Christmas 2011

Our two favorite uncles in the whole wide world came to visit us this Christmas. We had a great time. The babies love them some Uncle Scotty and Uncle PJ.

Easy Bake Ovens are not all that, like I thought they were. We haven't gone back to it yet...since Christmas. Maybe we will pull it out again and ruin some more grose cookie dough.

Ah...cookies for Santa. Every year their cookie decorating skills just sky-rocket in the attempt to make the best cookie Santa will EVER eat.

Santa headed into our little neighborhood to say HI before telling the kids to go to bed early. Yes, those are skulls on Rileys sweater. Nice outfit to meet Santa in, huh??

You can only imagine how excited I was that they finally made some puppy clothes in a Double XX. It is NOT only Chihuahuas that like to get dressed up. Patsy loved hers. Bruiser put up with his---but NOT the hat with the beard attached. I know....I was suprised too. This is all I was going to get, so I decided to be happy about it. Look how cute they are!!!!

December 2011

The future of DEA Home Property Management Team. Just a few more years and they will be the bosses.Our Gingerbread House. Things are looking pretty good at this point.

Not that it has held up well in past years, but this year there was clearly something wrong with the construction.

Ah!! The DEA Christmas Party. Back at Michaels for another year. Good times. Good times. Another fabulous year for our fabulous company!!And the Alabaster Christmas Parade. This was the first year that my little Princess was able to be in it. She was so super excited. Throwing candy. Seeing all her friends. Then a small celebration at BWW was in order. Although I missed being on the sidelines with my kids as we have done every year since moving here, I suppose I need to accept that things are changing as they get older (again.....sob).

November 2011

My three little loves. We finished our Christmas Card pictures in November! Can you believe it? A picnic at the park in the middle of fall. That's a good day!!!

The Pumpkin patch. I guess this should really be filed under October, but here I am on a roll, so there is no going backwards to correct. We will have to overlook this.

Check out these jammies!! Yes, I have a problem. Thing is, I'm OK with it and my babies love it. So in hindsight, it's not really a problem.

They are holding hands. Aaaaaawwwwwww!!!!!!!

October, 2011

Ahhhh. Caramel apples. We do it every year and it just gets better and better. I do recall learning that the sheets are definately the way to go!!! Yes, those are eyeball sprinkles. She was a snow princess. In order to get sucha lavish gown, she had to get rid of all of her other princess costumes from years past. I mean--cinderella, from when she was 2 years old was so worn out, didn't fit, was falling apart....and was in better shape compared to the rest of them. So, it was a sad day....but in exchange she was a very Fancy Snow Princess.

Riley was a vampire. If I reference back, I am pretty sure I determined last year, when he was Darth Vader, that the black hair color in a can was not the best idea......but here I am doing it again. Anyway--they were dressed for their bowling league and Riley won first place. He was very much in character!

Me and my girl, Ms. Stacey, took a weekend trip to the Country Living Craft Show over in GA. We missed the world's largest Yard Sale, and needed to make up for it. It was a good craft show. The highlight was the trip to Ikea the following morning. Then the hours we spent trying to get everything into the car for the trip home.

And of course, no holiday shall pass in the Keough household without some themed jammies. Used to be their heads didn't come up to the door handle. Look how big they are getting. (sob).

September 2011

So we start off with a weekend trip to Gatlinburg to visit with the kids uncles who rented a cabin up there for the week. What a fun time it was!! Uncle Scotty is just plain crazy.

And our Smooby turned 7 years old. Don't know where these years are going! Too quick.

So that summarizes September. It was our first month back in school and we got right into the swing of things.

Our blog

I don't do New Year's Resolutions. But I did say to myself, "This year I am going to keep up with my Blog." We have family out of town who enjoy keeping up with the kids and what they have been up to. Many a time Adyson or Riley has come to sit on my lap we and we go through some posts. I like to showcase my photography skilzz. There is no reason not to keep it up.
Oh--there is that time thing. But really - how long does it take? One post a month? Maybe two. Am I really THAT busy??
Well, here we are quickly approaching March, so if I plan to do it - I better get on it. Now. Today.
NOW!!
So here I go. I will start with getting caught up. One post per month since.....September!!!! But I have a house to clean and a birthday party to throw this afternoon. I thought I might get some exercise in.
Just do it!
No complaining or finding excuses.
Here we go!!!!!!

1st days of school

Smooby in the first grade & my Princess in Kindergarten makes for one quiet, lonley house. On the flip side....it did stay clean all day. They are both so SUPER excited. She can't believe she has her own PINK backpack. Could the world get any better?? Oh--how we love Mrs. Williamson. Whenever I say to anyone who Adyson has as a teacher this year the reply is always the same...."You are SOOO Lucky!"

Riley loves Mrs. McCarver too! He gets to dance every Friday. Again....can the world get any better??? Wait....apparently it can......there is a DISCO BALL in his room!!!!

4th of July

Well, honestly, this year - this day lasted FOREVER!! It was the greatest 4 or 5 days! We BBQ'ed every day. EVERY DAY!! For 5 days. You'd think we'd get tired of it, but nope!! We switched things out. Had a lobster bake! Steamers. And a little bit of beer. Cute shirts huh??

And of course our Bruiser had a fabulous time in his pool and hanging outside with us.

I am quite sure I took more pictures, I just can't seem to find them.

Happy Father's day!

This father's day Dave was out of town. When he came back we decided to make him one of those big cookies--the kind you get at the mall...less the chocolate chips. It was quite a hit--even cracked!! This is Bruiser having a dress rehearsal for the 4th of July. Alot of planning goes into the festivities here at the Keough's. Yes, even for the dog.

Black & Blue Festival

Blueberries that are the size of your thumb. Seriously....they are so huge and so sweet. Plus the manual labor that they actually seem to enjoy!!

This was Ms. Stacey & Jakes first trip. Bet they'll be going back next year!!

Happy Anniversary

Me and my darling husband have been married for eight glorious years. What? Why is he missing from the picture? Oh...still out of town. The kids and I got dressed up and they took me out to dinner. They were actually quite thrilled to be a part of it. Normally we line up a babysitter...or tie them up.

A quick trip to the Zoo.

Adyson said, "What Riley? I can't hear you." They are hysterical! What I learned this summer was to go to the zoo on Sunday mornings at 10am. Not crowded. Not hot. Very nice.