMILY NIGHT GO SEE BABY JESUS SO WE STAYED, IT TOOK US 2 HOUR BUT IT WAS WORTH IT, WE ARE TRYING TO TEACH ZAK THE REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS, WE HAVE MANY FUN FAMILY THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH I'M EXCITED. SORRY I HAVE NO PICTURES OF THE NATIVITY MY CAMERA WAS STILL AT MY MOM AND DADS. SANTA IS HERE, I GOT HIM NEW THIS YEAR I LOVE IT ALL I HAVE TO DO IS TELL ZAK TO ASK DADDY FOR IT AND WE GET IT, J/K I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM, WHEN I SAW HIM, I GOT HIM IN NOVEMBER IT WAS HARD TO NOT PUT HIM UP BUT I DID WAIT, ZAK TELL' S HIM NIGHT, NIGHT EVERY NIGHT, THE ELF I LOVE,LAST YEAR I DID A POST ABOUT HIM, BUT AT THE TIME I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO PICTURES, MY SWEET AUNT MADE THEM, SHE WAS SO KIND TO SURPRISE ME AND LEAVE IT ON MY DOOR WITH A NOTE, I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE HIM AND HER THOUGHT FULLNESS, THE SLED THAT IS BY SANTA, I GOT AT A YARD SALE THIS SUMMER, THE PRESENTS IN IT LIGHT UP. I HAVE MANY MORE PICTURES OF MY CHRISTMAS STUFF THAT I WILL POST SOON, I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A HAPPY DECEMBER, AND MAKE'S IT MERRY!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!