candles, candles, candles everywhere..

  rainbow of colors and boy does my house smell sweet

the navy blue one called grandma's kitchen is my favorite.

 the yellow one is banana nut bread and it smells like the real thing

brooke sold $600.00 worth of candles to go towards her trip to DC in May

i feel like i should get to take the trip too, with all the delivering and helping i've done with her.

but hey that's what moms are for, RIGHT?

we give and give and give and expect nothing in return without complaining

 with little complaining :)

so between work, and basketball games i've been delivering candles with the kids.

just love this~

Go HERE...great Christmas goodies idea...love it.

grab a hanky and watch...

no matter where your daddy be, i think it will touch you.

for all those missing loved ones...lets us remember and be BRAVE this Christmas.

this caught my attention....

saw this on a friends blog and found it very interesting.

pizza & skating

 pizza hut

 skate rental

 brooke

 brooke hanging with her bro and the boys

 girl time.

 after skating outside(kids all pumped up and me pooped out)

brooke and dawn.

he marched in the parade of lights on his birthday....

 the birthday boy with the birthday cake

 marching band during the parade of lights downtown..

 SANTA!!! (i know him)

 camp fire downtown during business night shopping after parade of lights.

they were roasting marshmellows..

 brooke headed downtown for something warm to drink

the drummer...a.k.a the birthday boy.

~twelve~

 can you believe the baby in this photo is now twelve?? me neither.

 always a joy and a great protector of his big sister.

 caring, loving, funny, he is all of these.

 loves sports, hunting, hanging out with family and friends.

 acting tough with his dad

he plays center during football.

he is a joy and I am blessed to have such a good boy.

happy birthday, brady!