THE TRAINORS: My New Resolutions

My resolution this year: Actually blog everyday. I know you must be saying.... Isn't that the resolution she made last year before she never blogged again for the rest of the year? Touche, my freind, touche.

Currently, we are at Patrick's parent's house celebrating the holidays. Here are a few pictures!

Cheryl bought this ridic...I mean awesome snowman outfit for poor McKenzie. Good thing she is cute enough for anything. I think Cheryl might be planning to keep McKenzie in line as a teenager by threatening her with these kinds of photos. Bravo, Cheryl, Bravo.

Here is Levi Christmas morning. What a cutie! He got some fancy underwear!

Aren't these the cutest babies?

Before we went to Patrick's parents' house, we were at my family. It was a very full week of fun! Here are Levi and Aiden and Scarlett hanging out like cousins do.

As soon as I arrived in Illinois, I went to the Masonic lodge to set up for my mom's surprise 21st birthday party. She has NO idea she was going to get a party, and boy was she irritated when she figures out we were going to a party for her! She has spent the whole month telling everyone she did not want a birthday party and that she would be mad if anyone gave her one. So we pretended that her nephew was having a birthday party instead. She only figured out it was a party for her when she saw cars that didn't belong to her family but DID belong to friends of hers at church. She was kind of ticked at first, but she settled down after she realized it was an easy breezy affair, no stress, and no one revealed her age.

We had everyone decorate a light bulb from a string of oversized lights to go on her Christmas tree. the kids made some CRAZY lights1

I brought a cake all the way from Minnesota from a lady whose cake mom LOVES.

EVERYONE from mom's family came. Even the aunt and Uncle who are fueding came and kept it nice and peaceful. I was so glad that everyone showed that they loved my mom enough to put aside their differences and come for my mom.