Happy Birthday Daddy... Troy turned 39 this month! *pass out* We celebrated with a candle in a Carvel sundae! His favorite! Happy Birthday Honey! We love you!

Sunday fun... Troy decided building this car on a Sunday afternoon sounded like fun. Honestly, I think he still feels really bad for giving their Corvettes away to Goodwill when he got sick of tripping over them in the garage but what do I know. So he spent all day Sunday making this Flintstone car. The girls thought it was really cool but Daddy had to push them the whole time! And now we get to find somewhere to store it! Yeah car! But the girls thought it was neat and they had a good time out there so that's what counts right?

Mystery Dinner Club... For this month's dinner club, Shalane came up with the great idea of trying one of those mystery dinners! It was so much fun! Shalane and Pete hosted it at their house and did such a great job of making sure it ran smoothly! We laughed so hard all night. We had to work out a few kinks but for the most part, we did a really good job with it! And it was a total blast. Next time we may not start drinking so early though... it was hard to keep all of our facts and players straight by the end of the night! :)

Guy and Pete standing over Robert after he was killed by Candy with a silver nitrate laced candy cane.


Shalane bit the dust after Candy, Nora, and Robert paid Troy to kill her off!

Happy Birthday Nora... We celebrated our dear friend Nora's birthday this month! She decided on Thai food which was a first for Shalane and I but we both liked it! We had a great time at dinner, then hit Nora's favorite place on Earth, Starbucks, and then spent the next 3 hours chatting away in Candy's car! Our husbands always wonder what in the world we can talk about until midnight! If they only knew! LOL I hope you had a great birthday Nora!

HAPPY NEW YEAR... I can't believe it's already 2008! We had a nice New Year. We went to a friend's party here in our neighborhood and had a great time. Lots of good food, good drinks, and a ton of kids! Parties like that are so much more fun now that our girls are older and can keep themselves entertained. :) Troy and I were able to have a good time with our friends as well! We were home before midnight and brought in the New Year playing the Wii. I think Santa may have actually brought that for Mommy and Daddy! I hope everyone has a happy and healthy 2008!

The girls and I being silly!



Anne in action. I think she had like 6 strikes that game.

Troy and I just can't beat her! She is so good. Oh and that's Troy Mii. Looks just like him hey?

Allison started the new year off with a bang! We told her she would be in her own bed in the new year. Every night that she sleeps in our bed means she doesn't get to play outside the next day. I thought for sure there was going to be tons of tears and pleading but she went right in there and went to sleep! I'm so proud of her!

Christmas in Georgia... We left the day after Christmas and headed up to Gammer and Bumpa's house for 4 days. We had such a great time. It was extra special this year because my Grandma was visiting from WI! It was so nice to have her there with us. We had a good time exchanging gifts, eating too much, and laughing a ton!

Opening presents with Sam and Chelsea.

Allison and her Hannah Montana hair!

Sam and her new Webkinz, Liddy Lou!

Hannah, Gabriella, and Sharpay striking a pose.

The girls with Bumpa.


Playing Spongebob bingo

You like? She only charges $5.00!

Another highlight of the trip! I got to spend an afternoon with my dear friend Jody! We went to high school together in Germany and we hadn't seen each other since a reunion almost 5 years ago! It was so nice to catch up with her. We spent the afternoon eating, shopping, and talking...my 3 favorite things! :)

Allison working on her masterpiece in Bumpa's garage.

She even signed her work!

Gammer and GG bowling with the Wii. I think they will both own one of these by the end of the month.

Me and Bump in a boxing match. As you can see, I really give it my all.

I'm trying for the KO!

I was about 15 seconds away from passing out here.

Group shot!

Us!

The Bush clan!

Gammer and Bumpa!

Seriously, I have looked at this picture about 20 times and laugh until I cry everytime over Kim and I. Anne got a huge splinter stuck in her hand and Kim and I know just how dramatic things were going to get. This pretty much ended the picture taking session.

Calling in Dr. Bushinski for assistance.

Poor Anne. She was trying to smile.