Post Christmas

I am blogging from the living room from my 9 year olds laptop! This is so cool. At least Elizabeth lets me use her new laptop. I don't get to use Mike's since he is on it or it needs charged. Yes, my parents, actually my dad, thought she needed this HP laptop for Christmas. I thought it was alittle crazy but it was either this or a cell phone. I knew she wasn't getting a cell phone!

I guess our Christmas isn't completely over yet as we still have Mike's parents on the 3rd. At least I got most of the Christmas gifts we all got on Christmas day put away. It makes me feel alittle better since their will be more to bring home next Saturday.

My family got me a new drafting table for my scraproom with a great lamp that hooks to the side. My prior scrap desk was pretty bad, I think I had it from when I was in high school. They also got me a CuttleBug which I really need to test it out tonight. I probably will have to organize my room before that happens. Maybe tomorrow afternoon as I am off tomorrow as Mike's great-grandma passed away on Christmas Eve day. Her funeral is tomorrow morning which we will all be attending. I'm so happy my children got to know their great-great grandma. She was a very very sweet lady and always told me how beautiful our kids were. She was 99 and lived by herself! She will truly be missed by all.

Here are a few pics of Christmas morning.

Welcome new bloggers Monique and Nichole, love to read the happenings in your world.

1 day till Christmas

Do you have all your shopping done? Yes
Are you ready for Christmas? Yes
Are you really ready for your kids to stop asking can we open presents yet? Yes

We can not go a day without Lauren, Ryan or Elizabeth asking can we open a present. I say no and point to the countdown to Christmas on the frig. They are super excited and can't wait for the big day, which make me love Christmas all the more. I just which I could bottle up all their excitement and save it when they are older. I'm guessing when their are 18, 15 and 13 Christmas's won't be as exciting as they are now!!
Our Christmas plans are pretty mellow this year. I only took off Christmas day this year. So, tomorrow night(Christmas Eve) we are just going as a family to look at the Christmas lights around town. Then Christmas morning, we have our traditional breakfast for us 5 and we open our presents as a family. Then my parents will be driving up in the morning to have Christmas with us and probably stay around for 2-3 days. We aren't have Christmas with Mike's side until after the 1st of the year so the kids will get to have Christmas a little longer this year. Hopefully I will get our Christmas mess picked up here at home and put away before we bring more Christmas presents home from Mike's parents.

Everyone have a safe and wonderful Christmas and don't forget Jesus is the reason for the season!

Catch up

Ok, I have a lot of catch up work to do tonight. Well, lets see we should start with Lizzie's 9th B-day. Her b-day this year was the Saturday after Thanksgiving on 11/29. She took one friend with her to Jiva in CF and got turned into princesses for the day. She told me to get metal tiara's not the plastic ones. I guess she is the princess who knows what kind of tiara she wants. Her friend Leah and her looks so cute and don't just love their nails. My mom and I walked uptown CF with the girls and went shopping in a few stores that morning. All the lady's we ran into just loved the girls and their tiara's and boa's. Then we had lunch at Panera and took the girls back home so they could play until Leah had to head home. We then had a family party that evening. I think her 9th b-day was a hit.
Oh, my sister, newphew and new baby niece came for Thanksgiving. We had a great time being together. My sister,Holly and her kids live in Michigan 8 hours away. I was so thankful they all came and I got to spoil my nephew and niece. Ava, my niece is above.
I also go my Christmas cards completed last weekend. I call them my 5 minute Christmas card, because it really only took that long. I wasn't going to do the photo card from Walgreens this year but I just couldn't help since I could get 40 cards done in a matter of 1hour and 5 minutes. I just download to photo.walgreens.com and select my photo card. I choose to use the two pics above of the kids infront of the tree. They did really good for me this year I was so impressed. Hope you all are ready for Christmas, I know my household is. I only have a few more last minute things on my list. YEAH!!