Extra Pictures

I found one picture on my phone of the cow santa.

I also forgot to say Thank You to Jennifer, Amy and Kelly who watched the other two little kids when I left. Thank you so much for your friendship and taking such good care of my babies while I was gone. I am so blessed to have great friends that are always willing to help me out!

I will also say that Jennifer had the best time with them I think :) The kids had a sleep over in the family rooma and stayed up until 1am and then they were up by 5:30 am. All I can say is "good times".

Sorry I couldn't figure out how to rotate the picture.

James Big Night!

Well last night was James first time playing out with his band. We have been waiting for this for years! This is his favorite hobby.

First James, me, Jennifer, Brian (other guitar player) and Emily all went to dinner at Oliver Garden. It was a nice dinner and quiet without the little ones. Then we headed down to Jefferson City to Mikes Corner Pocket to get ready. We got there 3 hours before they had to play. The guys wanted to make sure they got there in time to set up and do a sound check. Plus they were really excited (and nervous).

The band played and the girlfriends and me(I am the only "old lady" of the group) all supported our men while they were jamming. It was really interesting because all the girlfriends names of our friends are my sisters names..Amy, Rebecca (Becky for short), Jennifer and Emily. That made it easy for me to remember names :)

My sister Noelle and her boyfriend, Andrew came out and one of James old roommates, Shane

and his girlfriend Becky also came out to support the guys. Thanks so much. I know it meant a lot to the band, especially James.

The band did really well. They had a good turn out for their first show and the manager really liked them. So well that they were asked back for a paying gig. The guys were so happy about that. Plus they want them to open up for a bigger named band! The manager even wants them to write a few songs of there own. So for now we are going to be widowers to the band. I said as long as they don't write songs about me I was good.

Here are a couple of picture from last night. I hope they turn out. Jennifer is going to send me more picture later and I will add them. I know those turned out good. My camera phone didn't do much justice. You can see James in one but the singer is blocking him in the other :)

I forgot to tell you that James is also singing backup. We are so proud of you, James! Can't wait to see more of the band playing in the future.

We have been very busy lately. Here is what we have been up to...
We are working hard on school, do to all the construction we took a two week break and now we have a great school room to work in. The kids are enjoying having everything in one room and getting to do work on the computer. They are all doing so well.

I finished my Christmas shopping this weekend while I was in Springfield visiting my best friend, Lori. I went down on Thursday and came back Saturday night. I took Brendyn with me because the last time I left he got really upset and cried most of the time I was gone. I enjoyed getting to see my friend and her new son, Paxton and seeing how big Adriana is getting. She is not a big fan of her brother yet but is working on it. I can't believe I didn't take any pictures. I'm very sad about that.
We relaxed, shopped and went to go see a cow dressed as Santa. They have a restaurant called Chic-fi-la (I think that's right) and they have a cow that says "eat more chicken" as there mascot. It was really cute. Adriana was very excited to see him. Since there wasn't a lot of people there the cow even came to eat breakfast with her. I think this was the best day of her life so far. I also feel she was borderline stoker. It was so cute to see her reaction and hear her talk about it the rest of the day. They even got pictures to take home with them.
Brendyn on the other hand would have nothing to do with him. The cow even went behind him to sneak a picture for me but Brendyn wouldn't have it. O well maybe next time. Thanks Lori and Ryan for letting us come and visit you and see your new house. You truly are great friends!