Christmas Festivities '09

We spent Christmas at my wonderful in-law's home this year. I am sure my mother-in-law is still recovering from the frenzy of christmas crazed grandkids and of all of us staying in her home, which I might add is always spotless and I am pretty sure when we were all done there it looked like a bomb had gone off... Thanks for everything Linda and Larry!! We had a blast! Disclaimer: there are a lot of pictures, sorry couldn't help myself... anyway this is our traditional making of the gingerbread houses.


Cute newlyweds Rich and Kristen!



My wonderful in-laws Larry and Linda and Ry Ry and Steve-O!



The fabulous Fuller fam...Angie is the ultimate hair stylist and always finds time to get all us Nash girls hair lookin' fine, ThANK YOU ANG!



Best buds Gavin and cousin Haley stealing candy...the crazed look on Gavins face is a little disturbing...but an accurate depiction of his Christmas holiday.



Santa made a special visit the night before Christmas Eve! Everett was loving the beard.

Gavin was so exstatic when Santa walked in he was first on his lap.

Some of the other grandkids--NOT so exstatic. Kate completely traumatized.

This was a look that could often be found on poor little Ev's face much to the delight of many of his uncles as they snuck him tastes of random Christmas delicacies.


The Rat Pack in their Christmas Eve P.J's



The MANLY MEN in their Chrismtas Eve P.J's!


Little Bo-Bev on Christmas morning. Paper is the best present!


Uncle Steve and Everett. This one makes me smile.


Gavin was so excited Christmas morning he kept hugging Ev.


We went and had a second Christmas with my family on the 26th. My mom made a delicious dinner and we sledded and opened presents. Ev and Grandpa Kit.



Yay for Christmas! and a HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

Santa's message for YOU!

I saw this on my friends blog, and copied it because I think it is so cool! It is a personalized video message from Santa. I did it for Gavin who thought it was the greatest thing ever! So if you have little kid-lets you MUST give this a try,
they will love it!
If you want to try it click here...

I'm 3!

This little cutie turned 3 on December 8th! I can't believe how fast he is growing up. Upon request I made him a tractor cake...YES that thing is a tractor! o.k it is my very sad attempt at a tractor, it looks more like a sorry broken down old fashioned car, that has seen a few days in the junkyard, I have a new found respect for cake chefs! Gavin is so energetic and full of imagination he is a sweetheart...most of the time :) And we love him! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOSE!


Make a wish!



Birthday is done, now we can't wait until Christmas... This picture was taken before we decorated the tree. So if you look close you will see that they are all toys hanging on there. Gavin was thrilled that he decorated the tree all by himself. Since then it has been officially decorated with ornaments, but I still continue to find random household objects shoved into that poor tree on a daily basis. If something is missing we know where to look.

the HaLLoWEen rumpus!

On Halloween night they made mischief of one kind...




and another...



Their mother called them WILD THINGS!



... LET THE WILD RUMPUS START!



HaPpy HaLLoWeeN !

Fall is Fabulous!

HEE- HAW FaRms

We went to Hee Haw farms the other day, and it was really cool. They had tons of fun things for kids to do. This was their awesome pick your own pumpkin patch, out in the middle of these huge sunflowers. Here are some pics.



Studley hauling our pumpkins.




The ultimate hay jump!



Me and Ev on the animal train.




Gav loved the petting zoo.





Giant dirty corn box with tractors, what more could a boy want...

OUCH...my pride...and my bum

What can I say, other than my worst nightmare finally happened.

I got a road bike a while back and have been slowly gathering the courage (and the money) to buy cycling shoes and clipless pedals; you know the kind that clip you INTO your bike, as in your feet DO NOT come OFF the bike...ya those kind. I convinced the guys at the bike store to hook my bike into the stationary bike stand so I could practice clipping in and out of the pedals. Much to the amusement of the employees, I practiced for about twenty minutes, bought my shoes and pedals and left. I took a very cautious trial run through the back streets of my neighborhood, I was thinking "I've got this, I am the woman." A few days later I decided to head out on a "real ride". Everything was going smoothly until I got to the first intersection. I think that I got caught up in the feeling of looking like a "real cyclist" in my new shoes, that I forgot to down shift into an easier gear when I stopped at the intersection. So the road cleared and it was my turn to go. I push off, and realize I am in THE hardest gear possible, and the struggle with trying to get a forward motion going and clip into my pedal all at the same time- was just too much for my beginners brain...you know what's coming...I leaned to far to the left (which would be the side that my foot was still clipped into) and..."Oh *#@$", nothing I can do but smile and wave as I hit the pavement. I wish I could say it was some high speed wipout story, but really there was no speed at all, just me... tipping over. Long story short I am laying on the asphalt struggling to unclip myself from my FREAKING pedals, thinking all the while, "I can't believe it is rush hour and all these people are thinking what sort of facility would let a handicapped person out to ride their bike all alone!" I dragged my sore bod and my bike to the sidewalk where way too many people stopped to ask if I was alright, or if my bike broken, or if I was hurt...and yes I was hurt and my pride got hit the hardest. It has been a week and I still have a bruise the size of Texas on my rear!

Thought I would share that since it is actually quite humorous to me now. And because some of you unfortunatley heard about it, so I can't live in secret humiliation anymore :)