{you can call them.....Canon 24-70 2.8 and Cannon 17-40 4.0}
I was going to send out announcements...
Brent out did himself this Christmas...I had no idea...never even asked for these..only secretly dreamed about them. Aren't they pretty?
I think they are! I actually shed a tear when I tore the wrapping paper off. I love you Brent...you are the best.
{good-bye 2008...Hello 2009}
I can't believe that a year went by so fast. I can't believe the Holidays have come and gone. I can't believe all my Christmas decorations are still up!! Imagine Christmas music playing in the background, reminiscing about the stories behind all the ornaments I hung on the tree, the boys smiling while decorating their tree, hanging our new stocking that my sister made for us, putting twinkle lights all over the house...can you feel the Christmas spirit? Almost like a Hallmark commercial, right?
Now the tree is in my way, not lit... and I know it is a pain in the *** to take down. There are a million little ornaments to wrap up and cram in a box, hoping they all fit because I don't want to go buy another ornament container. All the twinkle lights get tangled coming off the tree and the mantel. Do I wrap them around something to keep them from tangling for next year...or is that too much work and toss them in the box and I will untangle the ball of mess next year? I don't want to take down my stockings and wait another year to put them up....why can't they be year round decorations? There is no take down all my Christmas stuff music to get me in the spirit. So, there it sits.
So, until then...Happy New Year! I hope it's a good one for us all. I will leave you with a few pictures of my niece, nephew and Bro-in-law practicing for our firework show.
Pretty pictures from my new Canon baby. I love you Canon 24-70 2.8
Some technical difficulties with the video clips....I think I worked out the bugs. I'm home from work...off to wrap presents. night!
{Mommy, you wanna hear something?}
Me - Of course I wanna hear something. What am I going to hear?
Mitchell - Our singin' for tomorrow on stage....here it goes.
Davis - Ya, our singin'.
Me - can I take a picture of you?
Boys -K
First is Davis....then, Mitchell (I got a little more to listen too than planned....but I'm the mother of boys...we laugh at these kind of things around here.)
PS....you can pause the music to the right side bar when playing video.
{I think I can}
This is a trial....to see if I can....I think it worked. This video has nothing to do with anything. It just makes me giggle. A little singing, a little coughing, a little something that flew out of Mitchell's mouth, a little Spiderman from Davis. This was taped just a few days before Halloween. I will post more clips later.
{The worst virus EVER hit}
I am just now coming out of what I will say is tied for first place(next to the MD virus) the worst virus ever. Those of you who were affected by this virus...I know you remember. During the first 6 months we lived here in Alabama, we were hit by the MD virus. Named after Davis and Mitchell, of course. This was barfing combined with other toilet events, that was passed to EVERY person we came in contact with. It started with my entire playgroup, one by one, mothers and children hit with sickness. Mitchell one night, then the next night Davis, then Brent and last me! The next weekend, we shared it with every member of Brent's innocent family. I think Brent's brother Shannon gave "The Virus" it's proper name. I was lucky enough to re-live something very similar. I feel so lucky =) I am crossing my fingers that I am the only one to re-live it. I almost emptied the Clorox bleach bottle out trying to keep it to myself.
Other than that, we have been busy around here getting ready for Christmas. The boys have so many questions about Santa. "Is he going to get bugs on him when he goes down the chimney? How does he fit? What about people who have no chimney's?" I have even been pulled over to our fireplace (gas) and shown that there is a trap door and how is he going to get through there.
We are also on our Tucker/Thayer count down. My sister (T as the boys call her) and Kelly, Chelsey and Kyle will be Christmas day. My brother Eric, Missy, Lauren and Alexa will be here for New Years. The days can't go fast enough for us.
I wanted to share a few other pictures....
Mitchell ....
Davis...
Tomorrow, the boys have the Christmas performance. I will share some pictures of that. Until then....I am off to bed.
{ this weekend }
We spent Thanksgiving weekend with Brent's family. This year was the year Amy (my sister-in-law) and I were committed to Black Friday. Usually we get up and eventually make our way out shopping mid-morning and hit maybe 1-2 stores. Not this year! Alarm went off at 3am (we were up before the alarm even sounded???) and were in the car at 3:25 am headed for Kohl's. I am not a shopper, unless we are talking electronics or scrapbooking....that is a different story. But, on this day I was among the serious folks. We hit kohl's, Walmart, Target, Michael's, Hobby Lobby, JC Penny, Gap, Old Navy, Children's Place and Toys-R-Us. There was nothing either of us "needed" only looking for some great deals if we came across them. Some stores we came out with more bags than we could carry and others, nothing at all.
After 12 hours, 1 full minivan and lots of laughs, we were done. I had a blast and got some great deals along the way.
Today, we (the boys and I) headed home. Brent is bonding with nature for the next week (hunting) with his brother. The boys and I enjoyed making our first batch of Christmas cookies. I rolled out the dough and they did all the rest. They took lots of time getting everything just right. I think they would have decorated a million if I would have let them. We read some Christmas stories and off to bed they went.
I have a million things to get done this week. ~please let me be productive this week~
On my list for tomorrow- wash Libby, laundry, unpack and put away, empty dishwasher, post office, vacuum, sweep and mop, more laundry, pick up and craft after boys bedtime. We'll see....
Goodnight!
