A Very Merry Christmas!

Christmas 2007 will be one to remember for the Ramsey's!
Not only did we have a great family gathering, here are all the kids, but wait...we are officially missing one!

Yes, that's right! Jackson Douglas came into this world 2:30am Christmas Morning!
I don't have any pictures yet, but will get some soon!

The day was packed, first Santa had to visit the home front, and CRAZY thing, he left Matti a new puppy!

So now Nike, you will have a new, nice friend! We'll have to schedule a play date!
Then off to Grandma's! Almost everyone was there and it was so nice. And Chris...we thought of you, and here are some pics.



And last, but not least...

Who ever said Uncle C didn't make a good impression?

I'm dreaming of a WHITE Christmas!

It's Snowing! The kids were so excited! And it was a total white out at times.


The kids, all 4 of them :>), went sledding? I'm not thinking this is the idea of sledding I had in mind since we do have a nice little hill in our back yard. Oh well - dad had just as much fun as the kids. And amazingly enough, no broken bones!

P just dumped T in this picture. I could hardly take the picture cause P was laughing so hard it was making me laugh. Ahh they had a good time.
Anyone up for some sledding? Call us up!

She's 2! She's 2!

Our little neice turned 2 on Saturday and she is such a blessing! She wasn't Uncle P's friend at first, but she's finally warming up to him. She is going to have a little brother any day and we can't wait. So happy birthday little lovebug!

He's a SUPERSTAR!

Tuesday night was G's Christmas Program at school.
Just in case you can't find him...he's the curly haired blonde with the Snowman Sweater his Moma asked him to wear! :>)

This is what we do...

I had to use Lila's title just because this weekend we did what we love to do!
Friday night we had BUNCO!! If you don't know what BUNCO is, well, I'm sorry! No, No, just kidding. It is just a dice game, but the funnest part about it is the fellowship with all the other ladies. We have so much fun together!
Here is Tracy - and yes, she looks like a dork, but it's an inside joke, to long to explain!

Here is Lila with her "I AM MRS NEW YORK" attitude!

And here is most of the group with a few subs of coarse.

Saturday was the wonderful Dance Recital. My girls are inspired by dancing. They absolutely love it, and so, that's what they do.
Here is Mrs Clause.

I didn't get any pictures of T, and if you were there you knew why. She is just all over the place and changing costumes so fast it's not even funny.
Sunday morning I had the opportunity to sing with a group of ladies, and I had a blast. I love to sing, not by myself of coarse, but I love to sing in a group and we sounded so pretty. Here we are: Ara, Cari, Me, Tracy, Ann, & Nicole.

Wish I knew how to upload the music for you, but until I figure that out, you;ll just have to trust me when I say "We were GREAT!"
Sunday evening was the Children's Choir presentation of "Bethlehem Gulch". The kids did an outstanding job!

T was a choir character, G was a shepherd, and M was a sheep. They were just too cute!

It's Melting, It's Melting!

OK I know, I know, I haven't blogged in awhile, but for good reason. A storm comes and you just as well not have any ties with me for awhile. Yes you bet it, CLAIMS! We haven't had too many BIG claims, most people are just dealing with clean up and concern for heat due to loss of power. Ken was working a claim yesterday and a HUGE branch came crashing down on the hood of his truck. Not good. And believe it or not, it wasn't a ficus and his insurance still covered it!! :>) Like a good neighbor.... Ok that might have been a stupid insurance joke, but maybe some of you got it. The heat of taking the claims is pretty much over now, so Ken says he is dealing with Post dramatic stress syndrome, I told him I was glad he had the disease - I think I'm just plain TIRED!


So while I was out this morning, I thought I would catch a few photos before it melted. This was the fence line at Grams & Gramps this morning. All I could think about was running my hand down the line and breaking all the icicles. LOVE TO DO THAT!!


This was just a photo outside the office. The sun was shining and everything was just glistening.
And then...



it started melting! I don't know if you can see here or not, but the icicles were just crashing down everywhere. You can kind of see the line in the street where the danger zone occurred. We were out today and you had to be careful for all the falling ice, but this is GOOD!!!

A little Christmas here & there

This weekend we had our Sunday School Christmas Party. I was so excited because I don't get to associate with these people on Sunday morning, due to the fact that I teach in the Youth. We had a blast, and I do want to say Thank you to the youth who watched our children while we played! Thank you to the Bakers, the Naylors, and the Coopers for opening their homes to have us all stop by. The only thing that would have made it a little better was if MU had won.This is dessert at the Coopers. I think Marlene was enjoying the desserts. This group does look like they could have a few get rowdy.
Don't worry Al, you left early, but I had these two totally under control. We just won't tell you about the gift she had originally opened for you! If you need anymore details, you'll have to get them from Kevin.

Angie - I knew you injured his shoulder, but what happened to his face?
Here is Kim trying her hardest to avoid the photo shot, but no, I still captured her and MR SCROOGE. This was only part of the crowd, but as you can see everyone had a fantastic time.
Just for you Grace, I had to post this precious picture. This is Nathan portraying Joseph and K portraying Mary. Aren't they just the cutest! If you want to see this live, you'll have to attend the Children's Choir Program on December the 16th.