Love it!

I've decided that I LOVE Google more and more everyday! Google calendar, Google Reader, and Google Docs!
However, I have discovered that google reader cannot get feeds from private blogs, just like the blog list cannot. It's been something that's been driving me crazy. So.... All you that have gone private.... i never see if you've posted something new! so sorry, i guess you'll have to send me an email if you want me to look at it. yes, i know, i'm a lazy blogger. oh well, what can you do. ;)

sorry, this is a random post, because i was just testing things out.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Sorry, but this is as close at it is going to get to an actual Christmas card this year. I've been so busy that my head is spinning and we just haven't sent them out this year.
Love ya all! Hope you have a Happy Holiday!

Christmas Letter:
This year has felt like a roller coaster ride. It was wild, and we can`t believe it is over so quickly.
Nate has been busy this year building a shed in our backyard.
Dixie is busy with kids as usual, and still keeping very busy with primary.
Maddie has started preschool this year, and loves it. She enjoys singing the new song that she brings home each week with her paper sack puppet. She is also enjoying singing class this year.
Ryan has grown up so fast. He loves playing with balls, and can eat more fruit than any of us. He thinks he is all grown up and roaming the house all day (or should we say destroying the house all day).

We hope this Christmas Season finds you well and happy.

Love, the Packers

Nate's Blog Tag

Ok, I've been tagged by Dixie. I have a hard time picking favorites, but I'll take a stab at it. And each of my lists is by no means in any order. Completely random. And let it be known that I did not read Dixie's post before writing my own. So I did not know what her answers were before writing mine.

8 Favorite TV Shows:
Lost
Eureka
House
Heroes
Prison Break
The Office
My Own Worst Enemy
Fringe

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
Drove my car
Ran 2 miles
Worked
Played with the kids
Watched TV with Dixie
Cleaned the kitchen
Shipped a package
Checked my email

8 Things I Look Forward to:
Retirement
Summer
Vacations
Summer
kids growing up
Summer
A better job
Summer

8 Favorite Restaurants:
Joe's Crabshack
Olive Garden
P.F. Changs
Ruby River
Panda Express
Mara's Cafe
Any place serving pizza
Quizznos

8 Things on My Wish List:
Happy kids
Happy wife
Take the family on a vacation to a far off country.
Ride a camel in the desert
Lose weight and be in awesome shape
Fly a plane
Go scubadiving in Australia
Learn to surf

8 People I Tag:
I don't know very many bloggers, so I tag... Clint.

Crazy Eights

8 Favorite TV Shows:
1. Lost
2. The Office
3. Seinfeld
4. Prison Break
5. Chuck
6. Friends
7. Heroes
8. Local talk shows (just for their recipes)

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1. Tried a new pizza recipe.
2. Laundry -and again today, :(
3. Bought new towels, yay!
4. Got the kids to bed early.
5. enjoyed two of my favorite shows with my hubby
6. came pretty close to forgetting to pick up my daughter from preschool (time goes by fast when i'm enjoying my free time a little too much)
7. organized the bills
8. a lot of counting

8 Things I Look Forward to:
1. no more diapers, or diaper bag or stroller
2. the holidays
3. the holiday food and treats
4. the holidays (and busy schedule) being over
5. disneyland next summer
6. date night
7. Christmas morning (this year will be very exciting)
8. free time to clean my house (but who knows if that will ever really happen)

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. PF Changs
2. Tepanyaki's
3. Olive Garden
4. Macaroni Grill
5. Famous Dave's
6. Ruby River
7. Cafe Rio
8. Red Robin


8 Things on My Wish List:
1. a clean house
2. a clean house
3. a clean house
4. my house is driving me crazy, can you tell?
5. free time for myself
6. new couches
7. more storage
8. a new vacuum

8 People I Tag:
nate packer and anyone else who wants to

TAGGED

This was so cute and worked out so cool that i couldn't help but do this tag again. The first tag i did was the third folder and picture, but when Shalamar tagged me it was the fourth folder and the fourth picture. Our pictures aren't in alphabetical order, shal, but they are in order of the year so that took me to 2004, and as you can see, this was the most important thing that happened to us that year. Maddie was born! She was 4 lbs. and 18 inches long.


Here's how it works:
go to your pictures folder and open the fourth folder and then the fourth picture. post that picture with a description.

I tag: Brooklyn B, Brook B, Kristina, Ashley, Natalie, and Kallee

Halloween!

We had a very fun Halloween. Maddie had a blast, and Ryan loved going along for the ride and the free candy. Maddie loved trick or treating and thinks we should do it again next week, and has already planned out her and her brother's costumes.
The kids had a blast at their Halloween party as grandma's and grandpa's. It included a fish pond game, and pin the nose on the pumpkin, as well as lots of yummy food and decorating pumpkin rice krispie treats.
Earlier in the week we carved pumpkins. It was a lot of fun. But, not so much for Ryan. He was getting pretty frustrated that he couldn't use a sharp cutting tool and that it was taking so long. Maddie was absolutely ecstatic when we lit her pumpkin outside.
My favorite part of the night though, was this conversation that took place right after Nate cut the lid for the pumpkin.
Maddie: Is it a Jack-0-lantern yet?
Nate: No, first we have to put our hands inside and pull out all that stuff.
Maddie: (pause and gross face) No way am I doin' that!
Ryan on the other hand, no problem.Also, earlier this week Maddie was able to meet her new cousin for the first time. All day long she kept saying "Oh, he's so cute!" She would not leave that baby's side the whole night long. She was thrilled to see him. Thanks for sharing him with us, Packers!

picture tag

i thought this one was kinda fun from megan's blog. so here goes. plus it's quick... maybe one of these days i'll get around to kallee's tag ;)
Here are the rules:

1:open you picture folders.
2:Go to the third folder and pick the third picture.
3:Post it on your blog with the story behind it.
4: I am tagging everyone that reads this!since my picture folder is organized by year it took us back to 2003, and this picture was Christmas morning at the packer's. becca looks so young doesn't she? but still as cute as always.