~*~My Guys~*~

Below are my two favorite guys.....~~Josiah........................Steve~~

Visiting Santa

As you can see, Josiah is pouting because I sat him on Santa's lap to begin with and he got mad. To keep Josiah from crying, Mariah had to hold him behind the Jolly old guy. Josiah did enjoy the candy cane Santa gave him after the photo was snapped. Now that Mariah is 17, this might be my last year of all four kids getting their picture made with Santa...it seems just a short time ago Mariah was meeting Santa for the first time. Time passes too quickly!

Josiah

Josiah, enjoying his Cra.ftsman workbench from Grandma & Grandpa Roberts! He's learning to solve problems on his own...by climbing up on his bench to reach the areas he couldn't when he was standing!

My girls...

...visiting Great Grandma on Christmas Eve. We were blessed to be able to spend time with Steve's parents, my parents and Steve's grandma on Christmas Eve. Steve's mom prepared a delicious meal for all of us at Grandma Walker's house. After spending several precious hours with Steve's side of the family, we ventured back out in the snow and spent several hours with my mom, siblings and their families.
Being blessed to spend time with both sides of our families is something we treasure. The snow continued to fall quite heavily on Christmas Eve and while driving was tricky, it was so beautiful outside!

Merry Christmas from The Roberts Family

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! May you have a blessed Christmas and a peaceful New Year!

With Love,

The Roberts Family

Steve, Tracey, Mariah, McKenna, Miranda & Josiah

The beginning of the snow storm....

Some of our Christmas lights are below this slight snowfall...before the BIG snow hit (@ 3 feet of snow!)

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!

And this is what I woke to before dawn (close to 3:30am)! This beautiful, fluffy, white stuff is STILL falling from the sky as I type this! I LOVE the snow!

Whatcha mean, mom?

.....I'm supposed to stay clean during our Christmas tree expedition?

....nice theory, if only it lasted!!!

You get what you pay for!

I was at the “Dollar Tree” store yesterday afternoon with my mom, Josiah, a niece and a nephew. I decided to get the girls some cute Christmas socks to wear before the holiday is over. I found a cute pair of red socks with rhinestone lettering. As I browsed through all the pairs of socks to find a pair for each of the girls, I found a rather unique pair of socks.....rather than thetraditional wording of

“HO, HO, HO”
they said “OH, OH, OH”

-- all the other pairs of this particular style said "HO, HO, HO"!!!! The pair I had in my hands happened to be the only ones exclaiming "OH, OH, OH"! My warped sense of humor found it so funny I HAD to buy them! ~ I gave the mis-printed pair to Mariah since she loves goofy socks so much so that she will unmatch a pair of socks to intentionally wear two different socks.

Lesson learned: I guess you get what you pay for, right?

Arm-wrestling...over a book!

McKenna didn't put away a book she borrowed from Mariah so Steve suggested they "arm-wrestle" for it....the results were exactly what you are looking at! Mariah could "hold" McKenna but not "take her down" so we declared McKenna of that match since Mariah is 4yrs older and unable to complete the arm-wrestling task of taking her younger sister....

~2008 School Photos~

Below are our daughters' 2008/2009 school photos ~ Autumn 2008

Mariah - 17yrs old (less than 2wks after her surgery)

McKenna - age 13yrs old
Miranda - age 9yrs old

Safety first, right?!?!?

My parents gifted Josiah this battery-operated riding toy for his birthday days before my dad passed away. In May 2008, my oldest brother gave Mr. Josiah the handy-dandy safety helmet you see him wearing. The goofy boy wears his helmet every day...whether it's on straight or not!! Gotta love that little guy....