Hargrave Family: March 2018

Thursday, March 29, 2018

New Year's Eve 2017

I'm not going to write anything about New Year's Eve basically because, um, I don't remember much of it. But here's a photo dump!

Christmas Eve
We had another great year of Christmas time with our families. Brian's family came over on Christmas Eve and we enjoyed Brian's yummy brisket along with the traditional corn casserole, sausage balls, little smokies, and Ashley/Kellie's deviled eggs.

The family gathered.

our family Christmas photo

sporting the Hargrave heirlooms, the Santa slippers

always hanging with Uncle Adam

Papa Mike helping Jack figure out a new gift.

yummy desserts that I have to hide from Brian and Uncle Adam AND Jack until dinnertime. Boys, I tell ya.

Sarah mastered a spinach dip and crescent roll Christmas tree.

The kids were surprised with their big Christmas gift, a piano. This is a player piano from the 1960's so its pretty fun. Funny story: I bought this piano from someone in the neighborhood who was moving. Since the piano is way too heavy to load on Brian's truck, he and three teenage boys from the swim team pulled it down the street on furniture dollies, towed behind the truck. I'm sure they looked real classy.
The kids have done a really good job teaching themselves new tunes. Halle and Arden have learned "Fur Elise" and "Beauty and the Beast." I've also heard them play "Heart and Soul" about 2 million times. Jack learned "Hot Cross Buns."

Christmas Morning

The chaos that is Christmas morning. Lots and lots and lots of presents for the kids! This is the time that the kids get to open presents from Santa, Mom and Dad, and Aunt Sarah and Uncle Adam. Papa Mike and Gigi always come over to see the present opening and to have breakfast with us. Christmas Vacation is always played in the background.
This year all the kids seemed to have gotten music related. Halle got guitar picks, guitar strap, and a guitar stand. Arden got a floor keyboard mat and some music books. Jack got a ukulele. Not to mention the piano mentioned above.

Melvin said goodbye until next year

Christmas Evening

We headed to Rodney's house to have Christmas with my side of the family. Sometime during Christmas Eve night I started feeling really bad. I almost didn't go to my family's that evening, but I got up anyway. I was able to compete in our annual family Christmas game.

This is our family picture that my Pauline made us take. She makes everybody take pictures. I look awful. However, Hope, my sister-in-law, gave me some BC powder. I'd never taken it, and it was a life saver. It made me feel well enough to compete in our annual family game of Pictionary. As usual, it was rowdy.

Pauline and Rodney, probably arguing about something during Pictionary.

Kids' Quote Jar

Arden, "We need to do laundry or I'm going to have to go to school naked tomorrow!"
Halle, "Arden, you know I liked spicy food when I was your age." Arden, "Okay, Halle, I know, but we are different people."
5/29/14 After me trying to explain what the terms principle and interest mean to Halle, she responds with, "Hmmmm, that's INTERESTing."
5/31/14 Arden, "I don't want to go to camp like Halle. I'm scared of the big plillow in the water!"
5/25/14 Arden, "Can I take a bath? I smell like a dog."
2/26/14 Brian, to Arden, who is jumping up and down, "What are you so excited about?" Arden, "I just love everyone soo soo much!"
12/2013 Arden, "I like spicy food because I'm a spicy person."
12/2013 Arden, talking to another kid that's close to accidently hitting Jack with a swing, "Don't hit my brother! He's my gift from the hospital a long long time ago!"
9/16/13 Halle, after her daily bible reading, "the Bible is a cliffhanger!"
9/5/13 Halle, after watching an episode on lion prides, "Mommy, if there were such a thing as an alpha female you'd be one of them."
9/3/13 Fixing my hair with her bows and headbands. "Mommy, I'm going to make you look FANTASTIC!"
9/3/13 In the Sonic drive-thru. Arden, "I want a burger and chicken nuggets." Me, "You can't have them together, you have to choose." Arden, "Ok, I have a good idea! I will eat the chicken nuggets first with ketchup. Then after that I'll have a burger!"
9/3/13 Halle, "I think I just swallowed a mosquito." Arden, "It's called a Skeeter!"
7/25/13 Halle said, "Thank you for all of my birthday gifts. But even if you would have given me just a penny I would have loved it because I know you love me."
8/1/13 out of the blue, Arden: "Mommy, I'm really really sorry!" Me: "For what?" Her: "For eating all of your chocolate chips..... But you can always buy more at the store, right?" Me:"Yes. Are you going to give me money to replace them?" Arden: "Sure!.... Mommy? Can I borrow some of your nickels and quarters?"
7/20/13 Halle's joke. Where does the Green Arrow shop at (we're Smallville fans)? Target. ****************
Halle to her daddy while being suckered into massaging his feet, "Your feet smell like rotten eggs." Arden, to her daddy after his workout, "Daddy, you freakin' stink!" ********************
Jack, say Mama. "Dada." No, Say MA-MA! "DA-DA." *********************
Arden is ready to leave the house and is impatiently waiting on me. "Mommy, you're taking toooo long. It's time to go!" Me, "Arden, you don't talk to Mommy that way. I'm your mommy and you don't tell ME when it's time to go." "But Mommy, when I say 'you're taking too long and it's time to go,' what I mean is 'HURRY UP!'" ********************
5/11/13 Arden's recap of her scary carwash experience. "Aunt Sarah took me to the washcar (carwash) and the earwax (wax) got on the car and it made me scream." *********************
4/15/13 "Arden, I love you to the moon and back." After thinking for a bit, she replies, "I love you to the sun and back!" ********************
4/7/09 "Happy Birthday Arden!" "Happy Birthday to you, too!"

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