Jeremy and his Grandma went out to dress the turkey before T-day. He seemed to enjoy it.

Thanksgiving Pic?

What? No one has any Thanksgiving pictures to show? What were you people doing all day, eating?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VALERIE!

You are half way to 30!

I Rest My Case!

For those of you who did not read my previous comment, I don't want to hear you all saying "you have some big ass titties" anymore. I have attached my best boob shot as Exhibit A. Now, please scroll down on the blog and look at the woman whose boob picture was previously posted. That is Exhibit B. You still want to say something about mine?

By the way, the girl in the pic with me is my friend Rochelle. This is at the American Idol auditions. Yes, I wore that shirt to the audtions and they STILL didn't pick me!

Testosterone Issues…

Not that any of us are male bashersor anything...but Beel started it. Here are 'our'

10 Ways You Know You Have Testosterone Issues…

1) when you are not able to find anything or even attempt to find on your own.

2) when you become a crazed killer behind the wheel of a car.

3) when farting and 'taking dumps' is a competitive sport to be bragged about and passed on as if it is a rite of passage to the young.

4) when you think your wife can actually sleep through atomic level farts that stink as if something has crawled up inside of you, died and resurrected and then insists on fluffing the covers because you think it is important to “let it out”. (It probably does help the sheets and blankets last longer, but I wonder if it has ever been considered as a cause of asthma?)

5) when you understand the importance of hollering at a sports broadcast on TV. *

6) when you experience temporary hearing loss during "THE GAME".

7) when holding the remote and putting your hands down your pants is more important than holding hands with your wife.

8) when it causes you to hallucinate and think that the corner of the bedroom is actually the laundry room.

9) when it's really hot outside and you have been working out there and you go in the house all sweaty and you think it's just hilarious to hug your wife and getting all your nasty ass sweat all over her. (because most women, marlana excluded :), don't sweat like that so it's just got to be a manly thing right..no..it's just gross.)

10) when you can blow your nose outside with out a tissue! Gross! when you can blow your nose INSIDE without a tissue. Unbelieveably gross! (Who's was that? yuk! poor woman!)

* This does apply to non-testosterone issue persons if they are female Packers football fans.

The almighty "Frijole."

Actually the kids are standing in front of "The Bean" at Millenium Park. We went last Saturday. If you have not been you have to go. It is beautiful. Here is a couple more pictures.

Amanda's Book

Amanda's response from my email survey:

If you wrote a book, what would it be called?: how i once lived with the big ass tities and what i learned

So I thought I would participate and add an entry. Feel free to add your own!

I've learned:

gravity is thine enemy!

that not all nipples are the size of quarters!

The other Valerie....

What is SHE doing?

Why You Little Shits!

I am taking all the things I have knitted yous, with estrogen powered love, and giving them away to OTHER people! (Except maybe Valerie. She’s the only one who hasn’t slammed me! but then the quiet ones are the deadly ones, just quiet about it. Or maybe she’s just nicer than yous. ?)

The first picture is what I’ll be making next for someone else! Yous will be missing out on it! Of coarse you all have such big boobs you'd look obscene in this!

Re: the second picture. See . . . I do do more than knit!
When’s the last time one of you young things went kayaking? Hmmmmmmmmmmm?

P.S. yes i already know my 'yous' are incorrectly spelled. Beel has risk his nads telling me so!

I just had to ask?

Since no one else has asked, who here is really going to visit the Knitting blog?

Let the sarcasm roll!

ohh...I'm gonna get it!

Beel's Estrogen Issues

So, does anyone else think that the only right that beel has to posting that estrogen thing is because he lives with a VERY hormonal aging woman? I would like to say to beel that his last post is not inacurate at all concidering where he lives and with whom he lives....and i'm sorry....however, since we bear children and estrogen is necessary for that purpose, and we have to go through that pain...i'm going to ignore the post from here on....and give you the middle finger....:) love you beel

Estrogen Issues

10 WAYS TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE "ESTROGEN ISSUES"

1. Everyone around you has an attitude problem.
2. You're adding chocolate chips to your cheese omelet.
3. The dryer has shrunk every last pair of your jeans.
4. Your husband is suddenly agreeing to everything you say.
5. You're using your cellular phone to dial up every bumper sticker that says: "How's my driving-call 1- 800-".
6. Everyone's head looks like an invitation to batting practice.
7. Everyone seems to have just landed here from "outer space".
8. You can't believe they don't make a tampon bigger than Super Plus.
9. You're sure that everyone is scheming to drive you crazy.
10. The ibuprofen bottle is empty and you bought it yesterday..

cavemen

So, I'm sitting in a staff meeting at the school on Thursday night, and one of the ladies brought her new baby. All the women starting talking about how their kids looked like their husbands when they were born, but now they look like the mothers.
That got me thinking about our family. I don't remember the way the boys looked when they were born, but Elysia certainly looked like Rudy when she was born and I was just saying to mom last week when I saw a pic of E on her fridge that she totally looks like Valerie now. Also, Jeremy came out like a twin of John, now he looks just like Amanda. I don't know if that holds true with the other kids, but get this...
The ladies in the meeting then began to talk about how there has been an actual study done on why kids come out looking like the fathers instead of the mothers. Apparently, it's a "Caveman Mentality" that men have. It needs to be affirmed in their heads that they are manly and they made this kid to look just like them. Isn't that sooooooo male?
Just thought you'd think it was interesting. Also, I'm posting a pic. (or I'm going to try anyway.) It doesn't have anything to do with the kids, but I thought I'd do it anyway. Just experimenting.
Love you all.
M

What Is She Doing?

Blogging Help

Beel will prob get a kick out of the fact that i am the one doing this...but i thought I could help with blogging a little.

I am putting in the commemt section of this posting steps on how to post, comment and to send e-mail on a posting.

if you need more than this, it is beyound me and must refer you to BlogmasterBeel.

hope it helps love to all

posting comments

I think I am in the same boat as Marlana when it comes to this bloggy thingy. I have tried to "post a comment" to some of the blogs and it does appear to be working...and it's hard to hold in all this sarcasm! Help!

puter?

So, this blog is blocked by "Websense" at my work. That stinks. Also, I thought I was pretty computer literate, but I'm not really sure how all this stuff works. Posting pics, changing colors? You guys are way ahead of me.
Virginia's comments about burning her house down made me laugh and I love all the pictures. Just one question? What is this thing about calling a computer a puter? I guess I'm going to have to get into the computer lingo. lol (was that good?)
So, tomorrow I have my last bunco! Whoo hoo! I've just got too much to do right now to stay out until 2:00 in the morning. Those ladies are party animals.
I guess that's all I have to say right now. This is pretty darn cool and I hope to learn more about it. Love you all.
M
P.S. Momma, I'm glad you said something about the grammar. I may have pulled an Aunt Cheryl and started editing everyone's letters and sending them back. :)

More Pictures

 
 

R O A R ! ! ! and Jeremy's Self Portrait !

About Our Blog

We can design the blog the way we want. Bill thought it would bee nice to post us on the top of the blog in our baby pictures. I have one of Ginny, Valerie and Matthew. Marlana has a young picture of me and I of coarse have them of Marlana and Manda and TONS of Jeremy! Do you think we should include the husbands? I think it would be neat. How we could do this is to put the pics up small and be able to click on them to see them bigger, that way we could many up there. Let me know what you think. Also...can i get herny's e-mail? he was gonna get it to me and i am sure father hood got in the way. lol Can he get on here at work? Do you have a puter at home? Does Matthew have a puter? Ginny does Robert get on the internet at home, if so e-mail addy. This way we can invite them and then on the occasions i want to talk to your husbands about you i can just e-mail. lol

Also...ladies we have to do something about the colors. Beel admits he is no graphis person so you won't offend him. I want something that is easy to read and cheery! gives us your ideas!

i think that is all for now....got add another picture. : ) Love to All

Thanksgiving Tradition

Every Thanksgiving for the past 4 years we have had a new addition to the family. We have been tremendously blessed with healthy, gorgeous kids. It's amazing how fast they grow! Let's keep the tradition alive in 2006!

Who's next???

Robert said what?

Well I told Robert last night that Beel set up a Blog for our family. What do you think he said then? Yep! What is a blog? He really needs to get out of that job, it's making him wacko. (maybe it's me, ha ha.) Anyway, I am trying now to get him to set up our computer at home so he can chack it out. He is probably waiting for me to organize the desk and files first though. I am doing it slowly, but after being at work all day doing the same thing the last thing I want to do when I get home is file paper and orgnize a desk.

It was so cold yesterday! It is very sad that we now have 2 fireplaces and have no clue how to use them. I guess it is more that we are scared of burning our house down if it is blocked or something. We are going to call a chimeney guy just to be safe.

This is so cool. Mom had told me she was getting her internet back up. Just have to get someone to explain to her how to use a blog. Any volenteers? I already schooled her on how to put attachments on to emails, that took about an hour!

Okay, now I will try to attach a picture.

Bye Everyone!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

What an awesome way to keep each other updated!

As most of you know this year has brought many, many, many, many life changing experiences for me. I just wanted to tell ALL of you how thankful I am for your support. Love you!

Val

Mighty Mite and Mia-Sara

I couldn't find a group picture of us so I found one of my recent favorites. THIS is Mighty Mite! He is sooooooo cute!






I am adding a psiture of our newest addition. Mia Sara. AWWWWWWWWWWWW! Isn't she beautiful?

Come on in and post some colorful stories

This is the place to post those colorful tales of your interesting lives. We certainly are colorful people and we come in many shades, so go ahead and post.

And you can post color pictures here too. When making a post use the icon colored blue and gray, it sorta looks like a picture. This will allow you to post pictures here.

Me First! Me First!

WOW!
I don't believe I am the first one to get to post! (Hopefully Jeremy will let me. (In future postings I will refer to him as MM, short for what I call him when he is with me...Mighty Mite!)

Now I have to come with something clever! lol

I think this is a great idea for our family. We so often have so much to tell but when we get away from work and business it is hard to get the energy or time to call. This way we can keep people in touch with the things of everyday life instead of missing out on things along the way to the next time we see each other. Hope this adds to our already sweet connections!

I hope the guys get on too. Meaning Robert, Henry, Danny, Jon on and on. They can chat bout sports and killing small animals or something guy like. but they can talk. right guys?

One suggestion... no correcting of grammar or spelling. after 50 yrs I already know it's not right and that I can't spell.

Happy blogging everyone. I'll try to add a picture now.

Thank you Beel you are so sweet to do this and so quickly too!

Love to all, VMAMGAVS or Valerie, Mom, Aunt Val, Great Aunt Val and Sis.

Welcome to the Colorful Family Blog

Okay all you interesting and colorful people. This is your place. It will be what you make it. I am glad to make the changes to make it colorful, interesting and pretty. Just make your suggestions.

--Big Blogmaster Bill