Christmas with the Kleins....

On the 26th, we went to Rockwall to have Christmas with Bryan's mom, brother Chris and his family. Chris and his wife Liz had their first baby on the 19th. She was 7 lbs. 13 ozs. and 20 inches long.

Introducing...Loralye Elizabeth Klein....

I made it just in time for Christmas - a girl can't pass up gifts.

Ok Aunt Phyllis, do you want to know what they are doing to me? Can't a girl just sleep?

That's more like it.

Meanwhile....Christmas went on....

Yes, you are seeing correctly, that is the wing of an airplane. Chris remembered that Bryan has always wanted one - to make into a coffee table - so he was kind enough to oblige his brother. I was kind enough to remind Chris that paybacks are a bitch.

Here is Tayler's new toy from Uncle Chris and Aunt Liz

And Kaylin's.... (Kati got an RC Boat...somehow we didn't get a picture of it that day)


Loralye was overjoyed by all the gift giving....

What a proud uncle Bryan!! He even dressed to match Loralye.

And then we can paint our nails, and I'll show you how to brush your hair...

What do you mean I'm not the baby anymore??

Nana and Opa's 4 girls...those Klein boys sure are in trouble!!

Here is Loralye's proud mom Liz (I'm so jealous that she can look this radiant and beautiful 1 week after giving birth...it's just not fair).

Merry Christmas!

Are all these for me??

Nope, they're for us!!!

Merry Christmas from Tayler, Kaylin, Kati, and Harley!

Christmas with the family

We had Christmas at my parents house on Saturday the 23rd. It was a lot of fun, and very crowded!! Below are some memories....

Harley got a new bed

Check out how much he enjoys it....

Oops - looks like Marmalade has taken it over

Maybe if I lay my bone by the bed - she will realize it's mine and get up and leave. I'm sure she just doesn't know it's mine....

Ok, I tried the bone - and my favorite frisbee. Maybe when she wakes up she will see them and move off of my new bed....

Would someone please tell that annoying gray bouncy thing that this bed belongs to me. He can put all of the bones and toys he wants around me - and they'll just become mine too. Now, if you don't mind, I would like to go back to my nap now.

But mom....you said it was my bed

Sisters

Here is my latest project. This is something I've wanted to create for awhile now, but just now have had the cooperation to do so.

Family pictures

Well, it's that time of the year. It's a sad statement, but the 5 of us are very rarely together in one place at one time -for more than a couple of hours. And it's impossible for me to get any good photos of us all. However, at Thanksgiving every year, I insist that we get a family photo. It's usually a battle, and there are casualties each year - but in the end I get my family photo. Usually, there is maybe 1 good one for me to choose....but I'm happy to get that one. This year, there were battles, and oddly enough - it wasn't from the teenagers - it was from the little one. Kaylin will never be a model - she HATES having her picture taken. She got so mad at me she almost couldn't stand it. I did manage some good shots of her, but not nearly what I wanted. I guess beggars can't be choosers. Anyway, below you will find some of the shots from that day. They were taken in Rowlett at Bryan's parents house.

Here are some that I took - for fun - that I thought were good...

More Halloween fun

Glorianna - Tayler - and Kati (Tayler was a graveyard fairy and Kati - well she was sick so she didn't really dress up)


Part of our haunted porch - as reference in the post below

Keep in mind - it was totally dark - the flash brightened it up (and made it not as scary)

My invisible man waiting to scare the kids

Dry ice doesn't last as long as he had hoped

Halloween fun

Well, another Halloween has come and gone. Luckily this year, Bryan was actually home for his favorite holiday - and didn't have to pretend his Pilot's uniform was a costume. He spent well over 4 hours yesterday fixing up our front porch. He had it all blocked off with black plastic, so you had to enter into the plastic to get your candy. He then changed our porch light bulb to a black light, and added scary music/sounds. For the finishing touch - Dry ice!! It created a nice haze of smoke. Needless to say - I had to chase more than a few frightened little kids down the street to give them their candy. They didn't want to have anything to do with the scary house.

We also, for the first time, had Kaylin this year!! Imagine that - our entire family all together for a fun holiday!! The only little blurp was Kati being sick. She stayed home from school yesterday with a fever and a sore throat. She didn't want to go trick or treating last night, since she didn't feel well. Bryan and I didn't want her to feel left out, so we kept pushing her to go. We finally convinced her to take Kaylin around the block, and since she was going, she might as well put part of her costume on and take her bag too. So, she did get some candy. She didn't seem disappointed though, she loved handing out candy on our scary porch!!

Here are some pictures. Keep in mind - the flash lit up the porch - so you need to envision it totally dark.

In the dark - Bryan's mask appeared black - and made him virtually invisible - until he wanted you to see him. And I didn't realize my black cat costume was scary - until kids screamed.

Our Bat Girl

I' m having a problem getting the other pictures to load. I will keep trying and post them when I can.