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Collin's Basketball game

(not the greatest pics!)

Collin is so excited to be playing basketball in his new school... he's so athletic... and CUTE! He made a basket and turned around to make sure I saw it with a grin! His team won, so they'll move on to the next game on Tuesday.

Swimming in the hotel POOL!

What a great time... Mommy was a prune and the kids were raisins... but they enjoyed the winter swimming! (TBC... next weekend!)

Big COMFY Bed at the WOODCLIFF

The kids enjoyed a bit of spoiling (completely different from the normal spoiling!) and joined Mommy at the Woodcliff Hotel and Spa. Mommy is staying in a room right down the hall from where they're remodeling some suites, so working is a bit easier!

The "EVA" shirt

I wanted to take a picture of Evee's new shirt and the little stinker wouldn't let me at first! But then, of course, the little "ham" showed up!!

Collin's SNOWMAN

Collin had fun building a snowman in the yard today- at least it's 40 degrees out instead of ZERO! The dogs were having fun too! It's very difficult to try and get a puppy to pose for a picture... Jed thought Collin was calling him over to wrestle!! As you can tell Hooch joined in the "picture" as soon as he realized it was going to be an action shot!!

It's hard to believe that Jed is only 7 months old! He's going for his "procedure" on Tuesday morning... I had to explain it to Collin in a little more detail than I had hoped to get away with... but he's at that age where everything needs a detailed description!

Mommy and Eva

Eva and I were fooling around with the camera today (it's the only distraction technique that makes her smile when she doesn't feel good!)... we accidentally took this close up picture and I thought it was pretty cool. I couldn't take one like it again if I tried!
And this is our movie star picture... just GORGEOUS!

Chloe & Olivia

Eva is quite a little stinker when it comes to telling Chloe what she's going to do! Not sure if you all recognize the girls... these are Mama Kitty's baby girls from the summer. Unfortunately Mama has since passed away, but her girls are not neglected in any way! The top kitty is Chloe (a.k.a. sassy kitty) and below is Olivia (a.k.a. scaredy cat)... the only way we can tell them apart (aside from the opposite personalities) is that Chloe has "thumbs" on her front feet! They are very cute... and somehow I got suckered into having them in the house, instead of the barn!

Eva's Dancing Outfit

I know you hate these edited pics Mom!! But isn't she the cutest little ballerina?!

Happy Birthday Collin!

We went to Ichibans for Collin's Birthday dinner... it was priceless the way Collin watched the flaming onion volcano and flying shrimp tails! He's already decided that he wants to go there next year for his birthday! (Please excuse the bad photos... I took them with my phone because I forgot to bring the camera!!)

HO HO HO

The Fipps' kids made out like bandits again this year!! Merry Christmas to all!

Collin in Class

Mommy went to Collin's class to help with making some holiday crafts... I took pictures of all the kids to put on ornaments... they decorated the front and I put their picture on the other side... this is Collin's ornament picture!!

Picking out a Christmas tree

Can you believe there wasn't any snow this year!! It was freezing though, and the kids needed to bundle up!! And not to worry about snow... it was cold and blizzarding yesterday, and it's only supposed to be in the single digits today!

Thanksgiving Day

We had a smaller crowd than usual this year... only 8 of the kids! Sammi & Zack, Jane, Jack & Henry, and BJ, Collin & Eva... they had fun with olives as you can see from the pictures! It was a delicious dinner, as usual!

Mama and the Babes

I had to set up the timer for this one... but it came out pretty good!

Thanksgiving 2008

Eva looks lovely in her "chicken outfit"!

Unfortunately we have a little pre-teen fake smile going on here- my humor is no longer funny to "Mr. knowitall"!

The FEAST

What a fun time.... eating a Thanksgiving feast with all the third graders last week! Here are Collin's buds, Logan and Kate... they're like the three musketeers!

Eva

I can't decide if this is the face of an angel... or if it looks like she's up to no good!

Collin's Class

What a crew this is! That's Collin in the bottom left corner with his scary mask!! Ken and I helped with the party and marched in the parade... all the way down town from the school!