White Christmas!!!

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas!

We were off to our house to do some more work and celebrate Christmas how is should be celebrated...in the snow! The outside of the house is pretty much done and while the inside has come a long way there is plenty of work to be done. We started to do some of the trim work this past trip. A big thanks to Patrick's dad for all of the help, we were able to get a lot done.

No our kids are not GIANTS. This is our stunning 4 foot tall Family Dollar Christmas tree that graced our bay window this holiday season. A big shout out to Martha Stuart who inspired our creative side and helped us to create this magnificent work of art.

Here are the kiddo's all nestled in their Christmas P.J's. Not pictured is Patrick in his gray pajama bottoms speckled with red and white candy canes and his 100% cotton long sleeve gray t-shirt and Cami in her adult size sleeper with elastic around the ankles, feeties with the anti-slip fabric on the bottom and of course the full zip front. Yes it is true they do make adult size sleepers. And I must say it is kind of like the Minivan where you always vow that you are way to cool for such a thing until you try it and you are like hey... this isn't so bad, I like the feel of fleece from head to toe and the freedom that a one piece fuzzy suit gives to a person. You'll never know until you try it.

Christmas morning was a hit as always... however every year I set up the video camera and film the opening of the gifts and amidst all the excitement forget to take pictures as well. This is the only one that I got but is was a good one.

Madison in some of her new clothes and her hanging down earring's and Porter as Spider man.

Favorite Gifts:

Madison: Her new CD player and Hannah Montana CD. Song #1 is her favorite although I don't know if she really ever made it past that song to even hear the other ones. She put on many concerts singing along in Jacob's nasal aspirator microphone.

Porter: His red power ranger with the motorcycle. It is so fun to listen to him and think that we all had such great imaginations when we were younger. A trait we lose way to soon.

Jacob: The ornaments on the tree (although not really meant as a gift for him) he really enjoyed pulling them off the tree and bringing them over to me like he was doing me a huge favor. And every time he was so proud of himself.

What a great time of year, I can't think of a better way to end each year than Christmas. It puts life back in perspective and helps us to remember what is really important just in time to get us geared up for a new year full of memories, trials, excitement, family, friends, and fun. I hope the holidays brought just as much joy to all of you and hope the new year brings you all the best.