Long time no blog :o) We have been extremely busy during this holiday season. But not to the extent of making it unpleasant or stressful. It was my goal this year to have a fun and relaxing holiday especially for the kids. Not rushing from one place to another and not over scheduling ourselves. School has been out of session for 2 weeks. I took a week off during Christmas to stay with the kids and Matt took the 2nd week. In the meantime we have worked ourselves silly doing things around the house that have needed to be done, but we are never home to do them. Things like, stripping kitchen wall paper including Sheetrock, therefore, spackeling the whole kitchen and sanding...what a mess of white powder. The kids especially liked this job, they liked throwing the powder in the air and pretending it was snow. That took a while to clean up...still cleaning it up, actually. Then we painted the kitchen, hung decorations, window treatments and 2 chandeliers. Matt put together 2 TV stands and a bookcase. We got Nathan a "big boy" bed, a full sizer....that he has yet to sleep in. At least his room looks cute. We have cleaned out cabinets, closets, drawers and the garage. I absolutely LOVE doing this kind of stuff...I know, I am a freak of nature. To ring in the new year, I was polishing my kitchen cabinets as the ball dropped!
OK, before I bore you to death with more of my proud accomplishments, I will share some pictures from Christmas. We have talked a lot about how Blessed we are and how Thankful we are for everyone in our lives and all that we were able to give and receive.
The Sunday before Christmas, going to Church
Christmas Eve, Mattie and Nathan writing letters to Santa
Getting the cookies ready for Santa
Did someone have a cookie for themself?
Christmas Morning....let the fun begin!
WOW...look at all this stuff Santa brought me!
Santa ate his cookies and left Mattie and Nathan a note too!
Christmas morning after all the fun!
Helping daddy put together one of the TV stands
Wishing you and yours all the best in 2009!
Christmas Eve, Mattie and Nathan writing letters to Santa
Getting the cookies ready for Santa
Did someone have a cookie for themself?
Christmas Morning....let the fun begin!
WOW...look at all this stuff Santa brought me!
Santa ate his cookies and left Mattie and Nathan a note too!
Christmas morning after all the fun!
Helping daddy put together one of the TV stands
3 comments:
Happy New Year!
They look so sweet and innocent in that first picture! I'm sure they are ALWAYS, right?
I love Mattie's face with cookie all over her mouth... classic!!
Sorry we did not get to see you for Grandmother's Christmas - I do understand how crazy it gets running in all directions. Glad you had a great Christmas with some time off as well.
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