TeA PaRtY

Meggie and Shannon dug through the play room and found hats for their guests. 

Poor Mr. Monkey.  All that Shannon could find for a hat for him was her snow boot.  

Even Eve got all decked out in princess bling!

While Meggie was napping Shannon had a her own tea party with all of her friends. 

The Princess Girls

Mom got these princess outfits for the girls when they play tea party.  They just LOVED it! 

Funny Shannon

I was over at my mom's house this week baby sitting the girls and we had a little too much fun! 

Job Search '09

And the job search for me drags on for another 2 weeks. I have been looking all over the place a job and applying to lots of openings, but I still haven't heard back from anyone. I have never had this much trouble finding a job before. Please let me know if any of you out there have any suggestions for me. =(

Fun Slide Show

My Amazing Parents

This Christmas was a lot of fun. The best part was being able to spend time with Dave and my family. My Mom and Dad really went above and beyond this year and got each person a 72 hour kit complete with MREs and a portable potty! They have done such a tremendous job at making sure that everyone in my family is prepared for whatever the future may hold, and for that I am sooo grateful! My Mom and Dad also gave us the best gift that they could ever give us. They started writing down their personal histories for us. This year we received information about how they grew up and each Christmas we will get more stories that we can add to the folders they gave us. It was so amazing to sit and read stories about my parents that I had never heard before. I know that receiving these stories will be the highlight of many Christmas seasons to come. Thank you so much Mom and Dad for being everything to me. I could not ask for better parents.

Christmas Day at my mom's house...

Any time you have the camera Meghan HAS to see what the picture looks like on the screen. She will say " I see, I see, I see, I see...." over and over again until you give in.

Guitar Hero was a hit this Christmas. Everyone played it all day long!

Sweet Baby!

My mom got Shannon and Meghan a clothing trunk that was filled with princess outfits. Shannon is wearing hers while playing with the foot massager we got my mom for Christmas.

The usual chaos while passing out presents, and Dad is the lucky one again to do the passing. It was a lot of fun!

Christmas Morning At the Neimans

wow... it looks like we got a lot of presents even though money was SUPER tight this year. It was a lot of fun opening all the presents though.

Daisy and Dave. She absolutly loves him!

Christmas Eve

What can I say... Kami is adorable!

Every year we pull names for Christmas presents because there are too many people in the family to buy a present for everyone and lucky Dad is always the one to pass out the presents. He was getting attacked by the grandkids.

I got to buy presents for Shannon and Kami. I got them a movie, two books, and I got Shannon some Tinkerbell underwear which she thought went on her head. It was so funny.

Every Christmas Eve we also do fondue for dinner and it is soooo good. We have two pots with oil in them and we fry anything from cheese to meat and shrimp. Its a tasty tradition!

Meggie and Spencer got a Mr. Potatoe head for Christmas and here she is trying on the glasses looking less than thrilled. She is such a stinker.

Sleep over at Aunt Jolene's house!

Meghan climbing on my bed to brush my hair... can you see how long her hair is getting?!?!

Spencer sleeps in bed with me when he comes over. He is such a crazy sleeper! Not only does he kick me in my back, but he also talks and laughs in his sleep. Its kinda freaky!

I gave Meggie a bath and painted her fingernails. Good quality girl time. =)

Cute Meggie

This is a cute video that I found of Meggie dancing in the car. I think she is hilarious when she points her fingers and trys to sing a long.

Last week was a rough week....

Reasons why I am glad last week is over:
1. Wednesday: The toilet in my upstairs apartment overflowed and leaked downstairs into the kitchen. It was such a huge mess! We lost a lot of our groceries and had to take EVERYTHING out of the cabinets so they could dry. Then we realized that the water was leaking out of two NEW spots above our breakfast bar. The pictures below show the big mess.
2. Thursday: Brooke miscarried for the SECOND time. It was horrible and very frusterating for all of us.
3. Friday: I was fired from my job. I loved my job so much and poured my whole heart into my work, and I was let go. It is the worst feeling in the world. So, right now I am on the job hunt... again.
*whew* what a crummy week!

The bowls on the counter are catching all of the water pouring out of the cabinets.

The two ovals were FILLED with water. Luckily they never completely burst, instead they just leaked a steady stream of water on the counter.

Jeppy....

Jeff sent us this picture of him and his companion at a baptism. I miss him so much! But he looks like such a stud in this picture!

Cutest Kids!

I happen to think that I have the CUTEST nieces and nephew in the world. I am showing these pictures as proof!

Coats for the doggies

Dave and I decided... well, ok, I decided by myself that the dogs needed coats because it is winter time. So we got them matching Old Navy puff coats. It is hilarious to listen to them "swoosh" around the apartment!

Oh Christmas Tree

I love my Christmas tree this year! Its not a very traditional tree because I use a lot of bright colors, but its fun and I love the way it looks!

This one is for Lindsay

This is my first attempt at adding effects to a picture. Lindsay inspired me. =)

New Dog.... *Daisy*

So, this is our new dog Daisy. There is a WHOLE big story about how she came to live with us: she walked into the bank I work at and since we didn't know who she belonged to my mother in-law agreed to take her. We found the owner and gave her back, but two weeks later she was back at the bank again. So my mother in-law took her again, and this time the owners told her to keep Daisy. ( What a bunch of jerks, huh? ) So, she has been living with my mother in-law for a few months, but they recently moved to a new apartment that only allows one pet. Since she already had a dog other than Daisy, we volunteered to take her. Sure, she is cute and adorable, but she came with a whole set of issues. Oh well. We love her though.



Clark is ALWAYS pestering her and wanting to play but I think that she just gets annoyed by him. Like a typical man, he just doesn't take a hint.

I thought that this picture was cute because it shows how Daisy eats. She picks out the pieces of food she wants, puts them on the mat, and then eats them one by one. Strange...

Fun Pictures of Spencer and Meggie

We had an activity at the bank I work at and Bridgette brought Spencer and Meghan to visit me. I LOVE it when she brings the kids to the branch. Here is Meghan in a chef's hat that Bridge had bought for Spencer.

Spencer with the chef's hat on. What a nut.

Me and Meggie. She is so adorable!

Clark and the New Apartment

We have a balcony that is off our bedroom and Clark LOVES to go out there and check things out. He just hangs out most of the time and basks in the sunlight.




Clark ALSO likes the window in the kitchen. One of these days I know he is going to see food and jump right through there.

Clark is passed out on Dave after a long day of sniffing the carpet. ( seriously, he does it all the time. )