My Two Valentines!

I believe I have two of the cutest valentines! The girls are spending the night with their Nanny and Pa Pa at a new hotel in Yukon that has an indoor swimming pool. The girls have been so excited all week. They could not wait to go swimming...

The girls and I want to wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day...

May you have:

PEACE

and LOVE!

Yes...I Know!

I think this picture best represents the feelings of my sister and mother...

I know...I know...It has been a while since my last post.

The problem...I have have not taken any pictures of the girls lately.

Not one...single...picture!

But I hope to change this very soon.

Finally - Christmas!

I know...I know....Christmas was almost two weeks ago!

I had good intentions of blogging these sooner. Unfortunately the ugly stomach virus I had changed those plans!

Once again Santa made a quick stop by Nanny and PaPa's house to leave a few gifts for the girls...

One little girl's presents included this dollhouse and furniture...


The other little girl would have to unwrap her presents to find out what Santa had brought her...


Addie was beyond excited to see her name on this.
She even commented "It is just what I always wanted!"


Jaden unwrapping her big gift from Santa....
A Karaoke Machine and Microphone!



Addie opening another of the many presents she received


Jaden with her new purse I bought her. She really just started wanting to have a purse. She really would like to have a Coach purse like Nanny and Mommy...but 6 is a little young!


One of the two Bratz dolls I got for Addie. She really likes these dolls.


This was a must have for Jaden. She loves to do art projects, and has tried using my paper trimmers for her projects. I am always afraid she will cut herself on one of my paper trimmers, so I thought this would be perfect for her.


Two new movies for Addie.
One can never have too many movies...or can they?


Jaden also received these Disney Princess Paint Pens. They are pretty cool! When the paint dries the pictures are then 3D!

This is just a small glimpse of everything the girls received. I went by there house New Year's Eve day and Paula had me go into the girls play room. Needless to say they was so much new stuff mixed in with old toys. You could barely open the door...and I think there was still carpet under all the stuff!

I hope everyone had a good Christmas! I know I did...

More on that later!

First OU Basketball Game!

The night before Thanksgiving I took Jaden with me to her first OU Women's Basketball game. Jaden had told me she wanted to go to a game before, only to back out at the last minute. I was so glad when she finally agreed to go...but she had a few conditions.

#1 - She could have anything she wanted to eat

#2 - I had to buy her something at the game

#3 - We had to sit in good seats

On the way to Norman we stopped and ate at McDonalds...#1 on her list:check

Once we arrived at the game, I realized they were giving out OU Pom-Poms.

Unfortunately they seemed to have run out by this time. A very nice woman noticed Jaden did not receive one, and she asked Jaden if she would like hers.

Since Jaden had never been to a game I thought we should walk around and look at some of the display cases they have all around the walkway at the very top. Of course Jaden saw the small gift shop.

This OU Bear was a must have for Jaden...#2 on her list:check

She and I then walked around a cool area downstairs called Legacy Court. Here there are several display cases filled with jerseys, trophies, and other items. There is a basketball here that has the actual hand size of a member of both the men and women's team. The women's team member is #3 Courtney Paris. I told Jaden to put her hand on top of the imprint of Courtney's.

Jaden's hand compared to Courtney's hand.

Jaden couldn't believe the difference in size!

Jaden and a picture of Courtney Paris

Before the game started Jaden decided she needed something else to eat. Of course she reminded me that I told her she could eat whatever she wanted,(see #1 above). Popcorn was of course her snack of choice.

And last, condition #3.

Jaden did not know where the seats we have are located. I did tell her they were in the lower section, just not how far down they are. We started walking down the stairs and finally got to our seats. I am very fortunate that a few years ago Barb and I got the seats we now sit in for every home game...on the second row!

Jaden was very happy with the seating. #3 on her list:check


Thanks for going with me Jaden! I hope you had fun...I know I did!

6 Years Ago...

6 Years Ago...11:23 am

Jaden Danielle Creger made her entrance into this world.

I thought this day would never get here. The first time I saw her was through the nursery window at the hospital. It was two hours before we got to see her up-close.

I knew from that moment that this is one special girl!

The very first picture I took of Jaden...

6 months old...

working on her make-up...

This little angel at her first Czech Festival Parade...who then threw a fit and got to go home before enjoying the Czech Festival itself!


Jaden is a HUGE animal lover. She says she wants to be a Vet/Zookeeper when she grows up.

I told her she will have to go to OSU to be a vet...she says she will make her daddy mad if she goes to OSU. She is still considering her college choices...

The little girl who went through a period where she jumped off any object she could find...

mostly just to scare her Nanny!

The greatest Big Sister to Addison

A constant source of laughter...and messy faces!

The proud "sister" of two "brothers", their yellow labs Hoss and Dakota, and

her "sister" AJ, the boston terrier the girls received for Christmas last year

Jaden - your Aunt Niece never imagined that six years would fly by so fast. You are growing up way too fast. Just yesterday you were 6 lbs 9 oz and only 21 1/4 inches long. Now you are 6 years old, and you are going to be a lot taller than me before you know it.

You love to sing at the top of your lungs...and you don't care who hears you

You are sometimes annoyed by Addie...but are the first to come to her rescue

You make me laugh...especially when I am trying to be serious

I love you Jaden...

Jaden's 6th Birthday Party

Jaden's Birthday is not until Tuesday, but she had her party on Sunday afternoon. Jaden had her party at Dynamo Gymnastics and Play Zone. The girls are lucky because Paula's friend Shannon and her husband Dennis own the gym. They pretty much have the run of the whole gym and both take a gymnastics class here once a week.

Jaden and her friends started out playing in the gym, jumping on the trampoline, hanging on the bars, and the activity of choice...swinging on the rope and falling into the foam pit!

All the kids took turns beating this pinata...

They all enjoyed playing in the Play Zone too. All the kids love these slides. The Red One in the middle is the "fast slide". Jaden did ask her Aunt Niece to go down the slides with her once.

Of course I couldn't tell her no, it is her birthday!

Addie loves these slides!

And finally a picture of the Birthday Girl. I took this while everyone was singing to her. She was cracking me up. She was looking at all of her friends as they sang, and then she saw me with my camera. She gave me time to take some really good pictures. It has only taken six long years...but I think she is finally trained. If she would give me good pictures the camera would go away much faster!

I asked her last night if she had a good time at her party. She told me it was her favorite birthday so far!

I hope you had a great day...

Trick-Or-Treat 2008

Trick-Or-Treat 2008 was a huge success! The girls really enjoyed dressing up, and it was fun for Aunt Niece too.

The three of us just went to the houses on their block...but the girls were very happy with the candy they received. Later they spent the night with Nanny and Papa and trick-or-treated on that block too.

Trick-Or-Treat!

Jaden as Tinkerbell. To say that Jaden loves Tinkerbell is putting it mildly. The Tuesday before Halloween Jaden knew that the Tinkerbell movie was coming out on DVD and made sure that Nanny went to Wal-Mart to buy it for her...on Tuesday! Jaden has a birthday coming up that will also feature Tinkerbell.


Addie decided she wanted to be a witch.

But not just any witch...a MEAN WITCH!


One more of Tinkerbell


and of course the MEAN WITCH

Happy Halloween!