Somewhere between 40 and death...!

Ah, birthdays! They make me feel so nostalgic, especially my own! 41 years! I definitely don' t feel 41, which I suppose works well in my favor! I remember my mom being 41 which doesn't seem like it has been almost 20 years ago! And shame on me, I made her a grandmother at 45! At 45, I will have an almost 20 year old hopefully still continuing her college studies and an almost 15 year old high school freshman! Grandmotherliness can wait until my 5th decade, if I get my way! Don't get me wrong, I don't dread getting older, in fact, I have enjoyed every age I have been. Some more than others I suppose. I don't think I would do my teenage years again, unless I could go back with the knowledge that I have now! Like in the movie "Peggy Sue Got Married". I think that would be great fun! But I guess I will just impart my acquired knowledge to my daughters instead so they will hopefully benefit from all I have learned thus far! Here's to another year!

It's Been Wild...!

Well, today is the last day of Christmas vacation for the girls and I. It's back to the real world!


But, we had a lot of fun! I thought I would start off with the wild weather we got that destroyed our Christmas present from a few years ago! We got some big winds a few weeks ago and came home to find our trampoline must have decided it wanted to be a frisbee while we were at school!





So, Shawn dismantled it while we figure out if we can get a part to repair it.

Christmas morning was fun as always!





Santa visited and brought fun gifts....

Papa Bob and Gramma Ronda, made the trek over the mountain from Lyons to celebrate with us as well as Papa Clinton and Gramma Linda, but they only had to travel across town!

Abby the Diva Dog got her Christmas wish too....

And my mom's new baby, Dolly, (aka Swiffer) celebrated her first Christmas with us!

And last, but not least, Shawn would like to say....

GO DUCKS!!!!

We's Playin' The Wii

So, the newest techno gadget that the Crawford Clan has embraced is the currently popular Wii. Not as if we don't already have enough techno gadgets in this household! We first got a chance to play it at our good friends', the McDowells, right before Christmas and we were hooked! So, in order to justify the purchase (we're kinda funny that way!) - we decided to make it our shared birthday present for the year and each of us gets to pick out a game for our individual birthday. I get to go first since I was blessed enough to have a birthday in January! We were lucky enough to obtain our Wii this past week and were able to share it with our good friend, Peter Milliron, who was visiting this weekend!

Okay, here goes!

Since there are people who have chided me about my lack of blogging interest and ability and since I know there are SO many people out there who want to know what is happening with the Crawfords (since we are oh so interesting!), and since I enjoy reading other people's blogs, I thought I would give this a try! No promises, though!