Scavo Highlights

1.My baby boy is going to be 5 tomorrow.....did you hear that? FIVE. Unbelievable.

2. The kids celebrated their 100th day at school.

3. I was so excited to see this poster up on the board, ready for circle time, in Michael's preschool classroom on Tuesday. No matter if you voted for him or not....he is our president and we should support and pray for him. His speech moved me and watching that sea of people waving their flags definitely brought tears to my eyes.

4. A surprise on my doorstep. Lori,my sweet blogging friend, sent me a wonderful tote for my birthday! It is so fun and had a sweet little heart sachet attached. The colors are so bright....I can't wait to fill it up with lots of books & magazines. You are so generous Lori, thank you!

5. My 14 year old had to shave. Yes, he HAD to. He had a beard going on...no joke. This is the only photo he wanted me to put on the blog. Kids and their privacy, ha!

Another baby boy growing up WAY too fast.

6. Our mailman(the best we have ever had) informed us that he is retiring and his last day will be on Saturday. Boo. He is a great guy and the kids love him. What helped soften the blow was this adorable box I rec'd from Kim Sue. I know, do you believe she wrapped the mailing box in zebra print? I was squealing from the cuteness of it! Inside just made my heart happy. Red, black and white everywhere. A fun tote with black and white print, ditto on the napkins(which you all know I have an obsession with napkins), a cool black polka-dot notebook, a black photo frame, a black reusable grocery bag and a cool Hello stamp...that I have turned upside down was inside this fun birthday box. Thank you for thinking of me Kim Sue....I love all of it!

7. Last Sunday, we went to my Mom's to celebrate her birthday. I think she had a good day....the kids made sure of it.

8. Still struggling with my word for the year....hopefully, I will have it by February 1st.

Red is her color.

When I saw this on Lori's blog, I had to get one for Lindsey. The girl looks lovely in red don't you think?

A sweet, sweet day.

She's Back!

Start your weekend right read.......

NieNie Dialogues.

All those days in between....and some REALLY good mail.

I celebrated birthday number Went to the park and watched my littlest stomp "weaves"..

and catch our almost 5 year old doing "no hands" on the slide.

After our little New Year's Eve soiree with our kids, we nursed our hangovers of apple juice, nachos, and ice cream and headed over to Charles' sister's house for a New Years Day brunch.

It was a good time.

On January 3rd, our good friends, The Darwins came to town. Minus one important person(Ray), but still lots of fun.

Their first day in town, we went with her friends, The Hamiltons, to Sabino Canyon and rode the tram.

{Isn't she beautiful? Inside and out, inside and out , I tell you}

{Inside the visitor center, where my flash no longer worked}

Here are the girls reading their books from the gift shop....they became fast friends!

On Sunday, their last day here, we went to the park to meet with all of her Az friends(that could make it).

Michael & Sam were inseparable the whole day.
Same could be said for Miranda and Lindsey.

The kids didn't mind the rain, as long as they could play and eat pizza!

We were sad to see them go.

Lots more I could document, but I think I will just start fresh with my recent good mail delivery.

Well, really Lindsey's good mail delivery. 2 big bags of gently used clothes that fit her right now from our sweet friends, The Meyers. They are the best. And if that was not enough, Maddie goes and gives this to Lindsey.........

A Barbie dream house, the Barbie Jeep and hello.......

the Barbie Cruise Ship!!!!!! The girl was beside herself. All I heard in her room was "This is AWESOME!!!".

Thank you, thank you. It was very generous of you.

Happy Birthday Mom!!

{The Birthday Girl and her Uncle Denny}
Today is your day....I hope it is special in every way....because you deserve it. Thanks for passing down the ability to roll my tongue and your love of Scrabble. Thanks for giving my youngest daughter those amazing eyes, my oldest son that gorgeous dimple, my oldest daughter that gorgeous hair color, and my youngest son...his strong chin. We won't get into the cheeks, but you know you are responsible;) Thanks for always being there for me and for the rest of my little family. We love you!

Christmas Day....only 18 days later....

Okay the truth of the matter is that there are not alot of photos from Christmas, or many that were suitable for blog viewing. It was a great morning. Highlights? Santa brought many games for everyone and a special gift from Freddy....an elf decoration and a book to remember him by. Watching our youngest squeal over "babypops" in her stocking and then pass them out to everyone was the sweetest moment ever. Tyler's excitement over his new Pinnacle Movie Box(to edit and manipulate videos) was fun to watch. Lindsey's Hello Kitty teacup clock radio was a HUGE hit. Michael was batty over his Batman Cave...ha....get it? Batty? okay, maybe I took that a little too far. Charles was surprised that Santa gave him a new, black ipod and I rec'd a beautiful stained glass heart jewelry box from the kids. Mom was engraved on top and the kids were just so proud of themselves, which in turn, made me tear up even more.

After we cleaned up the debri, we got ready to have our families over for dinner. Again, no photos. It was a delicious meal....I think one of our best, but what made it so good was our family around us.

Then it was gift exchange time again and I finally got some photos! There was so much chaos that I just stood in the middle of the room and took some 360 photos......it is sort of fun to see what was going on all at once.


Tyler opening a gift from his grandparents.....don't you love the box?

My grandmother watching all the commotion.

My mil, Marie, opening one of her gifts.

My Mom, in the middle of all the action.
My Dad along with my Sil, Cristina, and her husband, Dan.

Michael, showing off his new clothes....have I mentioned he loves clothes? And Miss Lindsey LOVING her new pink desk chair from Grandma & Grandpa.

Our youngest, the budding artist, breaking out her new crayons and paper.

Charles and I were there soaking it all up.

*Bonus photos~~~the only photos of her in her Christmas dress.

I told you the girl loves her candy canes!

Pink Christmas.

Christmas day was a little sweeter with my Pink Christmas gift to open. I was so excited by what I rec'd, I forgot to turn on my flash.....cool pic though.

Here you could see a little more of the detail. It is an AMAZING friendship star quilt in my FAVORITE colors. Who was my partner you ask? Cindy from The Apricot Tree Company was kind enough to make it for me. I absolutely love it! She was also sweet enough to include some cocoa, a berry wreath and a star.
She also made embroidered our name into a piece of the fabric and framed it! I can't get over her generosity! Thank you Cindy. I will always treasure it.

Before we go on our Sunday bike ride....

I want to wish my good friend, Lori, a very Happy Birthday! I hope your day is as wonderful(& yummy!) as Paula Dean's Red Velvet Cupcakes! Have an amazing day....you deserve it!

Good mail to the rescue!

Out of this blogging funk that I have been in. Kacey from Doodlebugs sent some fun Birthday good mail. A cute, cute, cute tote...along with some fun flower notepads, ribbon AND some personalized notecards! Thanks for making me smile!!! You made my day.

I also rec'd some good mail I had ordered....

I ordered this for Janice.....don't you think it is appropriate? I also bought this one for Lindsey......it is totally her. Want to look? Check out her etsy shop....the dreamy giraffe. You are going to find something you like....really you will!

As if all that good mail wasn't wonderful enough, I rec'd a gorgeous New Year's card from Cristin (seriously, her children are all sorts of cute!) and an adorable birthday card from our good friends, the Harty's. More like a great mail day!

I have alot to post about, but I won't bog you down now.

In case you are in need of a pic fix, here are a couple to tide you over.

Don't fall over Jill.......I was in 2 pics...I think it's a new record for me!