*Oh Christmas Tree*

Oh Christmas....why did you come and leave so quickly???

Was I prepared......ummm no

did all my neighbors and friends get gifts......ummmm no

Did we have a great time......ohhhh ya!!

*Christmas was lovely and joyous*

This collage is of Christmas eve & day

(because I'm lazy :)

We started off christmas eve with our sewer backing up!

Oh what joy this is.......

nothing says Christmas like poo floating around!

Luckily our friend, who is also a contractor stopped by

to bring our gift , he contacted a plumber who came within the hour!

Hooray!!!

We then got ready to head out to the annual

-go out to eat with Nick's side of the fam-

We went to Chili's.....it was yummy!

(thanks John & Jean for the meal)

Then on to my fam's house for games and

of course more food!!!!

Our kids each open 1 gift

(yes, they are pj's)

my Grandpa plays some tunes on the banjo

(and skillfully adds my kids names to Christmas songs)

very fun evening!!!

Oh.. and Bailey lost one of her teeth..

(dave, dan & joni really tried to yank it out,

but it was Bailey in the end who pulled it out :)

Then back to our house and try to sleep.....

Christmas Morning....up at 7:30am...not to bad...

the kids are besides themselves excited!

Rush down to see their gifts....

me...trying to capture all happiness by filming and taking pictures

Santa brought a WII (which I think Nick plays more then the kids)

and lots of other random presents

********I got a Canon 50D********

(and you would think I'd show off some pictures....

but alas....I'm lazy!)

We then went to my parents for a

hearty brunch

(wow.....I can pack it away.... no wonder I've

gained so much weight !)

We all exchanged gifts

(we are the gift card family!)

my kids open lots more presents

*seriously...we are so blessed ...but I do believe

our house couldn't hold one more toy!)

Then we head off to Jean's

which includes more food and presents!

We had a spectacular Christmas

Thanks to all family & friends for your

generosity!!

We love you!!

*Just plain old coolness*

Is this not the coolest thing???

Its from the website Wordle

All you have to do is type in what words, color any info you want

and ...Surprise cool wordy action!!!

It gives you the option to print it out

so that is my plan.....and then maybe frame it....... we'll see....

If you want to see a cool way to display them

this is my friends mom's creation with the Wordle

just scroll down a bit on her blog.....super cute

I may have to steal the idea (......insert evil laugh)

(a word of advise...i'm so funny....anywho, to make some words

bigger then others just type it in multiple times in a row)

*Out with the OLD in with the NEW*

Christmas Pics to come!!!

*Merry Christmas to all*

So this is my quick attempt at making a somewhat

Christmas Card--I didn't have time to make and send any out

this year (I know I'm such a slacker !).

I'm not the greatest with the eraser tool, so don't

look to closely, but hey it was made out of love!

So this is my joyous card to all you out there

....family, friends, blog stalkers....

you know who you are :)

We hope your ChRiStMaS is filled with lots

of

love, laughter, and joy

* Little Miss S *

So this is my final client of the year and isn't she cute?

This is my friend Jill's daughter and she was quite the little ham :)

(Her and my son are only a few weeks apart)

Whats so unique about little miss S is that her right eyebrow and eyelashes

are blond and the left side is all brown! Is that not the coolest thing!

She was such a trooper because it was soooo cold-

Here are just a few to share.....

Thanks---

Hey Jillie I'll get you your pics soon :)

*Little J*

Here is my beautiful friend Brooke and her 3rd baby boy-( she is winning

in the baby count so far between our group :) Does she not look fab. after

having a baby- beautamous eyes and hair- Seriously..... I looked like a haggered cat

that had been dunked under water a few times when I just had my babies ;)

Anywho, I'm playing catchup time so I can spend some time with my family-

so my next few upcoming posts will be short...

*Can anyone else believe its almost Christmas????

Hey Brookie thanks for letting me share your son for a little while*

*W family*

So this cutie patootee fam are in my ward- Toni (the really beautamous mom)

is my friend (and I must say... she is the most "put together" person I have

ever met!!!- I have never seen her not hot)

Anywho, they were really great sports

(especially with my hair brained idea of hauling a couch around)

braving the cold-

and the pictures are quite lovely

So anywho.......onto the pictures.......

OK, OK, so I really had to add this picture--

every time I look at it- my smile just grows

This was 1 of the M-A-N-Y faces she had for me*

*Just Priceless*

LOOOVVVe It!!
Yes-- of course 1 back lit picture

Ok-- So I have to give a shout out to Kathy for

letting me steal her couch for this session-

The light was just about gone by this point-

but by golly we were going to use this couch

...and so we did...

love it*