Elf Sightings for the Week of December 5th - 11th

So this was Jingles first official full week at the Chesser house and boy was he busy. On Sunday December 5th Jingles made snowman out of white moon dough, some of mommy's sewing ribbon and chocolate chips. On Monday the 6th, Jingles popped popcorn and went downstairs to watch Star Wars on the big screen. He took one of Alyssa's capri suns and played with daddy's star wars figures. On Tuesday the 7th, Jingles made Alyssa some chocolate chip cookies and left them in a Christmas tin on the stove. On Wednesday the 8th, Jingles made a zip line from the kitchen fixture to a nail in the wall. He convinced two of Alyssa's Barbies to join him as he zipped across the room. On Thursday the 9th, Jingles snuck into Alyssa's room and took her Uno Moo game. He got Chloe and Poodle (Build a Bears) and challenged them to a game. On Friday the 10th, after a long week he decided to take the night off and keep Alyssa company in her bed. On Saturday the 11th, Jingles got a bucket and climbed to the top of Alyssa's mirror in the bathroom to leave her a message. It said, "So far so good, Keep up the good work!" Stay tuned to see what this week has install. Til next time.....

Elf Pictures for the Week of December 5th - 11th

Elf Sighting at the Chesser House

On December 1st, Santa sent one of his helpers to the Chesser home to visit until Christmas Eve. His name is Jingles and he is a magic Elf. At night, Alyssa has to tuck him in his sleeping bag and sprinkle him with magic snowflakes for him to come alive. While we are all sleeping he does very mischievous things around the house. For instance on December 1st, he took some hangers from mine and Jon's closet and connected them to make a ladder climbing up to our living room fan. On December 2nd, he took Alyssa's blocks and built a fort with Handy Manny. Then they snuck some marsh mellows from the pantry and had a snowball fight. Alyssa was angry because he wasted her marsh mellows and she had to throw them away! On December 3rd he went to Alyssa's bathroom and left elf poop on and in the toilet. When Alyssa found him he was wrapped in toilet paper. (Note: Elf poop is chocolate chips) If you have a hard time seeing the pictures below, you can double click on them to make them larger. On December 4th he decided to take the night off and sleep with Alyssa. We are going to post at the end of every week all of the crazy things he gets into. Be sure to check back and see what Jingles does next. Til next time.....

Elf Pics from December 1st - 4th

October Events

Most of you know that two weeks ago Jon had to have shoulder surgery. We were so thankful for everyone's thoughts and prayers. Everything with the surgery went well and he is doing great. Right after surgery I felt like we started rolling and never stopped. I am waiting to come up for air but I realize the holidays are just around the corner. I am just now posting what happened in October. We went on Sunday after Jon's surgery Thursday to our SS teachers house for our class fall party. This was Jon's first outing. Everyone commented on how "relaxed" he was. I am sure the medicine had nothing to do with that (wink, wink) Anyway, we had a hay ride, fed the miniature ponies, helped collect eggs from the chickens and roasted marsh mellows. We had a great time. The following Thursday, one week post op, Alyssa had her class Halloween party at school. This was Jon's firs party experience since they are always during the day while he is at work. He was wishing he felt as good as he did at Joey & Kelly's after that party. Sugar and eighteen 4 year olds make a great mix! Saturday night before Halloween we got together with the playgroup and ate chili and went Trick or Treating in the Hidden Brook neighborhood. Mr. Hugh made a hay ride for us and we used that to circle the neighborhood. It was great to get the kids and families back together. All of the kids are in different classes at school this year so they were happy to be together! On Halloween we went to Middle Ridge to Trick or Treat. Our neighborhood is filled with teenagers so no one ever celebrates Halloween there. My parents live in Middle Ridge so we always bust in on their Halloween. We had fun and Alyssa met another Dorothy while out collecting candy. We had a very busy couple of weeks, but everything was fun and went a lot better then expected. Now we just have to wait and see what November holds. Til next time.......

Trick or Treating on Halloween 2010

Trick or Treating w/the Playgroup

Alyssa's Halloween School Party

SS Fall Social @ Joey & Kelly's

October News

This has been a crazy month for the Chessers. On October 11th the kids were out of school so the playgroup went to the zoo. That was our first time to go in awhile because it has been so hot. Unfortunately Spencer, Trent and Mrs. Kerri couldn't go with us. We had a good time and Alyssa was excited about being back at the zoo. Not as excited as she was about Homecoming at Alabama. We took her to her first football game last year and she loved it. When football season rolled around her first question was "What game am I going to?" Needless to say Jon and I had to get tickets and fast. We had a lot of fun. On Monday her school had their annual Pumpkin Patch field trip. We went to Camp Coleman in Trussville and the kids got to go on a nature walk, play on the playground, see and learn about different animals, go on a hayride, roast marsh mellows and pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. We had a good time. Be sure to take a look at the pictures below and the ultrasound picture of the baby. Til next time....

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip with Noah's Park

Homecoming at Alabama - October 16th, 2010

Boo at the Zoo

Boy Makes 4 for Chessers

We went on Monday to find out what we are having and it is a BOY! I got some great news too! I am actually 19 weeks instead of 18. That was by far the fastest week of my pregnancy! Things are looking good and everyone is doing fine. We are awaiting Jon's surgery tomorrow on his shoulder. I will be sure to post and update on him as well as pics. Til next time.....

It's A Boy!

Community Helpers

Alyssa had to dress up as a community helper at school today. She chose to wear her doctor outfit and take her stethoscope. This morning she told me she was going to be a doctor like Aunt Court! For those of you who don't know, my brother married a doctor and her name is Courtney. They also had a fire fighter come visit their school. She came home telling Jon and I that we need to get a fire safety plan and a meeting place outside for after the fire. Guess we better get started on that! Til next time.....

Alyssa as a Doctor

Catching Up

So I have been a little behind with my blogs and just like my sewing blog, I have finally updated our family blog. I decided to just hit the highlights from this year instead of posting everything. It starts with the Pumpkin Patch Trip last weekend, our latest addition to the Chesser family, our 4th of July trip to Arkansas followed by Alyssa's 4th Birthday and ends with amazing pictures from my brother Chad's wedding in Yosemite National Park this past April. For those of you who may not have known Jon and I are expecting again. The ultrasound picture is from our first visit at 9 weeks. We will find out later this month what we are having and will be sure to share those pics too. Thank you for following our family and we hope you are all doing well. Til next time......

Amber

Pumpkin Patch Trip 2010

Ultrasound Picture at 9 weeks

4th of July in Arkansas with Nana & Papa

Alyssa's 4th Birthday at McWane Science Center

Chad's Wedding in Yosemite National Park

Alyssa and The Girls

I'M BACK.........

Okay so it has been 5 months since I posted on my family blog. Needless to say I have been a little busy. My sewing has really taken off and this past month has been busy with end of the year stuff at Alyssa's school. Above are two pictures of her and her friends at the end of the year luau and the Spring program for school. Bare with me a few more weeks and I am going to post stuff from the past six months. Til then........

ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!! 2009 National Champs and we could not be prouder! Congrats Alabama!