What a Mess

What a mess. The pictures below are what I have been dealing with since I arrived home last night at 7pm. It all started with the power being out on Sunday so I took a half day and went into work at 1 on Monday, now I wish I would of just taken the whole day off, I ran a couple places after work, got home, it was dark. As I walked up to the back door I could hear it, water gushing, somethig I never wanted to hear. I opened the door and there it was, a waterfall from the celing, all over my nice hardwood floor. Poor Britney was stuck on a random dry spot, Duke was freaking out i his cage not knowing what was going on. Luckily the water was not pouring on him. I ran downstairs trying to shut off the water and calling Justin, and bawling!! He got home right away and we have been dealing with it ever since! We got part of the pipe fixed last night, but had no water until about noon today. Then the insurance people came to suck the water up and left the dryers.
Lets not forget that we are supposed to be having Christmas Eve here...TOMORROW!
Gosh, everthing was soaking wet, the water went all the way to the basement so everything wet down there too. In one way we are lucky it didnt really get any furniture wet,just the part that is standing on the floor, so we mostly need drywall and celing repair, that means I will have to paint again, wanted to repaint the basement anyway!
So for now I have all the dryers going and 2 big holes in my livingroom/kitchen celing!








Ava wanted Cameron to sit by her, he didn't like it too much!!



This weekend we had our girls gift exchange. Alissa brought Cameron and Kara brought Ava. Next year we will have at least one more baby!! Its always fun for us all to get together. This year we went to Jessica's up on Eagle lake.


On the way home on Sunday I called Justin to let him know I was on my way, he infomed me that our power was out and that it was 42 degrees in the house!!! So I went home and got Duke and we went to Heather and DJ's to hang out. We stayed there most of the day. We talked to some neighbors and they said the power kept coming on and going off all day. It finally came on and stayed on!!

Our whole driveway and sidewalks are pure ICE and it is SO windy.
I just love winter...not really!

Done and Done!



All of my shopping and wrapping is DONE!! I know it's not too impressive since Christmas is just a couple days away but I am just glad it's done and no more trips to the mall in this crazy weather and traffic!!

So Close!


I am so close to being done with Christmas shopping!! I seriouly have 3 more things to buy and I know what they are so it won't be long until I am done.
I have also been wrapping as I buy so all my wrapping is done too!!

A very happy baby Cameron!



I can't wait to see Cameron (and Alissa) this weekend!!

Day of Baking with the Girls


Duke and Britney under the tree!


Kayla helping Nana with Christmas cutout cookies


Such a good helper!


Kayla and I taking a break


Nana reading The Elf on a Shelf book to Kayla, when Kayla opened it she said "Thank you Nana, I've been wanting this forever!!" In reality she had no idea what it was, so cute!


My little niece the animal lover! I couldn't be more proud!
She requestd that they have on their "costumes"












Abbey's belly just keeps getting bigger! It is so cute!


Relaxing at home, Duke can never be too far away!!
He is such a lover!!
If only he would let Britney get that close to us without chasing her!!