The MOVE!

Okay folks, take a breath and relax... the blogging is back! We are all settled in our sweet, little rental home while we continue to find the perfect pad. (We have an offer in on a house that we LOVE, but just in case it doesn't work out, we're trying to find a plan B). The movers were scheduled to come tomorrow, but since I am married to Mr. Ants-in-his-pants, we bit the bullet and just did it ourselves on New Years Day! I'm really glad we just went ahead and did it, I can't stand having things on my to-do list and since that was a pretty thing "to-do," I'm glad it's off the list!


On New Years Day, we took the kids to Red Robin to say sorry for being such boring parents and moving all day. The kids were on their best behavior during the move, but sometimes they got a little exasperated with it all... Aidan at one point said, "No more trips, pweeeessseee!" This picture captures the exasperation perfectly. If there was a thought bubble over his head, I think it would say, "Now, we're not using the movers because...?"

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I want to wish everyone a fantastic new year and new decade! As I look back on this past decade, I get a little overwhelmed with emotion. It's just been fantastic, I met my best friend (and married him), we had adventures in Australia and New Zealand, we moved to Idaho, I got my master's degree, we bought a couple of houses (and sold a couple!), got a dog and were blessed with two wonderful children. Phew, actually, I'm kind of tired thinking about all of that! I'm hopeful this next decade will be just as exciting, rewarding and joyful.

I also want to take this opportunity (man, I love having a blog, I get to do all the random shout-outs I want!) to send my love to all the special people in our lives. This past decade wouldn't have been nearly as meaningful and wonderful without all of our peeps. You know who you are!

Since we are ringing in this new decade in with the true Kearney spirit of adventure, we are currently moving so I haven't been able to post any pictures of our Christmas. As soon as we are settled, I will post some. We had a fun filled Christmas holiday! (As mentioned in a previous post, we recently sold our house *wahoooo* and so we are moving to a great little rental house, while we try to find our next home. We are so thankful for our excellent realtor, Ryan Skene, for selling our house!!! If anyone needs a realtor referral, we'll give you his contact info!!!)

I'm running out of ideas!

Entertaining a 5 year old and almost 3 year old when it's cold outside is getting a little difficult... Morgan is on winter break from preschool and I fear she's getting a little stir-crazy. So what's a Mommy to do? Why, t.p. her, of course!

I love the look of disgust on Aidan's face over his sister and my shenanigans... Don't worry, we pulled him to the dark side and he thoroughly enjoyed decorating our living room with toilet paper.

What's really frightening about this picture is that I think I make this face a lot.

What I really wish I had a picture of is Ryan's face when he came from work to find the inside of our house, as well as our children t.p.'ed. I love being a mom!!

Merry Christmas!

The Kearney's are ready for Christmas! (Well, kind of, I mean there are still presents to be wrapped, food to purchased, cookies to be made, etc., etc.). So I guess "mentally" we are ready for the holiday!




I took Morgan shopping yesterday to get some last minute presents. We bought Ryan a new ipod (yes, I can post this because, well, keep reading). I took Morgan with me for some "girl time," and right after we bought it, she told me that she had a plan to ask Daddy if he wants an ipod for Christmas. I said, "NO," because if she were to ask him that question, he would definitely know what we had just purchased. She asked me several times if she could ask him that and several times, I said, "NO!" So guess what she asked Ryan right when we walked in the door, "Daddy, do you want a new ipod for Christmas?" Aye, aye, aye! For those of you who don't believe in karma, come meet my daughter and I. I used to do this EXACT same thing around the holidays....

The holidays wear this little guy out. He's decided to only wear red, head to toe, these days. I like to think it's because he's in the Christmas spirit, but I think it has more to do with Lightening McQueen. (Note: 5 minutes after the taking of this picture, Aidan turned our couch into "Aidan Lake." So our house smells like a litter box at the moment. Good news, I have been wanting a new couch!)

Helping Daddy with the lights, well okay, just lying around while Daddy puts the lights up!

What could be cuter that 12 singing Christmas trees?

Not much! Morgan's school, Garabatos, had their Holiday program on Friday. It was so cute to hear all of their little voices, even if I don't speak Spanish and could really only pick out the word, "Navidad" here and there. Morgan was pretty proud of all of her hard work.

I get the giggles everytime I watch this. Apparently when you are preschooler, maintaining a loud noise level is the most important part of the performance!

1st Annual Pub Crawl

I won't post a lot of pictures of this night, but we were celebrating two things. First, the holidays with our great friends and second, WE SOLD OUR HOUSE!! The theme of the night was "dress to impress." To the normal person, this would mean, dress nicely. To Laura, Jed, Ryan and myself, this meant, dress like an idiot. Because we were doing last minute selling your house things on Saturday, we couldn't get to the thrift store to pick up our tacky outfits, so we sent Laura and Jed to do the dirty work. Here's what they came up with. And yes, Laura and I are wearing matching light and hot pink cords that are way too short and in the style of "mom jeans."

Yes, Ryan's shirt is too short and second, yes, there is a hole in it. Laura and Jed said picking out Ryan's outfit made them laugh all day. Since it hasn't happened in our 30's, maybe we'll act like adults in our 40's? Probably not, that's right around the corner. Perhaps our 50's...

The whole gang. Ryan really got into the "spirit" of his outfit.

Gingerbread houses!

Luckily for me, I am friends with Molly, who is extremely creative and crafty. This was the second year that she put together gingerbread houses for the kids to create. It is so much fun, although, a difficult temptation for our little sugar addict, Aidan! Thanks Hamiltons for a fun morning!

NEED - MORE - CANDY!!!