Sunday, December 21, 2008

Brrrrrr!

All I can say is... IT'S FREEZING HERE!!! We have been home bound most of the weekend. I think this morning they said 10 minutes to frost bite, that's how cold it is.

I finished up my last Christmas card Thursday! Yippee! I'm sure they'll be a few stranglers doing "New Years" cards but that's ok. Now I can get to work on all of my Christmas stuff, like finishing my shopping. I'll be on a mission tomorrow running around. I do have a senior photo shoot outside tomorrow - let's hope the wind dies down and it warms up! And I'm shooting a small wedding on Christmas Eve. day but the Christmas rush is coming to an end.

Cole has been glued to the Wii all weekend. That thing is great for days like these! Landry is busy rearranging and taking care of her babies. We had dinner & drinks with some friends Friday night. And YES I got my new car on Monday! I love it!! Merry Christmas to me!


Sunday, December 14, 2008

Opps!

Yes I missed a week, and I heard about it! So here we go a 2 week catch up.

Santa did come to our house to check up on the kids and collect their Christmas lists. The boys (Cole & neighbor Sam) got a kick out of it. Sam's daddy had a "meeting"... and so Sam & Olivia came to our house while Santa made his rounds. Landry was initially very excited to see Santa and gasped and giggled as he walked in the door. That was until Olivia shrieked with terror and crawled up my leg. We tried getting a photo of Santa with the girls but unfortunately they weren't having it.

Cole was "star student" of the week last week at school. Which meant he brought home "Teddy" for the weekend. Teddy is a traveling bear, he comes to visit for the weekend with a travel bag full of essentials. P.J's, blanket, bib, bottle, etc... The star student each week is responsible for taking care of Teddy & entertaining Teddy all weekend. Teddy went everywhere with us and made it back to school safely on Monday, which we were happy to see. One less thing to remember when you're out and about!

Mommy asked Santa for a new car this year. And since Santa can't fit that in his sleigh he'll be delivering it early. We're picking it up sometime this week! I'm so excited!

It was actually pretty warm outside yesterday and that gave us a chance to get some lights outside. Cole has been on us about getting Christmas lights up. Good thing we did it yesterday because it is freezing out today and windy! Tyler and I had Tyler's company Christmas party last night. We had Abbey to babysit, which the kids always get super excited about. Cole really enjoys it because "she knows how to play the Wii!"

Cole finished up basketball on Saturday, and continued to be our little ball hog ;). As you will see we're still working on what it means to TRAVEL... He says he wants to do indoor soccer next - but we'll see!

Enjoy the mix of photos for the past 2 weeks!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Thanksgiving Week/Weekend!

It's taken me 3 days to recover from being gone for Thanksgiving. It's Christmas card central at our house. I'm designing Christmas/Holiday cards like you wouldn't believe. I keep calling it "Christmas Chaos!" ;) Of course it's a good thing now that this IS my business and full-time job!

We had a busy but relaxing Thanksgiving in Burlington. Food, food, and more food. We had family pictures with my parents, a night at Fun City, Tyler gambled everyday..., and I tried to catch up on sleep. Making it to bed almost every night by 9:00! Who Whoa! The kids had fun playing in the leaves at Great Grandma Marge's. Cole went "deer hunting" or should I say "deer watching" with Grandpa Steve. There were no weapons involved. Cole was super excited to see "10 DEERS and a 9 POINT BUCK", as he exclaimed!

Well - I hear Santa is visiting our house tonight to get the kids Christmas lists. Should be interesting to see how Landry responds to him this year...! Enjoy the montage and Landry's SINGING! This is her favorite thing to do these days, belt Twinkle Twinkle Little Star at the top of her lungs.