Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Babbitt/Lewis family to you!


Christmas present mayhem.....










Kaitlyn modeling her new Aeropostale sweats.
7:42 a.m. The kids and their Christmas stockings.....

Oh Christmas Tree....and other Holiday Spirits!

Two of My Favorite People!

Christmas Card Count

I borrowed a chapter from the "Book of Shelley" and decided to compare the Christmas versus Holiday cards. Including the cards that arrived in the mail tonight, we have Holiday is leading the way with 14 and Christmas only has 9. Are we forgetting the real reason for the season?!

Jr. High "Flash Back"

It was "Flash Back" Day at school last week. Kailtyn was dressed adorably from the 50's complete with the poodle skirt and initial sweater (just like Laverne from "Laverne & Shirley"). I know I'm a little biased, but she's so darn precious!

Kaitlyn Got Her Wish!

It was a snow day in Puyallup today. Schools were closed as we got 5 inches of snow. Kailtyn spent the day playing with Bailey in the snow and creating this beautiful snowman, complete with hat, mittens, and scarf.

The SNOW continues!

It stopped snowing for several hours late this afternoon and this evening. But it's started back up again and the white stuff is falling hard. Kaitlyn is doing her "there won't be school tomorrow" happy dance. When this photo was taken just a few minutes ago, we have 3 inches of snow already!

It's Snowing!

Schools closed early in Puyallup this afternoon and I didn't know why until I got home. It is a winter wonderland up here on South Hill. The snow is beautiful. The roads in the valley were just wet, but up here they are slushy and the side roads are nasty. Just imagine what it will be like by peak commute hours. Thankfully Kaitlyn, Bailey and I are safe at home. Some of us are even playing in the snow!

Shelley Mauss Rocks!

Thank you Shelley for taking the time out of your weekend to take our family Christmas photos. You truly have a gift! We really appreciate you and your talent!


Tim will fix your mower and refrigerator as payment for your services!

Thanksgiving 2005

Tim and I had a wonderful day at my cousin Karen's for Thanksgiving. There was an abundance of food (as usual) and a good time with family and friends. The only thing missing was our kids, who spent the Holiday with their other parents, but we get them next year!

Thought For The Day (and every day!)

"It is hard to stumble when you are on your knees."

As seen on a local church sign this weekend. It apparently struck a cord with me and I felt it needs to be shared.

Yellow Roses

A man sent me flowers - not just any flowers, but my favorite yellow roses! The card said "you are a blessing". Right there anyone who knows my husband would correctly guess that these flowers were NOT from him!
Thank you Tom for my beautiful roses! Working for you at ML is so much more pleasant than my previous experience, and that is the true blessing!

Happy Halloween

May your "holiday" be filled with friendly ghosts and gobblins and may you never run out of candy!

We had a visitor this last weekend - Viper Mauss came to stay for a few days. Her Mom forgot her witch Halloween costume, so we just put her in her fleece.

The Fab 4 Take on Sin City!

Las Vegas survived the invasion of the Fabulous Foursome. Our trip started out very early on Friday morning and ended very early on Monday morning. Our trip included lots of laughter, some gambling (but no big winnings), shopping, sunshine for Miss Shelley, eating and of course, drinking. We had very expensive cocktails at the amazing Wynn Hotel/Casino. Who knew you could spend $61 on 4 martinis?! It even "rained men" one night. Miss Lyons played in several poker tournaments and made it to the final table in her last tournament. Way to Go Chrissie! Later that same afternoon we needed a little more adrenaline through our veins so Chris and Kris went on a "loopty-loop". There was even a little education thrown in the mix of our trip, some of us learned a new word: Oligopoly! I dare you to use that in a sentence correctly.

All-in-all it was a FABULOUS trip, but what else would you expect from this group.

Thank you ladies for a great birthday dinner (including wine directly from the bottle) and memories to last a lifetime!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today I turned 38. Wow! How the heck did that happen? Time sure flies! My birthday celebrations started last week with dinner at my Mom's with some of my favorite cousins. I got great earrings from Karen and cool cash from Mom. These photos were taken tonight with my brand new digital camera compliments of The Mauss Group. Thank you Tom & Shelley! I had a great party at work today with lots of sugar! We had dinner tonight at Red Robin, for my free birthday burger. Tim even made me a birthday cake. I got lots of thoughtful gifts, including a relaxing pedicure and adorable shoes with a Terri on Saturday. Kaitlyn gave me a great necklace and Tim is painting our bedroom next weekend as my gift. I HATE to paint, but wanted to change the color. I'm heading to Vegas with the Fabulous Foursome to continue the celebration and Tim will have the room all painted when I return. What a guy! Thanks to everyone who made my birthday so special!