I've moved :)

My new blog is located HERE

Thank you for visiting The Weston Family!

It's the BLIZZARD of '07. Well according to all the news channels that is :) It's a whopping 2 degrees right now, with a feel like temp of -16. Brrrrr... that is cold! Church was cancelled for today and I'm guessing the kids will have another snow day tomorrow!

My beautiful baby

I just entered Miss Chloe in Regis and Kelly's beautiful baby search. Becca was telling me about it and since Jamen is too young to be entered I thought maybe Chloe had a chance :) If she becomes a finalist we get to go to New York, which if you know me well at all, you know that is like my BIG DREAM! Chloe just may be my ticket out of here!

Snow day! We had more snow dumped on us overnight, so there was no school today. The kids ended up going to Robby and Katie's for some sledding. Here they are enjoying some time out in the fluffy white stuff :)


1. Taylor trying her best to get a taste. Maybe I should do something betty crocker like and try to make some homemade ice cream from the fresh snow...


2. Caleb trying his best to walk in the snow, it's almost up to his waist!


3. Snow angel time :) Some of the pictures I had taken, had really a blueish tint to the snow, next time I need to pay attention to the white balance on my camera!


4. Taylor getting the sled ready for Katie's house.


5. Caleb trying his best to smile for a picture. He hates having his picture taken, one day when he's older he'll wonder why I have so many pictures of the girls and not many of him! I'll have to remind of this day :)

Ahh... winter has finally arrived! We've been wondering where it's been, but alas it finally made an appearance this weekend :) We got like around a foot of snow last night and had to dig ourselves out to get to church this morning. Stay warm and drive safe!

The Dill's got Chloe this fridge phonics set last weekend for her birthday and now she's learning her abc's. Check out how smart she is :)

Caleb at seven...

• still carries around BB (his blankie since he was born)
• has a huge collection of gel pens (38 to be exact)
• loves video games
• likes to bother his sisters
• calls all his buddies: "my best friend"
• is very loud
• hates to do homework
• loves to keep score on everything
• loves candy and has the cavities to prove it
• likes to dance
• is finally wearing a size 6/7 :)
• is a good student (says the teacher)
• is bull-headed and stubborn at times
• is loved
  

Sleeping Beauty

So it's 1:15 in the afternoon and this is what my daughter is doing:

She went to a lock-in last night at the roller skating rink with her girl scout troop. She came home at 7 this morning and has been sleeping ever since. She said that she didn't sleep AT ALL while she was there. What on earth do you do at a roller rink all night long?!

We celebrated Chloe's birthday this weekend. As you can tell by this photo, it was a "Minnie Mouse" themed party :) I got her this cute little minnie dress and headband to wear. We had a good time and she of course was spoiled by everyone who came. I have more birthday pictures coming, Jennifer was kind enough to take photos at the party for me so I didn't have to worry about that part. Thanks, Jenn. We still have the party mess going on here at home, the house is destroyed with toys, boxes, wrapping paper and decorations laying around. Don't ya love how you have to clean before everyone comes over, but when they leave it's even worse than before?!

This is us ladies on Saturday night. In honor of Becca's birthday, we went out for a nice dinner (with a really rude waiter) then we went ice skating. I had never been ice skating before and it was so hard!! I thought it would be really similar to roller skating, but I was so wrong. With barely a foot in the door, Kelly and I were on our butts! It was so funny and such a blast. I will say though that my dreams of becoming a figure skater have died :)

100 things about me...

I've seen this going around the blog scene and thought I'd give it a go myself. 100 random things about me. Yes I said 100. You might wanna grab a snack and pull up a chair, this is gonna be a long one :)

1. I love cereal
2. I used to sell headstones for a living
3. I married my high school sweetheart :)
4. I didn't need glasses until I was in my 20's
5. I am saved
6. I want to be a photographer when I grow up
7. I am super afraid of bees
8. I love to sleep, I would sleep until noon everyday if it I could
9. I can't wear flip flops, they hurt too much
10. I am a mother of three
11. My dream is to go to New York City
12. I broke my nose in car accident when I was younger
13. I dislike doing laundry
14. I've seen "Back to the future" like a 100 times
15. I love the song "How Great is our God"
    
16. I have naturally curly hair
17. I went to school to become a travel agent
18. I hate to go clothes shopping for myself
19. I am seriously afraid of escalators
20. I went to cedar point on my honeymoon
21. I love to watch "Prison Break"
22. I think crocs are so ugly
23. I love to read romance novels (no not the smutty ones)
24. I like my job
    
25. I use to be a telemarketer
26. I went to Florida on my senior trip
27. I've been drinking pop even though it was my resolution to quit
28. I love the band "Third Day"
29. I do not sew
30. I love candy
    
31. I tend to procrastinate
32. I don't like filing
33. I can drive a stick shift
34. I like pepperoni and pineapple on my pizza
35. I cry when I am angry
36. I love the 80's
37. I am blessed
38. I am having trouble coming up with 100 things about me :)
39. I am a deacon's wife
40. I have one sister
41. I used to cross-stitch
42. I've been known on occasion to wear 2 different socks to work
    
43. I love Jesus
44. I am thirtysomething
45. I've never been ice skating
46. I like the Chicago White Sox
47. I like seasoning salt on my popcorn
48. I teach youth group on Wednesday nights (the wee ones)
49. I used to run cross country and not very fast either :)
50. I watch too much t.v.
51. I haven't scrapbooked in a long time
52. I don't like to watch basketball on t.v., in fact I loathe it :)
    
53. I like "Home Alone 2" better than "Home Alone 1"
54. I am broke
55. I don't have any pets
56. I've lived in 8 different homes
57. I can't stand reality t.v.
58. I like to play softball
59. I love the fall season
60. I am currently reading "Experiencing God: Day-by-day"
61. I've never milked a cow
62. I like to watch the food network
63. Even though I don't cook
64. I was in love with MacGyver when I was younger
65. My first name is Jennifer
66. I am spoiled (according to my husband)
67. I had a surprise 30th birthday party
    
68. I do not like surprise parties
69. I love bacon cheeseburgers
70. I've watched every episode of Dawson's Creek more than once
    
71. I think onions are gross
72. But I like onion rings
73. I used to have the entire strawberry shortcake collection
74. I like to shop at Old Navy
75. I had a poster of Kirk Cameron on my bedroom wall
    
76. I like to watch figure skating
77. I really miss vanilla coke and wish they'd bring it back!
78. I'm not very organized
79. I am right handed
80. I do not like to exercise
81. I need to exercise
82. I like to watch game shows
83. I love roller coasters
84. I hate spinning fair rides
85. I'm scared of thunderstorms
86. I like to go to cemeteries
87. I love the smell of coffee
88. I can be impatient
89. I like to eat cake mix
90. I can easily remember phone numbers
91. I borrow money from my kids (see #54)
92. I like to take really long showers
93. I am afraid of walking on piers
94. I graduated in 1989
95. I miss high school
    
96. I like to chat on yahoo messenger
97. I like to sing
98. I want a new camera
99. I had a The Land Before Time birthday party when I was like 18
100. I wanna go to Hawaii some day on vacation

Senorita Chloe :)

My sister and her family went to Mexico over the holidays and bought Chloe this little dress while they were there. I think she looks rather adorable in it, don't you? :) They also brought Taylor and Caleb back some nice souvenirs. Thanks sis.

Happy New Year! As with each new year, I always make a list (a mental list) of resolutions. Mostly out of tradition cuz I usually don't keep any of them, who does?! So here it is, my list of resolutions.

(in no particular order)

1. No more soda. I've got a little pact with a few friends to stop drinking pop. Well so far so good, never mind it's only Jan. 2nd :)

2. Read my Bible, everyday!

3. Finish the online photography course I started in the Spring of '06 :)

4. Don't gain any weight. Last year it was a resolution to lose weight and I ended up gaining 8 pounds throughout the course of the 2006, so I thought this year as long as I don't gain anymore I'll be doing good!

5. Don't spend so much time in front of the tv, except when Prison Break is on of course :)

6. Pray. Everyday. (not just at the dinner table either!)

7. Save the money I need to buy the really nice camera I want.

8. Be more organized. Especially with the laundry and the bills. (my husband would be glad for that!)

9. Have fun with my kids and actually play with them.

Well those are my resolutions for 2007!

Now share yours with me. I will help you out with the first one. Here it is: "Leave more comments on Jill's blog" :)

Edited to add: another picture :)

Since Chloe's birthday falls on Christmas, we've decided we will most likely celebrate her birthday in January each year. We will have a birthday cake for her on Christmas, but her parties will be held later. For this year's birthday party, because she is such a big fan of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, were gonna have a Mickey party for her. I tried taking some pictures of her today for her birthday invites, I put Taylor's mickey mouse ears on her and we took a few shots...

:)

It's been 2 years since Chloe blessed us with her presence on Christmas morning :) Happy Birthday baby girl!

So guess who went out and purchased a ton of greeting cards and still hasn't mailed them to family and friends? Well that would be me :) I don't know why, I'm just being lazy, I don't feel like addressing the envelopes! I'm thinking of mailing them out this week. I know it'll be after Christmas but the card does say "Happy Holidays" and I consider the 'holidays' to include New Year's, so technically they wouldn't really be late! But, just in case they never reach their destination....

Happy Holidays from the Westons :)

It's the final day of Christmas spirit week. It's Christmas tree day. Not really sure what the kids were suppose to do for this, but the closest we came to it were these socks :) Yes I took a picture of Tay's socks, I am dork!

Well today was "Reindeer Day". The kids didn't have anything reindeer related to wear, so I thought I'd share this picture of santa with his reindeer instead :) I took this picture last weekend when me and the family went to the "festival of lights" in downtown battle creek. We had a really nice walk; the weather was great. The lights were really pretty!

More of spirit week...

Here's Tay on red/green day; Not alot of green going on, but plenty of red (including the hair) :)

"Christmas Spirit Week" continues :)

Today was "Pajama Day" I bought these jammies for Tay at Kohl's. When I first saw them, I thought they would be a perfect Christmas gift for her since she is a major "High School Musical" fan :) They were suppose to be what she opened up on Christmas eve (we always open pj's the night before Christmas) anyway, with pajama day coming up at school, I went ahead and gave them to her early. She absolutely loves them!

This is "Christmas Spirit Week" at Taylor and Caleb's school. They have something fun for the kids to wear each day this week. I loved having spirit week when I was in school, it took the otherwise "boring just another school day" and livened it up and made school fun :)

Today is "Santa Hat Day"

Holiday Tag...

in other words, more than you ever wanted to know about me and Christmas!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate with tons of minature marshmallows :) I must admit though that I've never had egg nog, just sounds gross!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree? We don't really do the santa thing!

3. Colored lights on tree or white? We actually have both on the tree. I would have never thought to have both before but we have a pre-lit tree that came with color and white lights and I really like it!

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No, we don't need mistletoe to play kissy-face :)

5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually Thanksgiving weekend. This year though we were a week late!

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? My mom's turkey dinner with all the trimmings. I love her homemade bread and stuffing... yummy!

7. Favorite Holiday Memory as a child? My mind immediately came to the year when we had a Charlie Brown tree :) We were kinda late in getting a tree so we ended up with a tiny tree, seriously I was as tall as this poor tree! That was the last year we had a real tree :) That is not necessarily my favorite memory but it's the one that came to mind first! That and the year I got a cabbage patch doll, mom had to fight for that you know! :)

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? you mean he's not real?

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes, we do open one gift Christmas eve, it's always a pair of pajamas. Gotta look nice for Christmas morning pictures!

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? We let the kids decorate it, then later mom goes back and "fixes" it :) shh... don't tell them.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Before Christmas - love it, I love a white Christmas but after the new year? dread it!

12. Can you ice skate? never tried before. My dream though is to ice skate at the rockefeller center in NYC!

13. Do you remember your favorite Christmas gift? Chloe, 2 years ago this Christmas :)

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Celebrating it for the right reason.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Fruitcake :) no seriously, I look forward to Aunt Patty's pumpkin roll and all the yummy chocolate stuff my mom bakes.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Watching "It's a Wonderful Life".

17. What tops your tree? A snowman shaped like a star.

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Well I have to say giving or I'll look like the grinch.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Mary did you know?!

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? I like the peppermint candy canes, yuck to the other flavored ones!

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E :)

The MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE is the new favorite in this house. Well it's Chloe's new favorite :) Here she is with her very own mickey movie. It's her first dvd. She wants it on all day long, if we aren't already watching it, she begs to watch "house". Apparently Chloe isn't the only one watching the clubhouse, the toys for it are very hard to come by this Christmas. It's like the new tickle-me elmo :) I'm hoping that after the holidays, the stores will get some new shipments and I can get her some stuff for her birthday!

P.S. this is her "cheese" face, isn't it the cutest?!

Robby and Katie :)

Happy Birthday Vic :)

Today is Victory's birthday, the big 2-1!

Here we are last weekend. We had a SURPRISE birthday dinner for Victory at Olive Garden. Kelly was the decoy, her and Vic were meeting for a girls night but when they arrived at the restaurant, Becca, Sue, Jennifer and I were there waiting. Vic was so surprised, it was fun being so sneaky :)

I hope you are having a lovely day Victory!

O Christmas Tree

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree how lovely are thy branches...

We got our Christmas tree put up over the weekend. It is so easy putting up now that we have a pre-lit tree that comes in a total of 3 pieces. I don't miss the days of sorting all the branches by size and by that little color at the tip, the color that was mostly missing anyways. And Lenny certainly doesn't miss the days of putting the lights on. I always made him do that part, I hated it. Especially since most of the lights were all tangled together and just thrown in the box :) So now it takes us a total of about 15 minutes to put the tree together! We let the kids put all the ornaments on. They were mostly on the bottom of the tree and all clustered together :) I did move some around a little after the kids were done and when they weren't looking!

I love it when the house is all dark except for the glow of the Christmas tree, it's so purty :)

Christmas Pictures

Trying to take Christmas pictures of these kids is like trying to pull teeth. No fun :) Chloe was not interested in sitting down whatsoever, Caleb was busy giving me his FAKE smile and Taylor was whining the whole time about her sweater being too hot. After the shoot was over, I pretty much declared there will be no Christmas cards this year :) But after looking through the pictures and Jennifer working some of her "magic" I now have a pretty decent picture that I will be using. You will have to wait until you get your card in the mail though to see it :)

Happy Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving Traditions :)

• Watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Eating tons of turkey and the trimmings
• Laying around moaning about said turkey and trimmings
• Watching the Lions lose again
• Pouring over the black friday sale papers figuring out what we are gonna buy the next morning at 5 a.m.
• Still moaning about how full we are
• Playing the 80's game with Tina and Bob
• Tina and I getting beat buy the guys again
• Being thankful :)
  

Anyone out there?

Anyone out there?? I've seriously been slacking on this blog! Sorry =) I don't have any new pictures to post but I got Chloe on video today. I finally figured out the whole you tube thing, so look out there will most likely be losts of videos posted!

A conversation with Chloe =)



Why is there so much white space around this video?! It's totally bugging me.

Snowfall

Got snow? We do! We woke up to several inches of snow on the ground. The kids were excited. Caleb had his first taste of it this season and Taylor wants more so she can make some good use of her snow pants. I took these pictures of Chloe this morning. She wasn't sure what to think of this white stuff, this will be the first year she'll get the chance to play in it. It's so weird to have snow on the ground with leaves still on the trees! Ahh, the joys of living in Michigan!