New Caledonia Anyone??

So we didn't kick off 2009 in very good fashion here at our house. The kids and I spent the first week with the stomach flu. I tend to be proned to a little depression this time of year anyway. All the fun and excitement from the holidays is over, it has been cold for at least 2 months, all traces of any tan are gone and the pastiness has set in, the kids can't go outside and play, some sort of diet has been set into motion.....all those sorts of things contribute to a little depression. I find myself cruising the net for some sort of dream tropical destination that I can go to in my mind. So last night while watching the news, Mike Huckabee had the Duby Brothers on his show. They were talking about the closest place to paradise that they have been is to New Caledonia.

Now, I had never heard of his place and I had to do a little research! New Caledonia is breathtaking! It is located in the middle of nowhere in the South Pacific, between Fiji and Australia. So, if I somehow run into a boatload of money, you know where you can find me : )

Check thru the pics on this link.....it will bring a warm smile to your face, guaranteed!! So this week is my week to pull myself out of the depression and put myself back together.....wish me luck because this is what we are dealing with today......

Happy New Year

My dear friend Bonnie sent the cutest New Years card that she had made and it had this poem on it......Enjoy

Ode To January

'Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.
The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.
When I got on the scales there arose such a number!When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).
I'd remember the marvellous meals I'd prepared; The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,
The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese And the way I'd never said, 'No thank you, please.'
As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt And prepared once again to do battle with dirt -
I said to myself, as I only can 'You can't spend a winter disguised as a man!'
So - away with the last of the sour cream dip, Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip
Every last bit of food that I like must be banished 'Till all the additional ounces have vanished.
I won't have a cookie - not even a lick.I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.
I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie, I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.
I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore But isn't that what January is for?
Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!

Toddler Talk

Conversation between Madison and Parker this morning. She handed him her little stuffed lamb with these instrutions....

Perk, here is my little baby lamb. Now you need to take him to the farm to his mommy and daddy, but BE CAREFUL, do not let him bite you and DO NOT drop him!! (Always the mother you know)
Parkers response "Oh Pay (that is how he says ok), let's go to the farm." And off they walk to the farm, I mean bedroom : )

A week in Pictures

New Christmas jammies Auntie Christel got the wildflowers....

Wathcing the Grinch....

Playing/Eating the snow.....

Getting ready to go to the Christmas parade....

At the Christmas parade.....

Making cookies with Grammy Karen....

Cutting down our Christmas tree at the ranch.....yes that is a saw in my 2 year olds hand!!

It was 60 degrees that day....

New ornaments from Grammy Karen....Cinderella for Madison

And a Radio Flyer for Parker....

Our decorated tree....

Hope you are all having a fun Christmas Season........