Christmas 2008

Christmas 2008, here and gone, all we have now are the memories to share.

Garrett and Conner get the cookies and milk ready for Santa. They both had on their Magic Pajamas so that Santa knew when they were asleep.

Santa came and went, look at all the loot he left behind. It won't take long for the kids to rip into this. Dan and I were actually up before any of them, although Garrett tells us that he was up at 6:00, he decided to let us sleep until 7:00.

They all know that there are no presents opened until Mom takes the Christmas Day picure. I think that Elizabeth is still asleep, she didn't look to excited about the picture. I think I will have her sit in the picture even when she is 45.


Garrett scores, the leather coat that he has been asking for for the last two months.

Conner and Elizabeth, who finally looks awake, are the last to complete the opening of the presents.

We had a great day, my dad came home from the hospital at 8:30 Christmas morning, so we went to see him in the afternoon. Dan had to go to work at 2:00, Conner went to visit his dad, and then we all went to Nanny Brenda's. On the way home from Nanny's the kids wanted to stop at the McCaffrey's to see their Christmas gifts, and Garrett wanted to check out the new version of Guitar Hero that Brandon got.

I hope everyone had just as much fun as we did!

Santa's Lap

This is absolutely the best part of having small children around at Christmas time!

Conner was so excited to see Santa. He smiled and smiled while we took 50 pictures. The McCaffrey's were generous and gave us their free portrait package with Santa again this year complements of Chris's work. ( Thanks Chris!)

So.... Santa has the list... we have the picture, all we have to do is wait for the day at arrive.


Merry Christmas to All!

Finally Snow for Sledding

Garrett and Emily had great fun sledding on Sunday. I was absolutely amused watching them going down the sand mound. They would crash and roll around, I personally was outside for about 7 minutes to take pictures and was freezing, but the cold did not seem to bother them!

They would go together and then alone, and then just roll down the hill without sleds at all!

A good time was had by all. Hopefully they will get to do this again before the snow season ends.

More Christmas Party Fun.

This past weekend was our special education department party at my house. I have to tell you that I work with an awesome bunch of individuals. We ate, and then ate some more, and then some people had to leave, and then we broke out the guitar hero! I have only ever seen Dan and Garrett play this game, so playing it with adults was a real treat!

Everyone needed to relax after all the food!


Gwen and Laura really got into playing against each other!

Sue Kindt even gave guitar hero a try. Perhaps will give her something to do now that she is retired. ( That is on days when she is not subbing in Millville.)

Carrie looks very tall!

Donna & Sam conversing with Sue.

Diann and Roy broke out the matching outfits. You have to know that I find this amusing because at my house when we get ready to go somewhere, Dan and I usually end up dressed alike!

Well I had a good time and I hope that everyone else did also. I can't wait to see who is hosting the Jan/Feb party at their house. Hopefuly they will pick the date soon.

Handstand Fun!

These were additional pictures from the night the boys wanted to keep posing. I can not believe that Conner can do this. He is a natural acrobat. I think he should take gymnastic lessons.

He just kept saying, look at me do it this way!

Garrett decided he would give it a try, but his legs are long and he can not quite get them up as high as Conner can. And boy did he make a thump when he hit the ground!

Holiday Fun!

The Elementary Christmas Party was this past Saturday, I believe we all had a great time! It is fun to get dressed up, have an adult dinner, and then dance way past bedtime. It makes me remember when I was much younger. We got home from the party about 11:30 and were exhausted, I remember when the party was just starting at 11:30, and who would have ever admitted to being tired that early!

Take My Picture

Well the boys were on a kick the other night about my taking their picture. I think they were attempting to avoid going to bed! If they had clean shirts on I could have used these for our Chirstmas card pictures. Oh, who am I kidding, I still might be using one of these as the picture!

Time Flies

Well I find it hard to believe that I have not updated this blog since October. The entire month of November has passed and for those of you who know me, you will understand when I say, I am glad it is over.

Christmas is almost here, everything seems calm for the moment, and I am extremely thankful for all that I have!