Katelyn has a new look

Katelyn is sporting a new look these days. She looks smarter and that might be because she is smart. I promised not to call her 4 eyes. She won't call me 4 eyes then. Sounds like a good deal to me!

Katelyn got a Wii for Christmas

We got Katelyn a Wii for Christmas. There was no way she ever expected it. We had told her not to expect it as they are way too expensive. Then we decided she is only a kid once. The boxes with all the parts were stacked together and it was driving her crazy for several days. We would not let her touch them even to see how much they weighed. Boy was she excited when she opened that first one.

This was the look we were hoping for. First shock, then joy, then that great big smile!

Lily is just one the grandkids

We spent Christmas Day at my sister's house. This is her granddaughter Lily. My sister has to put her in little dresses because she never had boys and she is probably never going to get any human grandchildren to put dresses on. That's okay because Lily is so spoiled if Rusty and Julie ever had a child as spoiled as this dog we would be in trouble!!

Lily was begging

After we got done eating and people would leave their spots at the table, Lily would jump up on their chairs to see what was on the table. How can you resist those eyes?

Lily in her ND jersey

Lily sitting Pretty

Katie opened another present that can go with her Wii. She was very excited to have received this game. We told her this game was not something she would be getting because it was impossible to find. Her Aunt Irinda did some fancy footwork and came up with it.

Christmas Service

Remember those 12,000 candles that I helped put together? Well here are just a few of them, and what we used them for. As always, our Christmas service was beautiful. There was singing, acting and a great sermom by Dr. Beeson. If you would like to see the service just go to gccwired.com

Barack Obama

It's very funny because there are people out there that know me and they just assume they think they know who I voted for. I have heard comments made that I voted for Obama but it is very weird because I never told anyone except my 10 year old daughter. She has never said anything to anyone either. I also am not a democrat. People just assume that too. You know the old saying about what happens when people assume things. I vote on a person, not a party. It was very hard for me to go down and vote this year. I honestly can say that I don't think I made my decision until I actually went to the polls. I did not believe either candidate was qualified enough to hold such a important office. Since that time I have been watching what Obama has been doing with his position. Even though he has not yet taken the oath of office, he has been taking great strides in making changes to help the countries economy. I am very impressed by what I have seen. I am also impressed by the people he has chosen to help him serve in his presidency. I was very scared about the election. I am no longer worried that the wrong person got the job. I think this country is looking toward a better future for the next 4 years. Barack Obama might have been a God send.

Christmas came early this year for us!

This past weekend our family got our Christmas present early. We welcomed into our family, a new member. My sister in law, Susan, married her friend and soul mate, Jeff. We are all very happy and proud to have him join us. However we still are not sure if he knows what he has gotten himself into. It has been one of the best presents Santa could have ever given us and will be hard to top. What a great way to end 2008. What a great way to start 2009!

2 of My Favorite Girls

These two not only look beautiful, but also did a beautiful job as junior bridesmaids at the wedding!

Katie Sings at Church Christmas Service

I was so proud of Katelyn on Saturday evening at our church's Christmas program. We had just left a wedding that Katelyn was a attendant in. I thought she might be alittle over dressed for the program at church but she was not. She looked beautiful on the stage in her emerald green dress. She did a wonderful job of smiling for the audience. Not a bit of stage fright. She was awesome!

Christmas Tree Earrings

I could not get a good picture of my new Christmas Tree earrings. These are made of Swarovski Crystal and are quite beautiful. They have a sand color crystal on the bottom and 3 rivoli shaped emerald crystals all toped off with a small 4mm Siam Bicone shaped crystal. I have taken them to both my shops and have them at my home if you are interested, call me. They are going fast, $12.

New Earrings

These are the new fairy earrings I am making. I have them in this color, in red and in lavender. They are very sweet for the younger girls. $10

My Picture made it the the Pastor's Blog

Welcome to LESLIE’S BLOG! I have just recently finished reading the 3rd book in the twilight series and I am patiently waiting for the price to go down on the 4th book so I can purchase it. I also have seen the movie and thought it was great. If you do not know anything about Twilight, you should read the book before you go to the movie. You will enjoy the movie better if you know what you are seeing. This is about Vampires, but please do not be confused. It is basically a love story and is more exciting because the main character is a Vampire. Does anyone remember Barnabus Collins and how popular Dark Shadows was? I do, and I even have the board game.

Falling Leaves

What exactly did people do before they came out with the baggers that you could attach to your lawn tractors. Last night Jim had all the leaves picked up in our yard. Right now, this is how our yard looks. He is going to faint when he pulls in the driveway. Plus our trees still have alot of leaves in them that have not fallen yet. I cannot imagine the days when you had to rake them by hand. Maybe that is why when we moved in this house years ago in November, the yard was full of leaves and the grass was dead from years of the leaves having not been picked up. Thank goodness there is technology.

Halloween 2008

Halloween night Katelyn and her cousin Ava went trick or treating together. Katelyn went as Sally from Night before Christmas and Ava was a bumblebee. They had a great time going through our neighborhood. The night before we had carved our pumpkins to look like the grim reaper and Jack Skellington who is also from the Night Before Christmas

After trick or treating was over we took the girls over to show grandma and grandpa their costumes. They even dressed up their build a bears in costumes. One was a pumpkin and the other was Hannah Montana.

Bead Pens

Check out the cool bead pens you can make. The pens themselves cost $8.00. Then you have to purchase the beads to match. There are different color pens and all different kinds of beads to pick from. I made these 2 just to try it. Only problem is that the ink refills are very small because they only have a little tiny area to fit into. Therefore you have to change them often and purchase refills often.

Taffy and Liberty cuddle up

I was sitting on the couch the other night, holding Taffy. Liberty came up and wanted affection too. She shows no aggression toward Taffy at all. If anything she almost acts like Taffy is her baby. Our neighbors dog got into the house one day and found Taffy's cage and I could not get him away from it. He was going to tear the cage apart and eat Taffy. Guess it is the difference in the dogs. Thank goodness that Liberty and Taffy get along. I would never leave the two alone, but they always give each other a kiss on the nose when they get the chance.

Katelyn made this really cool shirt!

Katie made this shirt, it was white and she tye dyed it with circles. Then she used a black marker that won't wash off and made faces. It turned out really cute!

Pictures of the Girlscout Halloween Party

This is a picture of Katelyn dressed up as Sally from Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas. Katelyn looked really good. She even had one girl had the party tell her to stop looking at her because it was giving her the creeps!

Hannah and Katelyn

Hannah came dressed up like her sister. She said her sister actually did her makeup and she was wearing her sister's clothing. She said her sister looks like this every day.

Devon

Girlscouts as cowgirls

Cowgirl Carma looks tuckered out

We had princesses, doctors and baseball players. We even had a appearance by Paris Hilton!

The girlscouts made a spiderweb

Several of the girls were given a roll of string and they were to toss it to the girl across from them. That girl was then to wrap it around herself and then toss it to someone else. This went on for some time until they had a rather large spider web.