How my Christmas week went.....

Well, We got all the presents wrapped and ready for Christmas morning. I was busy the 2 days before Christmas. I volunteered with Marshall's Bi-polar Support group and worked at the booth to pass on the goodness of the support group. I tell you, I am glad Marshall heard about it. It is a nice outlet for him to meet others going thru the same ordeal has he is. He gets excited every Monday night to go. Christmas Eve was busy too. Rushing around to finish up all the small details of Christmas, I was talked into taking pictures of a wedding. My Mom worked with a lady named Wendy and she was getting married and had everything set up but no photographer.My mother donated my services for the day...THANKS MOM!!! But I graciously went and enjoyed taking all the pictures. I set them up a Photobucket account and uploaded them so they could send the link to family and friends that couldn't make it. Here is a taste of my handy work.....




I just loved changing around some of the photos. I blurred a few of the edges and also made them black and white. She LOVED the pictures. I am meeting up with her tomorrow to pick out the pictures she wants so we can go print them.It will be LOT'S of fun.....

Christmas morning was crazy.... Chris was suppose to met Sarah at 7am to get Caleb and he forgot to email her and just decided to head to her house. WRONG!!! He got lost in the middle of no where and got his car stuck in a snow bank trying to turn around. I finally got his on the phone and gave him step by step instructions to Sarah's. He called on his way bad and he was pissed!!! She decided to go behind Chris' back about the fact there is no Santa. So Caleb kept saying that there is no Santa.I was then pissed also. The boy is only 4...give him a few more years. So when they got to my house, Uncle Marshall walked him around all the wonderful gifts that Santa left for him and boy did that ever change his mind. He was in heaven...




Well, that's how crazy my week was....Hope everyone had a GREAT Christmas and Enjoy the New Years!!!!

It's that time of year again....

Christmas....What can I say besides I LOVE IT. I could deal better without the cold and snow but I will just have to deal with it. We finally got our tree up a few weeks ago and just got around to decorating it last night. The boys made me proud and did such a GREAT job. Friday Caleb came over and we decorated gingerbread houses and they look cute with the exception of one. Then Caleb, Nanny and Chris are coming over today to bake COOKIES!!!!! I am going to attempt Buckeyes for the 1st time ever. I know how much Marshall loves Peanut Butter and Chocolate, so I don't expect them to last long at all. I will post more pictures later of the Cookie baking party.

This December has already hit a sad note for us. Mom found out a week ago that they were laying off 249 people and she happened to be one. She is glad to be out of there after all the grief they give her and all the long hours she put in for crappy pay. She is still teaching at Colorado tech University and just picked up another class in February. I hope she finds a job soon or the teaching will be enough to cover her bills till she can find a full time job. Mom's girlfriend and her might open an Accounting business of there own, that would be nice. They might start the beginning of the year for Tax season. I will keep everyone updated as things progress.

The kids are doing great ans just started there 2 week winter break today. So it will be nice to have daddy home this year for Christmas with us. I can't go thru another one like last year. I better get the kitchen cleaned up so we have room to bake cookies today.


Merry Christmas and Happy New Years from my family to yours......

It's a Girl!!!!!

Ok, first off....NO I am not Pregnant but we have a new family member in our house. She is only 10 weeks old and is quite cute I might add. We went to Petco Sunday to look at the animals that were up for adoption and fell in love with her. Actually AJ the one who is afraid of any animal or bug wanted to pet her. He said, "Can we get her, so is so sweet and cute". I said I will have the final say since I will be the one taking care of her, since no one else seems to like the potty training, potty clean up, feeding responsiblity in this house. I've learned that from years past with pets. Sofar, she is healthy with the exception of have worms. She had her first vet visit Monday and she id on medicine to clear her problem right up. She is a Black Lab/Blue Heeler Mix and weights all of 10 lbs right now. The vet thinks she will be medium sized and will top around the 60 lbs mark when all said in done. Here is a few pictures.......

Andrews 1st fall party at school....

I helped with Andrews School Fall Party Friday and we had a blast. Mom and I made suckers for his class and they turned out VERY cute.....

Halloween....what fun...

We had a great Halloween this year. The boys had a blast with Caleb walking the neighborhood that night, but only had it 1/4 of the way then Andrew said he had to go potty, so Mom took him back to her house then met up with us a little bit later. Then after 3/4 the way around they started to fizzle out. We made it around in almost 2 hours. Man did they get ALOT of candy. I had to carry 2 bags of overflow candy so there buckets wouldn't be overly heavy. We had to finish by 8pm so we could take Caleb back to him mom so Chris could sleep some for work. AJ was death with a bloody sword, Andrew was Batman and Caleb was Iron Man!!! They looked 2 cute in there outfits. I carved there pumpkins thursday since we had a crazy week and didn't have time to get them done earlier. Which was a good thing cause they started to get very funky when I was carving them....YUCK!!

Anthony and his newest Chess Trophy!!!

Our Coach holds small tournaments every month for the kids in order to get them ready for outside tournaments. Last month AJ got a ribbon and only the top 5 got trophys....same as this time. Anthony and his friends kick butt last night and I am SO very proud of them. Anthony finished 4th, Philip finished 2nd and Blake finished 1st!!! They have 2 tournaments in November on the 8th and 22nd. And they are getting excited for them. Here are a few pictures of the fun last night.....

Nothing much going on....

We have been busy for the past 2 weeks till this week. We have been getting the boys ready to head back to school and they are getting used to the long days at school again. I think 2 weeks off at once is 2 long for them and me too. Andrew was very excited about starting back but AJ was not as thrilled as his brother. He has 2 new classes this quarter. His last 2 were Gym and Tech Ed and now he is in Computers and then DRAMA!!! He was mad that he has to take the Drama class but I reminded him it's only for 2 months and it will be over before he knows it. He does have a few friends in that class so I hope that helps.

I am now going to volunteer in Andrews class 1 day a week, every Tuesday morning till about noon. It will be nice and Andrew can't wait!! I also volunteered to help out with Andrews Fall Party on the 31st. We went out to eat with Mom, Chris and Caleb last night at Fargo's Pizza and then off to Walmart to get outfits. AJ is not sure if hes gonna go trick or treating this year or not. Andrew is going to be Batman for 2 years in a row...UGH!!! Caleb picked out Iron Man!! I can't wait to take and post those pictures.

Here are the ones I took at dinner last night...




Marshall is still hangin in there. He did get a little bit of energy this week and we got the light changed out that was above the sink area. Last year we bought the light bar and globes but just never got the chance to put it up till now. The nasty old light was a big round globe light, but now the area looks alot nicer....

Sears Pictures

Anthony and his #12...Cute!!
Us crazy Bradley's.....
All of the gang...
This one is WAY 2 cute!!!!
Andrew and his #6...
Caleb and his #4
Chris and Caleb....

Happy 4th Birthday Caleb!!!

Yesterday was Caleb's Birthday and what a VERY busy day we had LOT's of fun!!! We got up early and went to Cracker Barrel for Breakfast then off to Sears to get Family pictures done. That took just about 3 hours....UGH, but they turned out good. We went back to my house to change clothes, pick up Caleb's cake and figure out what to do next. We ended up piling into my van and driving into the Mountains to Woodland Park to see the Dinosaur Museum and spent 3 hours there then off to IT'Z for a fun time. After that it was back to my house for presents and cake. He loved alot of the presents we all got him. I was glad to see him so happy for once. He even let me give him all the kisses I could handle, I was one VERY happy Aunt. I put alot more of the pictures on myspace if ya wanna see them.

AJ's 1st big tournament of the season....

AJ had his 1st big tournament Saturday here in town. After sitting there for 8 hours it was finally over. It was a LONG day!!! But in the end he won 2 outta 5 games, but not enough to walk away with a trophy. His friend Philip and AJ got metals. We have 2 tournaments coming up in November so it will be a busy month for us. Lots of sitting around for me. Our coach is running one of next months tournaments I will be busy helping out with that, so hopefully it will go by fast. Here are a few pictures from Saturday......



AJ getting his metal...


AJ's Friend Philip getting his metal too....

Sorry the pictures didn't turn out well.....

Andrew's 1st ever birthday party for a friend from school....

They had the party at a great place called IT'Z. I posted last month about that place and the CTU day we attended. Joshua turned 6...all I hear now is "Mommy, when do I turn 6?" I told him in a March...it's only 5 months away. We had a blast. They have a ride called the Kite Rider....I finally got on after the 3rd time visiting. I had a blast....





I took pictures of Andrew, Joshua and MJ. Even Mrs. Quintana came to the party with her daughter. She is expecting her second child in February if I am thinking right and she told me today they are having another girl and they are excited!!! She is such a sweetheart and Andrew just loves her. Here is a few more pictures of the fun that we had.....at least till my EX- SISTER IN LAW showed up. That stupid B*#^H!!!!



Joshua, Mrs. Quintana and her daughter



Joshua, Andrew and MJ eattin cake.....



The EVIL EX SISTER IN LAW!!!!! See, even her eyes glow!!! She was with the little girl in the picture...her step daughter.