Smitten with mittens..........

When we awoke this morning and Malia was also up, she spied her new gloves. These  were a gift from her grandparents, the first thing she wanted to do was wear them. here's a couple pics of her enjoying them.

They soon had to be taken off because everyone knows you can't eat pancakes with mittens on.

Shaky jug.......

Well during the last get together at sister #4 birthday bash, a certain drink was made and consumed by the guest. The drinks ingredients contained a full bottle of Taqelia, lemons, sugar and ice then this trouble maker had to be shaken for a hour straight. In other words if ya wanna drink you have to shake.....there was a lot of shaking going on....shake, shake, pass don't mess up the rotation man. In above pic that scholarly brother took his turn in a little of the shaking, but I don't think he partook of the tasty beverage.

With all the consumption of this beverage you can guess that the party got a little crazy....but drama free. In the above pic the "shaky jug" was getting drank right from the container, I guess the tap wasn't fast enough.

the night was a blast but daddy Dave partook a little too much of the beverages and was feeling it the next day, to say the least. The black bars were put in place to pertect the innocent. Two batches of the infamous "shaky jug" we're made and consumed.

Gate shmate........

Just a quick pick of an evening project me and brother in law #4 got into. Above we see a un-gated driveway......

and wala here's the new gated driveway made from 100% recycled  items. just a few slats to replace and a couple hick-ups to address but now Barkley has boundaries when he visits sister #4 and her hubby.

Party at sister #4's.......

Yeah I know it's been a while Sence this party actually took place but it has taken about that long for my stomach not to get queazy when thinking of that evening(I per took in a little too much shake jug but more on that later). The theme of the party was dress to impress with thrift shop finds. Here is just a couple pics of some of the partakers dressed to impress fo sho. The above pic is the birthday girl and hubby.

mom and pop and scholarly brother

me and my old lady.........many more family members were present and dressed to impress but it seems the other pics were lost in translation. Was a fun and excited night.

Veggies anyone.......

The questions is will mr poops eat these three lonely Brussel sprouts left over from a delicious dinner? Here he patiently waits for the go ahead. 

and here he waits for another plate,  bussel sprouts down the ol shoot. ........Babe the dishwasher is done time to put another plate in.........

Slaw head......

When eating dinner the other night Malia decided to see how much slaw she could stick to her face, I think extra mayo makes the cabbage stick better. What a weirdo.......she gets that from her mother.

say cheese jelly bean.......

yep here it is the first ever pic of that little jelly bean a growing in  my loves thingamajig. it looks to be upside down in this pick if ya can make it out........hope all had a great newyear.............