Tuesday, January 19, 2010

A story

Once upon a time in a land called Ohio, lived Jeff and Debbie...

Late in the year 2009, all of their children came to said Ohio to celebrate a lovely holiday we like to call Christmas...

And these children brought their children...
Many adventures took place, such as making cookies...


And eating cookies...


Frosting was in abundance...
As were presents.....

And Mother Earth gave them a beautiful, bright rainbow on Christmas day to enjoy from the front yard...

And Nick and Chase received their much asked for GEO TRAX from Santa, because they don't already have enough tracks in their tiny house...

And Chase thought the perfect cuddle spot with Grandma would be right in front of the fridge (and Grandma took what she could get)...

And Grandma and Grandpa were noble and brave and took all 5 grandkids to TWO movies the day after Christmas...


And Chase ate much popcorn...


And Nick enjoyed having a make-shift bed on the ground...

And Chase would crawl on his parents bed and beg to take naps (oh wait, this is a TRUE story)..

And the week after Christmas (after they all passed around a 24 hour miserable stomach bug) Jeff and Debbie treated everyone to an indoor water park for two days, where these two brothers stayed in their first hotel room...

And they played with Brennen (and Ella and Preston, but Nick and Chase's mother is horrible at taking pictures)...

Afterwards, back home, someone turned 28...

And Mallory is still pretty...

And we brought in the New Year with the traditional and wonderful and delicious appetizer party...

And Grandpa told Nick incredible bed-time stories each night...

And Sunday afternoon looked like this for the adults...

And this for the kids...

And after all that fun, we had to return to the Land of the Freezing, PA, and create our own fun with shaving cream and trucks....

And sitting on the counter to help mom cook...


And we hit the books...


And found out that our voices sound super cool when we yell into the fan..

And the only real entertainment we now have is from this guy...

who makes our faces look like this for half an hour a day...

And the mother of the house refused to take out her recycling (this is the land of the FREEZING after all), and so the pile on the back patio now looks like this...

Because you have to walk THIS far to the recycling bins (do you see them? Yep, neither do I) and then you have to stand there and sort the clear glass, colored glass, plastic, paper, and metal cans...

But we're still enjoying our milk...

And we still cry to go play outside in the cold...

So that we can see our cute neighbor Russ
And we still drink green smoothies in the morning...
And pretend to be pirates, amoung other things, all day long...
And we believe, despite the sub zero temperatures and having to part with our families after the holidays, that we will indeed live HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

13 comments:

Liz said...

DARLING post!!! You're so creative! I have a pile on my back deck of diapers, but I CAN see the trash...I just don't want to put on my boots to go put one in at a time! Stay warm, and keep living happily, ever after! Miss you!

Let the Good Times Roll said...

VERY cute post Bekah! You guys are so cute.

Mallory said...

hahaha, I love this! hahaha, My favorite picture is with all the kids in the TV room, because that's exactly what it's like all the time when everyone is here! Miss you guys!

Kate said...

such a fun post! I love it and think I'll have to read it again because it was just so fun.

ps sunday evening after dinner, we were in our living room and someone came walking downstairs and cal screams out, "NICK!!! Mommy, it's Nick!" And then Daniel walked through the doors and Cal was sad. I thought it was so random and so cute. Needless to say we all miss you all!

Becca said...

You are officially cute!

Mindy said...

I love it! Mindy

theminerfamily said...

You are awesome! I am glad for an update, you're boys make me so happy. You're such a cute mom! Miss you!

Miranda said...

This is my new favorite bedtime story. It makes my heart happy :)

Lori said...

Bekah, I loved this post. It made me feel so happy and I don't even know Brad's family. I'm dying to know what is in the green smoothie. . .

Shan said...

Oh, my darling daughter, you are such a writer. I loved, loved, loved this post, even though I just want to reach in those photos and steal my boys away. I cannot wait to hug, love, and smell my boys again! You really are a darling mom, Bek. And I feel so grateful that our boys have the Goldies to love them and enrich their lives, as well. Thank you, Goldies! Chase has changed again in looks, he looks so darn old! I guess he's just getting ready to turn two. I love you all...Mom

Wendy said...

Great story!

Amy said...

so cute, some of it sounds much like our days! especially the freezing part!

rachel said...

What a fabulous post Bekah!!!! You are great and what a creative way to give us the update!