Oh Christmas Tree

Yes people....its up...and it's not even Thanksgiving, but gosh how I love it. The tree is up, the stockings are hung and hot cocoa is brewing. :) This past weekend we put the tree up. The boys had a blast putting up all the ornaments on the tree and I love how excited they get to see the ornaments that they have made over the years. Our tree truly is a family tree that consists of ornaments that I made when I was little and ornaments that hung on the tree when I was growing up and also the ones that they boys have either picked out or that they have made for us. And the tree itself isn't the best looking tree either, but it's one that was used by my grandparents at their house. It's the tree that I remember always being decorated and filled with presents at their house at Christmas time. There are so many memories that flood back whenever I even glance at the tree.

And I must give thanks to Alan who took the initiative to hang the outside lights up too. And no we were not the first people to hang theirs up. We would never ever do that! :) So we waited until atleast 2 other people had theirs up. I did have to take down the fall decorations though the next day. Looked a little funny with the lights up and the scarecrow standing in the corner. There is a limit to our madness.

After the tree was up and the hot cocoa was drank the boys decided to take empty boxes and fill them with toys from their closet and then come out and "open" them up in front of us by the tree so that we could see what they got from Christmas. It was so cute. Good night with great kids.

Here are some of the pics from our decorating.



Our littlest angel putting on the angel that my grandparents used on their tree.

Taking a break

We are free...we are free to do anything that we want for the next 9 days! That's right...9 days!! The boys and I are off for Thanksgiving next week and we couldn't be happier. Alex has been counting down his 9 day weekend as he calls it for over a week and he was so happy to go to bed and wake up tomorrow and not have to go to school.

NO big plans this week. We are staying home this year and will be joining Dad and Kim at their house for Thanksgiving. Last year we went to moms house for Thanksgiving and for Christmas. This year we opted to take the easier and lazier way and not drive 24 hours roundtrip two times in less than 3 weeks, since we always go back up for Christmas too. We will head up for just Christmas this year, but will be there on Christmas morning though which will be neat. They have never been able to be with our family on the actual Christmas day since the boys were born so I am looking forward to that experience.

Besides that no plans...I want to decorate the house for Christmas and just relax with the boys...and be thankful...
Thankful for them, Alan and my life.

Here are some pics from last year when we were at moms for Thanksgiving. One of the boys favorite things to do is ride bikes or four wheelers down her driveway. It's nice and long and pretty steep which is very appealing to boys and anything with wheels that they can roll down and scare the crud out of me!

Just another Manic Monday

Mondays are my day, Mondays are my day...this is a chant that I need to start saying to myself more often when people ask me to do favors for them on Monday. Monday is my time to go to the grocery store, do our laundry from the week before that I never touched and to organize and straighten the house back up. Mondays are the one day out of the work week that I don't work...My Mondays though for over the last month have consisted of taking children, granddad and dad to the drs. Tons of fun people...tons....and today I am at it again. Off to the dentist with Blakers. Atleast we can be home for a little bit before and after his appt though before I have to get Alex from school.

This past weekend was a good one...relaxed on Saturday and then headed to Six Flags on Sunday. No one was there and the weather was cool. SO nice to be able to spend a stress free day with the boys watching them ride rides and just smiling at their happy faces. Their smiles and laughter is so contagious! One of the days where you feel truly blessed.

I am super excited to put up our Christmas decorations. I even tried to convince Alan that it was ok to put them up this past weekend. My reasoning...that we will be leaving for moms house the middle of December to spend Christmas morning with her and we wouldn't have that much time to "enjoy" our decorations here. He didn't buy it. He is very much one that we shoudn't get the tree or decorations out until after Thanksgiving and I am all about setting it up pretty much after Halloween... :) I love the mood that Christmas time puts everyone in!

Now that I have rambled on for this post I need to get going....putting some chicken noodle soup in the crock pot for dinner tonight...such a good housewife and mom! :)

Where's the kitchen table?

So since everyone has been so sick this week...and the last 3 weeks on top of that, I am admitting that my house looks like it should be thrown out and we should just start over. Mind you that it's not dirty, its just so cluttered. There are shoes laying around there and some toys over there and then wait...is that a kitchen table I see underneath all of Alex's school papers? Why yes it is....So....this weekend we will be doing some "rearranging" of the clutter that has consumed us this past couple of weeks and we will get our "healthy" mojo back and be back to normal. I am praying for one week of healthy kids and parents...please pray with me!! :)

Who do I have to pay?

Who does one have to pay to get exterminate all sickness out of their house? For real...I'm not kidding...

Back to Blake now who has vomitting and fever, Alan who has some sort of nasty head thing going on and now me...Praying that Alex doesn't get it again and that this can be the last round for us. I am tired of someone being sick and not being healthy.

The shortest engagement....Thank God

Just wanted to let everyone know that they no longer have to save the date for Alex and the little girl in his classes wedding. I picked him up from school today and before we even made it out of the parking lot he informed me that he didn't want to marry her anymore. I asked if they had an argument or a fight, he said no he just didn't want to get married.

I hope that he let her know of his plans now and that they ended as friends! :)

I love this blog...and Alex's marriage

I love this blog for the simple fact that not only can I update everyone on how we are doing and what we have been up to, but also for the simple fact that I can take this and have a written record for us to look at years from now. I love the fact I can see what we did during a month or what one of us accomplished or what milestones we went through that year. I also love the fact that when one of the boys does or says something cute there is no way that I will froegt it or lose the piece of paper that I wrote it down on.

That being said, Alex and I had a conversation that even when I told Alan about it, he said that it was blog material...I agree!

So friday we are driving home from school after I picked him up. I asked about his day and what they did and I got the average response of fine and nothing...no suprises there. Then he says to me in all honestly that he would like to marry a little girl in his class. After his telling me about his impending marriage I told him that you needed to be an adult to get married. He then replied with, "Well mom I am 6 now."
I let him know that "you have to have money though to be able to buy a house to live in and you wouldn't be living with mommy and daddy anymore." I thought that this would get him....but no...He then let me know that "I guesss I will wait until I am 7then." I let him know that this sounded like a good idea. Later that night at dinner we discussed his marriage plans a little more with Alan. We asked Alex how he planned on supporting her and he said that" I will just kiss her and love her."
"But Alex you cant be kisssing the kids in your class."
"Mommy I can if I am married to them."
Got me there.
We finally convinced him to wait until he is 7 and then we will talk more about the subject and Emma. I am sure by then that a new "crush" will come along and we will convince him to wait until he is 8. God love him though...and I love the fact that one day I can share this with his kids about their daddy and his first "crush".