Not Me!

This morning's post would be inspired by the 7th person residing in our home. This person goes by the name "not me"! I'm sure many of you have a person by this name residing in your home too, I guess you stole our name! I have yet to actually meet this little person, but he/she sure does do a lot of naughty things. More recently "not me" has managed to clog both toilets, fill the dog's food bowl with mini-marshmallows, put lip gloss on the dog, color their brother, un-roll an entire roll of toilet paper onto the bathroom floor (and we wonder WHY both toilets are clogged!), finger paint the bathroom mirror with lotion, and color the wall in the boys room with a big red marker! Imagine my surprise when I opened the kitchen cabinet this morning and found bella in there! At least "not me" was nice enough to give her a blanket and her bone! I am looking to find a new home for "not me" if you are interested.....I'm taking offers! Either that or Jarrod's birthday is next week and he would love a jumbo pack of Mr. Clean magic erasers!

1st time for everything

So.....I'm all for trying new things and I am so excited for this one! We have family and friends all over the world and I thought this could be a fun way to stay connected to everyone. I am so bad at sending pictures and even worse at emails....and forget snail mail! So, if you really want to know the good.....the bad....and the crazy things that go on in the Neeley house.....have at it!!! There is never a dull moment around here!

halloween-little people

Ok, so here are a "boatload" of pictures from Halloween. We had an eventful October this year. We carved pumpkins with McGoldricks and the missionaries....well, let me rephrase that....the missionaries carved pumpkins with our kids, the guys were watching a game, and I took pictures! The gooey mess is not my thing, but by the time these 2 missionaries left our area I totally had them trained. They knew where I kept all the cleaners and how anal I am about the kitchen counters. I was so surprised at how fast they had my kitchen clean after the pumpkin fiasco!!! We may not have been the best influence on the missionaries, but their wives will thank me one day!!! Lexi had a big Halloween party at school, it was so cute to see her interact with her friends. She has so many friends in her class this year, they all take dance and gymnastics together too. She is growing up so fast! We had McGoldricks over for soup and rolls before trick-or-treating and we saw everyone else while we were out. Not many pictures of the boys, they were with friends. Jake was with the Benedetti's and Small's, and Cameron went with the Myers. If you did not figure it out (and I can't imagine why you wouldn't) Cameron dressed up as Manny Ramirez from the Red Sox. We could not stop laughing, the wig was so funny. Our boys and their Red Sox, I think Jake was just the generic Red Sox player! Lexi was Jessie from Toy Story and Ethan was Buzz. We have the perfect neighborhood for "little kid" trick-or-treating. It's not very big, and the houses are close together. Lexi was in heaven with the little girls. It was a fun night!

halloween-big people

Our friends Todd and Dana have a halloween every year. Their is a big parade in town and back to their house for yummy food and games. Dana has such perfect parties. Her house looks absolutely amazing for every holiday and she makes great food. She's a great host and we always have so much fun. We missed Nicole and the Brostek's.

4th of July

It may have poured buckets, but it was still fun! Our friends Tom and Nicole had everyone over for a 4th of July party. Tom and Nicole made great food, the boys played basketball in the rain, little one's tore their house apart, and we did sparklers on the porch. I had no idea so many people could fit in such a small space. It was great! It's not very common to actually find the big fireworks on the 4th back here. Our town does them in June. They have a big Jamboree and finish it off with a big fireworks show. It's right across the street from our house so we have a front row seat for the whole thing!

This is one of my really good
friends in the neighborhood.
Ethan loves to play with both
of their boys.


























Heather trying to talk Jarrod
into not going home!
Too many people in a small
space for him.





























Ethan was completely oblivious
to the whole party.
He was completely content playing
with Thomas in the toy room.


























Parents had to take turns playing
referee to the kids in the basement
and we all ended up down there.

























Isn't he soooo funny! We try
not to laugh at him, it
only encourages him!














Sparklers on the porch. It was raining
and the only dry place the kids could
do sparklers. They didn't care and loved it!

It was so much fun spending this holiday with our friends. They have quickly become our CT family. They make it a lot easier to be so far from home.