Rosie Posy

That is our name for our stinky dog. When I can't

find her I usually look under my bed. What she

doesn't realize is one day she is going to get stuck

under there and not be able to get out. And I probably

won't be so sympathetic either!!!

Sewing Night with Liz!

Now that Sam is 12 and going to YM every Wednesday

night. And Jake has been in the YM for over a year and

a half or more. Liz and I seem to be by ourselves on

Wednesday nights. So we decided to have a craft night!!

First we decided to finish some unfinished projects. The first picture

is of her very first quilt. She started this in her sewing classes

last year. Then she made herself a new school bag. Our next

project is a stuffed kitty. And with 3 babies coming on the

Briscoe side I am sure we will be sewing some more quilts!!

Brace Face

Soon after we got home from Spokane

Sam went to the orthodontist.

He was so excited to get his braces on.

He was really excited to have them on that

first day, until the evening came and his mouth

was very sore!!!! He decided that maybe they

weren't as cool as he was led to believe!!!

Here is GG and Sam

Cute Andrea and Meredith

Piper and Wyatt

Grandma and kitty Maya

Sam Meredith and Liz


GG and Wyatt


Ezra my boyfriend!!!!


Me and Mere


Ezra the Great!!!


Rime the good dog!! Who loves pancakes.


Ezra and Sam playing with Nemo the kitty


Wyatt and GG again


Liz and Andrea



Ezra and Uncle Jake!


Sam and Liz playing cards with Grandpa!!


Andrea and the kids.


Sam and Nemo.



Ben and Ezra.....Wow do they look alike!!!


Here are some of my favorite pictures of our
trip in Spokane. I didn't know how to separate
them all out. So I just posted them all together.
I am so glad we went to Spokane this year for
Christmas and New Years! And I think the kids
had fun too.

The one thing my kids were looking forward to is

playing in the snow. The good thing was there

was snow on the first day and the last day. Not too

much snow by anyone's standards. But enough to make

a tiny snow man. And lots of snowballs. The snow was

gone though by morning. And the only reason for

playing in snow is to drink hot chocolate when you come

inside. Drinking hot chocolate in the mornings when

it in the 60's or 70's is just not the same!!!!!

Fun with Mitchell & Mallory

On our first day back in Spokane we got to spend

time with the youngest of my cousins, Mitchell

and Mallory. They live in Poulsbo and were in

Spokane visiting GG for Christmas. We don't get

to see them all that much so I was glad to get to

visit with them for awhile. And the kids love them

and they were happy they were there. I thought I

had taken pictures of Uncle Mike and Aunt Debi too,

but I guess I didn't. But we want them to know we

love them just as much too!!!!

Christmas Morning!!!

Here are pictures of the kids on Christmas morning.

As you see Rosie is sad that Santa did not bring her

anything. After presents, and a yummy breakfast

we got dressed and saw a movie. Yes, we got to see

my favorite movie!!!! ROCKY BALBOA

It was worth it too. A very good movie. But I am a Rocky fan!

Later that day, the kids and I caught a plane and

headed up to Spokane Washington for 2 weeks.

Christmas PJ's

We can't have christmas without

PJ's. They weren't homemade

but hopefully they were just as

snuggly.

Christmas Eve !

As you can see we had a great time on Christmas Eve!!!

We spent the evening with our good friends the Leavitt family.

Debi and I made homemade ravioli and we had lots and lots of

good food. At the end of the evening the kids put on their

version of "the first Christmas" with several moments of

comedy relief. I hope we aren't getting points docked off in heaven

for being too sacreligious. I am hoping the kids got a little bit of

the point across.