It's Time to Decorate!

We spent the day before Thanksgiving decorating for Christmas. We were worried that Geoff's days off next week wouldn't be sunny (for the outdoor decorations) and that they would be at the end of the week (which then puts off decorating until 3 weeks till Christmas) so we just did it all in one day. It took us 11 hours, but we got the outside all done, plus trees and inside decorations. It was a long, but fun day and it feels good to have everything done to just relax and enjoy the rest of the season. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Haydens Friends Birthday party

I'm such a horrible Mom. I had been telling Hayden since Sept. (which is his actual birthday) that he could pick 2 friends to go to Chuck E Cheese with him to celebrate. We just got around to going last week (2 months late). We ended up celebrating his friends birthday at the same time, because his mom had felt bad that she hadn't done anything either, when his birthday was in Oct. It was great because the boys played for hours, and us moms enjoyed pizza and talking. Atleast I followed thru and finally gave him his party!

Twilight Movie

Yeah.....I just got home from seeing Twilight and loved it. I admit that there were a few cheesy special effects, but if you love the book, more than likely you'll like the movie. The music was an enjoyable addition also. Since I went to the first showing this morning (opening day) I'm dying to discuss it with someone else who's seen it, so when you see it, please email and tell me what you think.

A few things to share....

1. I had my 24 week OB appointment today and everythings going great. My Dr. couldn't get the babies heart beat at first because the little thing wouldn't hold still. She was in the process of talking to me and trying to find the heart beat, and had to keep stopping and saying...."Wow this is an active one here!" or "I can't believe how much this one is moving, is it always like this?" She has no idea.

2. Not to toot my own horn, but I made a Ham today that was to die for. It was seriously the best Ham I've ever had. I found a recipe online and had a ham (boneless, not seasoned) in the freezer for months trying to decide how I wanted to cook it. All the recipe calls for is 2 Cups of Brown Sugar, Ham and a Crock Pot. I put 1 1/2 Cup of the Brown sugar on the bottom of the crock pot, then patted the rest around the ham and placed it in the crock pot to cook on low for 8+ hours. It was the most tender, flavorful, delicious ham ever. Poor Geoff can't eat pork or he gets very very sick, so we'll just have to enjoy it all for him. ( Luckily he was working till 11:30pm tonight so it's not as though we all ate and made him watch!)

3. Just had to mention these few things that kids have said recently about Christmas, that have made us laugh out loud.

Kaylyn- I asked her today what she wanted Santa to bring her. She responded with "I want a car". I assumed she meant a Barbie car or maybe a girly pink remote control car, so when I mentioned those things she looked at me like 'are you dumb', she said "no, I have a Barbie car, I want a car like you.....you know like the one parked in the garage that I can drive, and then you can sit in the back." I was laughing and she was acting offended. I'm scared for her to turn 16 if this is what I can expect!!!

Hayden-I had just completed some nativity craft projects and then lined up on the table and Hayden came over to look at them. He started asking questions like "Where's Mary?" and "There's the Baby Jesus." Then he asked "who's the guy holding the stick?" and I had said that it was a shephard. His next question was "Where's the German?" Geoff and I looked at each other and just busted up laughing. My only though is he was thinking of German Shephards (as in the dog), since we had watched a show on dogs a week before. It still makes me laugh when I think of his face, all serious and confussed.

Oh the things kids say!!

Holiday Photos 2008

So we went and did our Family Holiday Photos today at Lewisville Park, only about 5 mins from our house. We were planning on going last week on Geoff's days off when the storm hit, so then we originally thought we'd do it this week on his days off, but ofcourse it's supposted to rain again for the next 5 days straight. Today was suppost to be the only nice, clear day all week and ofcourse it was foggy and kinda misty, but it wasn't raining so we can't complain. We got some really cute pictures, now the decision on which one to choose??

Movie Night

We've had a big storm hit the NW the last few days, and all of our original plans got changed, so we decided to make it a family relaxation day, by renting a Wii game and movie. The kids really wanted to see "Journey to the Center of the Earth". We didn't know there were two sides of the DVD one 3D and then the regular movie, we watched it in 3D by finding glasses from around the house. The kids loved the popcorn, candy, movie and most importantly spending time as a family. It just shows we don't have to spend a bunch of money to make the kids happy and give them memories they won't forget.

Star of the Week

Haydens kindergarten class has a "Star of the Week". Every week a new child is choosen, and that week they get to be the special helper and bring in a Poster that describes the things the child likes and enjoys. Hayden has been choosen for this following week, so we worked on his poster today for a few hours. He wanted Dinosaurs, Transformers, Animals, Disneyland, Soccer and pictures of his family on it. He went thru magazines and cut out the pictures he liked, along with coloring some of his own. I then took a picture of him with our pets to put on it. We had a good time creating something together, and I enjoyed learning more about what's going thru his little head. Kaylyn was jealous of Haydens poster, so we may be creating one for her fairly soon. I hope he has a wonderful week and enjoys being the "Star of the Week".