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| this is my boy, who was NONE to happy about having his picture taken. he may LOOK like he's giving me a genuine smile but he. is. NOT. but, it was his birthday and he is 9 now so i guess he can make his own choices. mercy me. |
after his big birthday dinner, jack chose to go see the new Narnia movie.
OH MY WORD. one of the BEST movies i have seen in a LONG time!
my boys understood the spirtiaul significance of it, which lead to many questions and some great discussion.
every year, for the past 14 years, my hub has brought me roses for our anniversary.
back in the day, he'd spend the bank on them.
now, thankfully, he stops off at Safeway on the way home from work.
i love that he's not only thoughtful but he's dutch.
it's such a sweet sentiment that i can always count on.
i love you babe.
my brother, brady is a strange and wonderful creature. he is also the MOST random people i know.
there is NEVER a dull moment when brady is in the room.
Christmas day, he found a bag of popcorn in my pantry.
his favorite kind of popcorn i might add.
so, not wanting to share, he writes, with a Sharpie on the side of the bag.....
"these are gross. you DON'T want to eat them".
ha.
he continued to eat it, alone.
growing up, one of my best memories was hanging out in the basement of the church while all the mom's made homemade 'pig-in-the-blankets'. i'm assuming it's a east coast term since i've never seen them around here.
anywho, i got a wild hair and decided that we MUST make these on Christmas Day.
so, my mom,myself & my brothers went to making these bad boys.
it was a long process but oh, SO worth the labor!
it was a blast baking with my brothers again.
just like old times.
oh, sorry, we've never actually cooked together.
it just sounded very 'Cleaver family' to say that.
here's to new traditions.
next year we're making grandmas date cookies.
stay tuned.
this is my dad. i love his smile.
this is my older brother. i love him just because he's my older brother. (and a few other reasons.)
this is lisa.
lisa is fun.
SO glad that my older brother, whom i love just because he's my brother, choose her to join our family.
she's awesome.
this is the DARLING apron that my sister, who is also awesome, made for her for Christmas.
really, too cute to see in a picture.
it was SOOO lisa!
this is my mom.
i love her too.
this is a beautiful teacup that her and my sister have been passing around for years
i lied.
it's not beautiful.
it's ugly.
no, really, it's ugly.
the toy of the season....'Hex bugs'.
plastic little bugs that move.
gross?
not even a little.
weird?
a little.
the WII.
don't think i need to say anymore.
i forgot to take a picture of my Christmas cards while they were hanging up.
duh.
here's the stack. we were blessed with SO many great cards this year.
(thanks to all 119 of you who sent us one!)
just not as prudy as they were hanging.
still, i like me my Christmas cards.
my bud, max loves to help me in the kitchen.
i usually need to give him the boot...he likes eating the frosting more than he likes decorating.
go figure.
this is one of my best worldly possessions. i got it for my birthday, back in July and i still love it as much as the day i got it!
the new case is compliments of the hub.
well, kind of.
he bought me one.
it didn't fit.
he returned it.
i bought another one.
so, merry Christmas to me. thanks babe.
since my folks were heading off to China, we wanted to give them a proper send off dinner.
in our home, it's the 'party grill'.
it's a hodge-podge of food.
like i said, it's a party.
sam wanted to make sure we heard him.
yes, son, we always hear you. :)
below is picture of the hub's matchbox car collection that we found at his mom's the other day.
they don't make um like they used to.
35 years and still going strong.
although, i would be too if you stuck me in a box, up in the attic for 25 years.
