Confession time...

This picture might say it all for a few of you who share my passion for these little morsels but to those of you who don't, let me do my best to convince you to NOT try these because if you do, you will be, without a doubt ADDICTED FOR LIFE!!!
I LOVE Easter. I love the time of year, I love the meaning, I love the colors, I love the weather, and last but not least, I LOVE the candy!! It's pretty sad when I am scoping out which store has these things out first but, it's true I do! I wish I could remember the first time I had my first Cadbury Mini Egg....hmmm let me think...OH WAIT, I remember! Let me take you back.....It was 1999 and I had stopped by the grocery store after my college classes and needed some lunch to take to work. It was Easter candy season so I, of course couldn't pass up getting myself a treat. There it was, the purple bag I would soon be able to distinguish from a mile a way. I picked it up thinking that these might get me through a long day, never guessing by it's innocent flowery packaging the evil addictive powers that were in each egg. Off I went to work, my 7 hour shift in the grungy drive up of Alliance Credit Union. Seven hours with no lunch break made for a long day (how'd they get away with that anyway??) but I came prepared with my new find. The first bite was as if I'd tasted chocolate for the first time, chocolate with the same addictive powers of crack cocaine! I was hiding these bad boys so that no one would see the shamefulness of me shoving them in my face and so that I didn't have to share a one with ANYONE! Needless to say at this point, I left that night with a happy head, an unhappy stomach, a new addiction, and an empty bag.
Whew!! I feel better now! So many years of shame just out in the open! I'm curious though because there's NO WAY that I am the only one out there that's addicted-or maybe that's just wishful thinking. So, I want to know: Is anyone else is hooked on these things too? If so, we should collaborate and start an online business selling Cadbury Mini's during the "off" season!
Come on, confession time!!

AS IF!!!!

So, I just saw this article and stuff like this really bugs me!! Not because I am a die-hard Stephanie Meyer fan but because there should be some sort of camaraderie between writers, shouldn't there be?? I understand that Stephen King is an AMAZING writer and probably thinks (and is probably right) that Stephanie Meyer's success will be short-lived, but is he, Stephen King really questioning her MORALS??? Come on!! As if fictional HORROR is any better than a love story.

Here's the article:

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/stephen-king-on-twilight-author-stephenie-meyer-can-t-write-worth-a-darn/18406?nc

Going Private...

Well, I've debated for a while but after having something weird happen to my kids' pictures on my sidebar, I've decided to go private with this blog. I know I don't have a huge following or anything but those of you who would like to be invited to read it please email me at:
jennfrew@yahoo.com or leave a comment on this post with your email address and your name. You'll need a google ID to sign in but it's not a big deal to set one up. I'm just paranoid and would like to know that no weirdos are looking at my kids' pictures.

Our little Dee Dee

Brooklyn's birthday was on Saturday, the 24th and she turned 2!!! I can't believe she's two already..time flies!! I had an idea of what I wanted for her birthday along with the toys that I had held over for her from Christmas (don't January birthday's get gypped?). Jameson is always up for a home improvement project and he always does such a great job so I knew I didn't need to worry. We decided to paint and put bead board up in her room. She has been climbing out of her crib for some time now so I figured that it might be a good idea to get her a "big girl bed" anyway. So, we (well, Jameson) got it all done in time for her birthday. It looks great!!

We had to get a picture of her climbing just to remember it...

I think it turned out really cute and you gotta love all of my old bedroom furniture she's using!

She loved pushing around her dolly in her new shopping cart.She loves Dora but these boots were the only Dora thing she got from us other than....this professional looking cake ;) I tried, I really did. Jameson said it looked like a Simpsons character!! It kinda does but she liked it and knew who it was so, that's all that matters right??

We played pin the tail on the donkey too...

We're so thankful to have little Brooklyn in our family! She has such a cute personality and is so sweet to everyone she meets. She also has a little tough side to her too but I guess that's from living with two brothers. We love our little Brooky!!

Playing trucks with Jaxon while wearing her tutu.

Go Steelers!!

As some of you know, Jameson is a HUGE Steelers fan so last week we watched the playoff game with his brother Pace and his wife Jan who are also Steeler's fans. Needless to say, he's pretty excited about the Superbowl! Jaxon had a fun time watching the game all decked- out in his football garb too.

Christmas and more...

I decided it was time to post the cute pictures that I have from before Christmas and Christmas day. I need to get pictures from the Frew family party but we forgot our camera so those will come later. The Sunday before Christmas we took a few pictures of the kids in their church clothes. We didn't get any of Jaxon but we got some cute ones of Brooklyn and Gabe-and Dad :)

Brooky in her Christmas dress....this is as good as her hair EVER gets because she won't let me do it!! I did have a bow in there too but after church, it was gone.

"TWO BABIES" I have been wanting Jameson to take a picture of us like this since I end up carrying both "babies" a lot of the time. It seems like it's usually up or down the stairs or somewhere that is hard to carry even one but I've got two. They both think it's pretty funny. We always say, "two babies".

....Christmas Eve......
After our annual fondue night we tried to have a little spiritual "true meaning of Christmas" talk. I shouldn't have told Jaxon that they were going to open one gift after because he had a hard time focusing!!

Here they are with their one gift. (Jaxon hasn't figured it out yet that every year it is slippers) I'm pretty sure he was disappointed it wasn't a toy!!
.....Christmas morning.....

Well, Santa surely found our house and he SPOILED us!! Jaxon was SO excited to see what Santa brought for him. Brooklyn finally "got it" this year and loved her gifts from Santa, and Gabe didn't really care and just liked the bows and paper. This year is probably the last year that we'll be able to spoil Jaxon and get little things for the other kids because they will probably start catching on by next year. (Brooklyn will, I'm sure)

We had a GREAT Christmas and are so THANKFUL for all that we have!!

Whiting Christmas Party

We have a lot of pictures to post after Christmas so here is our first Christmas Party at Grandma and Grandpa Whitings. The kids had fun giving and getting their gifts and we all had a fun time seeing everyone for Christmas.
Jaxon got a Jeep and a 4 wheeler.


Brooklyn got a doll and a book and Gabe got a teddy bear/book.

All ready to open their gift from Grandma and Grandpa.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!!

And here's the impossible picture..all the kids with Grandma wearing their jammies she made them!