Trucker the Bear

 

Zoey's room

Her room is starting to come along and I'm so excited. I went to Bainbridge Island to buy and pick up her new vanity and Curtis is making the wood light plate for the ceiling light. It is going to be so cool! I can't wait to see it all done! 

My girl is 8!

My Zoey girl turned 8 today and I love her so much! Sadly, we had to cancel her birthday party with the neighbors because Mike got covid and we had been in contact with Lisa so we played it safe. She was devastated as she had planned a plant party for her friends so they could paint pots and then plant a plant. We tried to make it as special as we could for her and I do think she enjoy her mom and dad's 100% attention but missed being with her friends. Happy Birthday my beautiful daughter, we love you so much!!!! 

Christams

We spent the whole day at Moniques for Christmas and pretty much ate all day and watched football. Things felt different this year but we all still enjoyed being together. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Christmas morning

This year we didn't have Sheila over for stockings to keep her safe and opened them together over FaceTime, that was not horrible but we missed having her here in person. Zoey enjoyed opening her presents and can't wait to set up her Alexa for her room. Now off to Moniques house.

Pre-Christmas

 
We did an early Christmas with my family this year and it was very relaxing. Did some of our usual traditions with gifts and a Christmas movie at the end. Having fun with the change to the routine since all the kids, except Zoey, are grown up. Love being with my family and so thankful we are all safe and healthy! 

Re-decorating

 So it is time to give Zoey's bathroom and bedroom a new look! Here is the start of it and I'm so excited to get it finished during my Christmas break!!!

My work buddy!

 

Gingerbread Houses

 

We weren't able to go to our usual place to make gingerbread houses because of covid so we planned an at home one with the neighbors and I bought WAY too much candy. The kids loved it and they came up with some cute ideas on how they used all the candy. Starting to feel like my favorite time of the year!!!

Decorating for Christmas

I NAILED IT!!!!!!!

Oppy in town

Oppy came to see us and it was so fun to see him! He is such a joy to have around, we love you Eric and miss all the time!!!

Tree hunting

 

I'm so glad covid didn't ruin our tree hunting adventures as the weather and snow were perfect and it was so good to see everyone! Trucker had a blast in the snow and didn't skip a beat until we got into the truck for the ride home, he passed out. He was meant for the snow! 

Can't wait to get home and decorate the tree. This year I'm more excited to decorate since last year I couldn't do anything since I was still in crutches. I'm going ALL out :) lol.....Curtis is not thrilled! haahaa

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Again we are stuffed from delicious food and Camdyn was the cutest turkey I have EVER seen! 💜 Love having two Turkey dinner a year!!! 

Tea party with GiGi

 For the break GiGi threw a tea party for Zoey for all her hard work on learning. We all had a sweet time and love GiGi so much for everything that she is doing for us!!!!!

Yokers Thanksgiving

 

We had an early Thanksgiving with my family so that Mia and Hugo could be there and it tasted so good. Everyone cooked amazing things and we were all so full. Good to be with family!

All about Trucker

So Trucker is still loving car rides while Zoey decided to write her school story about Trucker and how he had diarrhea one night in his kennel. She did a fantastic job on it and I'm so proud of her. Trucker is impacting our lives in more ways than one! :)

Happy Veteran's Day Curtis

 

Found some gems of Curtis while he served....LOVE it :) Thanks for your service handsome! 

Family Pictures

Finally got whole family pictures today and they turned out so good! It's crazy how big all the kids are and soon they will be adding to the family...at some point ;) lol

Halloween

This year Zoey was Hermine from Harry Potter and Hugo was Harry and I decided to be a witch since I had purple hair! We had a fun night tooling around the neighborhood but it wasn't as fun as other years. People got creative to maintain 6 feet while others didn't care. At least we were still able to trick-r-treat. Happy Halloween everyone! :) 

Trucker is getting HUGE!!!

 

Currently his favorite nap spot and soon he's not going to fit! 

Deer Hunting

 

I'm so excited as Curtis shot a deer today!!!! YAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to try it and see those antlers in person! Nice work baby!!!!!!!!

Pre Halloween

 

This weekend the neighbor kids had a club house halloween party and Zoey couldn't go because she had a cold and since its covid season we played it safe. She was devastated and cried the whole day even though we watched movies together. I felt so bad for her and wished I could do something to make her feel better but this is life and it's good for her to learn how to deal with things like this. Still hate to see her hurt as a mom though.....

Trucker loves the car

 

Trucker loves to go on car rides and gets so excited when I open the door and immediately hopes right in. He is getting so big already and we are having a blast with him so far.....other than potty training. lol

Puzzles and Decorating

 

I spent way too much time doing this 3D puzzle but I had a blast doing it! The kids helped me on and off but I did it mostly myself. I did have enough time to decorate for halloween though which is a MUST! Zoey and I are so excited. I'm so happy she loves to decorate with me! Even Trucker got in the action lol