Merry Christmas from the Dombek Bunch.  

This year I didn't get around to typing out a letter to send with our cards.  Maybe after Christmas time, I will write on here what we were up to this year.

Always busy, busy

We are always just busy busy around here.  I dont feel like we do THAT much, but even doing a little with 4 kids, can sure keep you busy.  Some of the things we have been up to:

 Music Concerts (Brylie)

 Getting ready for Christmas

(I took a friends family pictures by this huge tree at zona rosa, and a few of the kids too!)

Decorating the house for Christmas

(Our tree and outside lights are up and ready for our non traditional christmas this year!)

Attending Pirate Birthday Parties:

(You can never have enough fun birthday parties to go to)

Christmas shopping

(She will forget what she's getting....right?)

 Playing

 Potty Training

(our first attempt didn't go so well)

Attending Church and working on our callings

(The girls like to try and match the color of our outfits for church, today cousin Kari was going to church with us, so we got to get a picture!)

It seems like there is always something to do.  Besides, the laundry, dishes, grocery shopping and trying to keep a house clean in case someone calls and wants to see it (Yes, our house is for sale!) There is always homework, school activities, play dates and church meetings to keep us busy!  But we wouldn't have it any other way.  After the holidays we will be adding gymnastics back in and piano lessons!

Happy Veterans Day to my 4 favorite vets this weekend!  I am so proud of my strong, brave family members who put everything they had on the line for me and my freedoms!  I could never do what these men have done, so I THANK YOU and I thank all the men and women who serve or have served our country!

Field Trip

Today we took all the kids on a fabulously fun outing (thanks to Groupon).  They got to pretend to be doctors and vets, work on a farm, paint and make art creations, play in a water table, go under the sea in a submarine, build with legos, and much more.  This was a great place, the kids had a blast and Greg and I got to just sit back and watch their creativity!

October

October was a busy month around here.  Here are a few other things we did this month:

We PLAYED: Ellie had a friend over and this is what the play room looked like after 2 hours.  They had a blast, and its easy to clean up...so its worth it!

 We ATE: I am into couponing and price matching.  We scout out the good deals!  This day we got ALL this food at Taco Bell for FREE!!  I even tried to buy some drinks and the guy gave them to us for FREE too! The kids loved the fun outing.

 We DATED: There is this really hot guy that Im dating that brought me these flowers before our last date.  I really am a lucky girl!

Halloween

Flo (the Progressive Insurance Girl), My scary Vampire and Little Elmo had a great Halloween!

We made warm Italian soup and Mummy Hot Dogs for dinner.  We got all dressed up and went trick or treating in our neighborhood.  My girls, their two dads and Cousin Kari went with us!  We saw lots of friends while our trick or treating.  We thought Ellie might get bored and have to go home early, but she never let up.  After every house she would say, "More Caneee, More Caneee"  She would dig through her candy bag between each house.  She couldn't concentrate on walking.  We brought the wagon, but daddy ended up carrying her most of the time! It ended up being a pretty warm night, the kids never even asked for their jackets.  We were done at about 8:00.  We got to bed later then normal, but slept in this morning and got driven to school (on time of course).  It is fun to have kids that get so excited about trick or treating.  It reminds me of my younger days and loving Halloween just like they do.

Halloween was a success!

Out with the OLD and in with the NEW

This picture reminds me of my life right now, haha.  The kitty on the left was Kaden's FAVORTIE toy as a little kid.  She had to take it everywhere with her. Although it was washed regularly, this is as clean as it gets.  It was well LOVED but its no longer needed.  Our family has been trying to get rid of the things that we have held on to that we no longer need as well.
Ellie found this kitty and fell in love with it too!  She wanted to take it everywhere.  After a trip to walmart when I gave in and let her bring it in, I new she needed a new toy that wasn't so gross.  I found this new one online and Ellie now has her own kitty.  We are always in search for new in our life.  Sometimes the new is better then the old, and you wonder why it took you so long to change!  You can always look at the old and know that it was loved, but be glad you have moved on.