My Side of the World: January 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Vote Santorum

Rick Santorum is running for president this year and many people have yet to hear his name.

Santorum won the Iowa caucus and made some very strong points in many of the debates so far.

He has made it to the final four remaining republican candidates and will need many more supporters to continue the race.

[Santorum family]

Santorum noted that he is the only republican that offers an obvious contrast to Obama and has defeated a Democratic incumbent (3 times!).

Santorum believes he is the clear contrast to Obama as well as Gingrich, Romney, and Paul.

Get behind Santorum. Visit his Website. Watch him in the GOP debates.

America needs someone who can do more than neutralize Obama's damage; America needs healing.

Senator Santorum has been called both the next George Washington and the next Ronald Reagan. What more could you ask for in a candidate/president?!?!

I think he is our best chance of both eliminating the "change" that happened in 2008 and of putting an American back in the White House.

At this point in the race, he has also won more state primaries than any other candidate (including Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado, and Iowa).

Monday, January 23, 2012

Christmas with Khara and Tim

Khara and Tim and Abbey, Timmy, and Zoey came the Tuesday following Christmas and we had dinner and opened our gifts with them that evening.

Zoey had grown SO much! She was very fussy that evening but it was the first time we got to see her awake and with her eyes open :)

Karissa made a few different kinds of pizza and it was getting late by then, so we got right to the gifts!

Timmy was so anxious to open his gifts that Karissa made him "pinky promise" to wait!

Legos from Kaleb

A "Cars" tin bank and candy from me :)

A Cars Operation game from Nana and Pappy

... and a Steelers cap!!!!

Plaid shirt from Karissa...

Abbey's turn ........

Cute shirt and bracelet from Kaitlyn

Personalized bag from Karissa

Lamplighter book from Nana and Pappy.

Abbey likes to read :)

Takin' a break for Zoey Cait!

Mom was thrilled with the jars/decorations from Khara and Tim

...New sheets

A doll for Khara?!? ... Oh!! It's Zoey's turn :) Can you see the confusion on their faces?!

It's so fun to shop for baby girls!

Gift cards, shirt, and hard candy for Tim :)

Abbey also got a magnetic puzzle of the states. She caught on really fast and put it together with very little help...

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On Wednesday, they came back over a little while before we left for church.

Zoey's little outfit was too adorable! She looked so comfy-cozy!

Timmy brought the air soft pistol he got for Christmas over to show us. He and Kaleb went outside and did a little shooting :)

Katrina's Bop-It was the "it" toy this year! Abbey and I played it as a team...

... and Tim tried over and over to beat that thing!

Zoey also got to meet some a new Aunt and Uncle that Wednesday.

She was so good for both Uncle Paul and Aunt Bonnie :)

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Sometime I'll post the pictures from our big Wagner Christmas which was the next day - the Thursday after Christmas. I have a chiropractor appointment today and start back to school tomorrow, so it might not be right away ... but hopefully before Kent comes! I'm sure we'll have plenty of pictures of both Kent and Ava to share from their visit coming up in February :)

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Christmas with Ashley & Ava

Ashley usually comes the week after Christmas when Uncle Paul and Aunt Bonnie and Khara and everyone comes, but this year she was only able to get time off the week before Christmas... So she and Ava came the Wednesday before Christmas and stayed through that Saturday.

It seems like Ava grows a foot between each time we see her!

Ashley and Ava went to church with us Wednesday night. We also had our annual Christmas Yankee Swap with all our church friends that evening as well as some snacks.