Whew! Is it over yet?

As many of you know, our Christmas is not one that lasts only a day or two...no it is nearly an entire week of family, presents, and food. This year our celebrations began on Friday and went through Tuesday. We spent any spare time (which wasn't much) at home cleaning out the old toys to make room for the new ones. We did manage to be home Christmas Eve in order for Santa to find the girls and deliver their goodies to them. Kinsley had begged for a Barbie Jeep and good ole Santa came through and delivered one. The first thing she did was run straight into a tree in the yard. Poor Karlie doesn't know any better and hops right in for the ride. I'm surprised she doesn't have a bad case of whiplash from all of the times Kinsley has pushed on the gas then let off, then pushed, then let off....Maybe she will eventually learn.

Karlie got a bounce and spin zebra which she loves. She loves to climb on things and she also loves to stand and jump in her crib so...it's perfect. Santa must have really known what he was doing this year...(guess we'll enjoy it while we can- I'm sure in a few years he won't be as lucky).

Well we have eaten enough food to kill us- now its time for the New Years Resolutions about losing weight...we'll see about that later. Jamie and I are leaving on Friday to fly to San Antonio with some friends of ours. It will be the longest that we have ever been away from the girls. We are both excited and nervous about spending time away from them for 4 days. I know they will be fine- they will be getting to do whatever they want and not hearing "NO" at all. We probably won't know what to do with them when we get back.

Overall we had a great Christmas. It was good to spend time with both of our families. It is funny how Christmas changes as you get older...we no longer get as excited about our presents as we do getting to watch everyone else open what we bought them!

From the Grizwolds to Scrooge

Jamie and I were very excited about Christmas this year. So excited, in fact, that the day after Thanksgiving we got a head start on all of our decorations. Jamie fought the day-after-Thanksgiving madness to go to Walmart and get more lights and decorations since several strands from years past had quit working. And we had thrown away our tree last year so he went ahead and got a new one. When he got home we were so excited we immediately went to work decorating (even though it was only about 40 degrees outside). We got all of the lights hung, except for the icicles that were supposed to go on the high point on the front of the house. Jamie had to borrow a ladder and by the time he got home, it was too dark.

So we took our excitement indoors and decided to break family tradition and go ahead and put up the Christmas tree. Ever since I was 1, our family waited until my birthday (Dec. 11) to put up the Christmas tree. Jamie and I have carried on that tradition for the past 5 years we have been married. Oh well- we are excited about Christmas! Let's go all out this year.....We can't wait until then- let's do it now.

Long story short...the icicle lights never got put up on the high point of the house- I refused to turn on any of the lights until they were ALL hung. So the days went by with lights hung that never were turned on....and then they started falling down. Instead of fixing them, Jamie tore all of the lights down. Yes all of the Christmas lights have already been removed from the outside of our house and they were never turned on. So, we went from being Clark W. Griswold and "going all out" to Ebeneezer Scrooge and "BAH HUMBUG!"