going, going, gone!!

yippee!! christmas has finally passed. our family celebrated all day long at jamie & dave's house this year. we had a great time playing with our new gifts as well as with brandons.
for your viewing entertainment, i thought i'd post a christmas past picture . . . (me, jamie, kristin & kelly)


along with a christmas present picture . . . (me, krsitin, kelly & jamie)

oh and where to begin on all of the cool toys brandon got this year . . . a tricycle, books, soccer & footballs, tonka cars, lifeguard elmo, a picnic table, a basketball hoop and so much more!! needless to say, dave was exhausted from putting together all of brandon's new toys.

by the day's end we were all stuffed from dinner and too many cookies!

the following day, jessie, joe, ava and myself met an old friend, renee, for dinner at macaroni grill. it was wonderful to see renee and reminisce about the wild trips jes & i would take down to springfiled to visit ne and her roommate, laura. after dinner, we went back to joe's house for an ass-whipping in texas hold 'em.

here's good ole ne having some baby time with ava. it only took her 12 weeks, but renee was happy to finally have a chance to meet and hang out with ava.

now that the holidays are done and just about over with come tomorrow, life should hopefully be getting back to somewhat normal. i will be spending new year's eve at where-else, but imo's. to the rest of you who will be out celebrating, be safe and have a great time! happy new year to ya all!!

happy frickin holidays

once again, i have taken my sweet candy ass time in updating with the ole blog. do not fear though my fine feathered friends, i am here to amuse your wondering minds. as you all know, christmas is tomorrow and also, you all know how much i hate the holidays. so i am not thankful for it's arrival but anxious for it's departure.

so with the usual riff-raff out of the way, i'm sure you're just dying to know what the latest gossip on the block is. for starters . . . congratulations to jessie & joe!! they were married on december 7, 2005. surrounded by family and a handful of friends, they chose a courthouse marriage in clayton. the officiate, being that the ceremony lasted only 10-15 minutes, was able to make their day quite special and personable. jes, joe and all we quite pleased with her. the judge invited all of us up to the front to surround them and "cheer them on." she even welcomed people to take pictures and speak up for joe if he failed to say his "i do" which he obviously didn't need any help doing.

i still watch, i mean hang out, with brandon on tuesdays. he's got quite the impressive vocabulary these days: mommy, dada, hot, uh-oh and something close to sounding like the neighbor's dog, brutis. how awesome is that?

marshall and i still have a few presents to wrap before tomorrow comes. he's quite helpful when it comes to walking across the damn wrapping paper. plus, i still have to get in about five more hours of a christmas story on tbs . . . god love the marathon they do every year. it's the only christmas movie i'll come close to giving the chance of day.

merry christmas!

stacy & marshall

. . . can you tell, marshall's tired of all the christmas hoop-la too!!

me, procrastinate?

uh, sorry...i completely suck at keeping my blog updated. not too much is really going on in my never-so entertaining life. however though, i thought i'd just post a few pictures for your viewing enjoyment. so...enjoy!

finally, after two plus-plus weeks of trials and tribulations, craig succeeded with the damn toilet installation. this is what i had to live with for 2-3 days.
and this is her now...isn't she hot!!


in preparation for thanksgiving, i joined jamie and brandon in grocery shopping. brandon was such a little dear, he was kind enough to help put away the groceries when we got home.
and later that night, jamie getting brand-o's bedtime bottle ready.

on my days off, which are few and far between, i try to visit with jessie and ava. ava is getting so big, i can't believe she's already 8 weeks old! i think jes said ava weighs around 10 pounds and let me tell ya, this girl has got the chubbiest cheeks, too!

and finally, thanksgiving. brandon woke from his afternoon nap and headed right over to michael and kristin for some attention-because the kid's so neglected, ha! our family had an enjoyable thanksgiving this year...we even managed to play a game together without having one of our infamous cat fights!

well, the pass of turkey day means only one thing...freakin' christmas is right around the corner. oh yeah, i am so excited...do you sense sarcasm? because if not, you should, a mondo spoonful of it. anyway, i hope all had a great thanksgiving and we'll chat soon.