Christmas Eve Events 2009 - by Raegan

On Christmas Eve we did a lot of traditional things, like making our ginger-bread houses. (we usually make them earlier but we didn't)    

we also, played in my room with our to little cousins and when i brought out my puppet Tyler and Sienna laughed because they thought he was hilarious ( Sienna laughed like Minny Mouse but much louder)    

for dinner we had to sit at the coffee table but Sienna thought she was too big to sit at a little table (when she's the youngest) so she shared a seat with her mom.      

then later it was bed time for them, so they left. Then the Huxford's came and we did our traditional Christmas skit. 

I was a shepherd with my turtle puppet (named Joey) in one hand and a old sheep puppet in the other.


                                                         Rachelle was a wise woman,


                                 Boen was the Christmas pig, we didnt get a picture of him though.  Last year he said he was a Christmas shark.  Bayden played Mary.   

Uncle Justin and Dad were wise men too.  Uncle J is so silly for our pageant.  Merry Christmas Everyone!  Raegan

Back to School Fashion by Raegan

Better Late than Never!  Raegan is a little behind on her blogging.  So I've taken it upon myself to finish up for her.  These posts have been sitting in the draft box forever.


Miss Rae wants to be a fashion designer when she grows up so shopping for school clothes it a real treat for her. It's alot of work for me because I have to hold her back. I know I know, but you cannot wear every accessory you own on the first day of school. I'm trying to teach her the art of subtlety.

She is also learning how to do her own hair, without mom's help. This is her first self Blow Out! Don't let the face fool you, she likes big hair..

In the Crazy Car - by Zach

Today I was on a car to visit my aunt and uncle. They just had a new baby named Lark. I am about to have a crazy car ride. It was not so crazy at first.


I was playing my Nintendo DS and my sister decided to break out her turtle puppet. As you can see here the turtle is watching me play my DS as he sits on my shoulder.

My dog was in the car and my dad complained about him the whole time. He laid on me for the most part and it stunk (literally).

I had dog hair all over and on the car ride back he threw up on me, but that's another story. So as you can see I had a pretty hectic car ride.

Beware Baby Genius... by Mary

Hello World! My name is Lark Ward. I am the newest member of this highly intellectual genius family.

I fit right in here. You see, I'm very cute and powerful due to my itty bitty size and cuddliness. My parents succumb to my every want and whim.

I too am very intellectual, I am a super genius mind controller. I manage the big people oh so well and make them wait on me hand and foot. This is my Uncle Mike, even though he doesn't live with me, he fell under my spell very quickly.

These poor Monkey's have lost control of their father and he's all mine now.

Auntie Mary was the easiest to take control of. She was in my grasp within seconds of her arrival. In fact, she lost her grammatical knowledge of the English language in my presence, sang softly instead of her normal rock belting routine and held me for hours, even while I was sleeping... muwaha ha ha ha!

As you can see, my highly intellectual brothers still retain "some" of their power. They don't even have to read to themselves. Adults will read countless books to them and even behave in a silly manner to impress them. They even managed to take control over their cousins who clearly have lost their parental mind control abilities.

Being the youngest and the freshest of this super family, my powers are untouchable. I even overcame the reigning princess of the family. Yes she too is under my control. Unfortunately my powers had no control over my teenage cousin.
As you can see, cuteness equals genius.

Nothing Like Family for Christmas.. by Mary

Angie, Kimmie, Mary

Growing up my mom and her sister Carolyn would get together frequently and have coffee all day and cook a meal together while their kids (us) would play all day long before a scrumptious dinner. We were very close cousins, weekends and summers were spent in one another's homes, my Auntie Carolyn's house was a second home to me. As a matter of fact my Auntie Carolyn's kids are like siblings to me. As (somewhat) grown ups our kids call us Auntie and Uncle, cousin just doesnt sound right.

Kimmy, Baltazar, Mary With Christmas aproaching, it seemed appropriate to gather those of us who now live in the Vegas area. Cooking up a storm in traditional Winslow Family fashion. Freddy's Tacos and Posole with Red Chile was on the menu. Spicy, caloric heaven I call it.

Alexis (Angie's) and Bella (Kimmie's) It's interesting to see the generations falling into place like instinct.

And personalities repeating themselves.. ha ha

Raegan, Maricela (Angie's), Mya (Baltazar's)

Alyssa and Alexis (Angie's), Zach It's also fun to see the family resemblance.

But maintaining that connection of love and support is really what its all about. As well as scrumptious food. We missed our other siblings Eddie, Lori, Jimmy, Che and Alex we love you all and wish you all the best in 2010.

Our Christmas Card

Yup thats it up there in the header, coming to a mailbox near you within the next two weeks. I just ordered it, 7 days from now we'll be addressing envelopes as fast as we can. We never managed to get a family portrait done, it's tough when Mike is only here for 3 days. Our weekends are such a Fam-Cram, it makes it hard for extra time for extra stuff. So I wend vector this year. Flexing my blog rock skills. I realized tho that you had not yet seen Zach and Rae's school pics from this year. We no longer order the full package of pics anymore. With all the bloggin and your ability to right click, save and print, I suppose I've become lazy more efficient. So here are our student shots.I know, they are no where near the beauty of Jessica's photos. Yes Jess, we WILL shoot soon. These are my most favorite shots of my kids ever! When I show them to my industry friends, they all think my children are models. I say no, just good lookin and a great photographer.
But my haven't they grown?
Happy Holidays everyone.

Halloween 2009

Like the last few years we got together with the Huxford family for some pumpkin carving. It was a really beautiful day. Perfect for some outdoor fun. Here are the kids gutting their pumpkins.

As far as costumes, Zach who is almost 13 by the way was trying to convince me that he didn't want to dress up this year. He wasn't coming up with ideas. So while at the thrift store I found this get up, I figured he could wear some of Mikes black sheep garb and if he decided not to wear it, no biggie, at least he had something. So a dead rocker he was...

Raegan on the other hand, knew exactly who she wanted to be for Halloween, Hailey from Paramore. Hailey is a cute punky singer of Rae's favorite new group. Hailey wears alot of street clothes but seems to adorn black and white striped shirts frequently. Finding this shirt wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. Her costume was fun to put together, it is reminiscent of the 80s.
Our Trick or Treat group is getting bigger and smaller at the same time, 5 years ago there were 10 kids in this gaggle. These guys looted up and had fun running the B.C. streets.

It was a great Halloween 2009!