Over the River and through the Woods...

to grandmother's house we go. We are in Oregon until New Years. It was a 10 1/2 hour drive, pretty good timing that included three bathroom stops. It was a beautiful drive and of course i forgot my camera (i am lost without it). The last hour of the drive is always the longest.

Have a Holly, Jolly, Christmas!

Our jolly Christmas began at a reasonable hour this year. Parker was stirring @ 5am but he did not disturb us(Bruce and I). He did however wake Bailey so he could have a partner in crime. They could open anything in their stocking and play with anything that was out and not wrapped. At 6:00 Bruce and I got up as did Sindey and Parker decided he was heading back to bed. Finally at 6:45 Bailey decided to return the favor and woke Parker. He was just a little surprised. Everyone received exactly what they wanted even down to the cashews. It is 1:00 and we are all still in our pj's, playing games and stuffed from eating all the treats in our stocking. We will have to move the smorgasbord to later tonight:) Merry Christmas everyone in blog land.

Sweet Dreams

Good night:) We are off to bed and anxiously awaiting Santa's visit.

T'was the Night Before Christmas

Our Christmas Eve: We enjoyed National Treasure II at the movie theater this afternoon and then came home and prepared our traditional smorgasbord feast. We had hot wings, roasted butter and garlic shrimp, peel and eat shrimp with cocktail sauce, veggies and dip, pineapple and kiwis. The new addition to our smorgasbord was pomegranates, yum! We enjoyed the Polar Express, opened our Christmas pj's and we are going to do our reading from Luke 2 the girls are going to play their instruments to Holiday Medley, Up on the House Top and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. May the visions of sugar plums dance in your heads while you anticipate Christmas morning, I know it will come early for us.

Christmas Wishes

Merry Christmas

This year I am doing a Christmas blog. It is December 23, two days before Christmas and I am sending you my Christmas wish. May you enjoy today, cherish yesterday and anticipate your tomorrows. We send our love and wishes...You can look forward to our US postal delivered card next year....Yes, Annie this is my Christmas card this year.

Happy Birthday Katie

Happy Birthday to my dear friend Katie...and yes I know that it is today, thank you, the 23rd of December. I don't know what I was thinking. I'm sure it is just that I have everything together and wanted to be ahead of schedule (two days early). Have a fabulous day. Happy 30th:)