Not quite right.

The glasses that she picked out turned out to be to big for her sweet little face. So we took them back and are waiting for her new pair that are MUCH smaller.

I know this is not the best picture of our Little Miss Muffet. She had been crying because of her fever and has tape residue on her face from her sleep study. She just hadn't been having a great day.

On top of that she had a hurt hand. A while ago she had gotten a deep scrape on her wrist. Now that it is starting to heal it keeps splitting open because it's right on the crease of her wrist.

Her skin is so sensitive it breaks out in a rash when we put band aids on it, so there is the reason for the big ol' bandage.

And the race is on....

Soren had his pinewood derby race today. He designed and painted the car himself.

The car's name....

Lightning.

He came in 4th in his group.
It is so funny to watch these things. The parents get more into it than the kids.
You can definitely tell which father's or grandfather's "built" the cars.
I just say let the kids be freakin' kids.

It was fun to watch the boys from out den. They all did a great job!

Soren got hold of the camera and took some pictures of his car.

I am so proud of you Soren. You did a great job.

My Husband is......

Amazing, thoughtful and talented.

I had picked up these prints up at an estate sale a long time ago.

They have been buried in my craftroom forever.

I know that sounds SCARY.

So Troy braved the craftroom, retrieved the prints and made it out alive.

He made the frames just for the prints.

Love them.

Seriously love them.

Thankyou to a very loving Husband.

Good job Santa!

Soren is always using the girls dollhouses to play Star Wars guys with. So this year for Christmas Santa's elves made him something to play Star Wars in.

Santa found some pictures of Star Wars scenes on line and laminated them, then put velcro on the back so Soren could switch out the scenes when he wants.

Soren is loving it.

The girls are loving it also.

Soren is the kind of kid that will play with something like this for hours.
I love this present.

Olivia had a very special present made for her by Santa's elves.

A doll house that she could use for all her toys.

Even her raccoon and beaver are enjoying the house.

Maybe there will be some baby beavecoons soon.

To get that joke you need to know that Olivia had a phobia of raccoons and beavers for the longest time. We got her these little toys to try to help her with it.

Then one night we were watching I-Carly as a family and what does Spencer start talking about?

A big ol' mean Beavecoon!

An animal with the head of a beaver and a body of a raccoon.

Olivia had nightmares for weeks.

All our girls are loving it.

Santa did very well this year with finding something to keep my kids occupies and out of my hair.

Love you Santa and Santa's elves.

Merry Christmas-Dunow Style.

We are incredibly blessed to have the Porter family in our lives. The two giants on the ends of the sofa?

They have GROWN up together.

It has become a tradition to go over to their house and eat, play and visit on Christmas Eve.
Can you imagine what it's like with all these kiddo's talking at once?
It's loud.
We wouldn't want it any other way.

I wanted to take a picture of each one of the kids in front of our sad looking tree.
Olivia is always posing.

Soren is all decked out in his daily cowboy gear.

Ella, with her bright sunny smile.

Our oldest daughter Anna who just wanted to be done with it.

Logan is thinking how good looking he is.

Now how good looking are you know Logan?

Christmas morning all the kids come into my room and wait to go out.

Number 1 is a little cranky.

I love Soren's expression.

Priceless.

We have had a wonderful Christmas season surrounded by our friends who have become our family here.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Decking the Dunow Halls.

This is our Christmas tree this year. Olivia and Soren seem to always be rearranging it and moving things around. It has tipped over a few times too.

Imagine that with 5 kids and 3 dogs always running through the house and jumping over furniture.

These are the lamps that Troy and I made. I love them because I can change the decorations inside of them for the seasons.

I have enjoyed decorating the house this year. The only complaint is all the dust.

New Mexico has been terribly dry this year.

That means more dusting for me, except I just pretend it isn't there.

So just ignore the 4 inches of dust on everything.

As most of you know, I have an addiction to old books.

I saw this tree on a blog and tried to do it myself.

I love it.

Some don't.( I won't name names) ANDREW MEYER.


More pictures are coming.

Enjoy your day.

I definitely will. I made wassail and the house smells fantastic.