Dec. 8th
As part of the Christmas fun, Friday night's have been fun getting together at the Wilson's house. This week the menu was breakfast. Dan was the official pancake flipper. Donna and Linn were busy scrambling eggs, and Whitney made the sausage and bacon. Dan had finished his work video so it was great to show it to everyone. We took another trip over to see the Christmas lights house and we got to meet his wife this time and see the inside of the house too. Afterward there were video games, card games, The Griswald Christmas movie, and the once again the gals ended up just chatting away. We helped Donna finish her Christmas alphabet book. Kyle and Josh bagan making this book when they were kids up to the letter J. So the gals hatched a plan to have kids and adults participate and finish up making pages for the rest of the book. Next week's menu: Tacos!
Saturday, December 9, 2006
Monday, December 4, 2006
Blanket Blasts
Friday Dec. 1st
We started December off in fun way. It was Christmas movie night at the Wilsons. Donna made chili, Whitney made cornbread, and I made hot dogs and brought hot chocolate. The highlight of the night we all went to see a house decorated to the extreme. The massive display of lights, and the fun Christmas dioramas were so impressive. The owner was sure enjoying the fun chatting with everyone, handing out candy canes, turning on his snow machine. We found out that on Dec. 10th on HGTV they will feature his home in a Christmas special. http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/spcl_prsntn/episode/0,1806,HGTV_3909_47483,00.html We all plan to go back next week because that's when his wife will be home and they offer tours of the inside of their home.
Next week's menu is breakfast. I volunteered Dan to be the official pancake flipper.
Sat. Dec. 2nd
I love Dec.! I woke up gulp at 4:30 not by choice I knew I had a lot to do so there was no point in going back to sleep. I decorated my store bought cookies to look like little santas. I needed them for a cookie exchange and Stampin' Up party at my dear friend Becky's. The party started at 11:00 and I needed to leave by 9:30. I made almost 4 dozen. Everyone brought yummy cookies and Becky made tea. Cristina a friend from high school was there. We had fun catching up and made plans to get together and scrapbook. We made two cute cards. I also placed a pretty big order for a bunch of craft ink pads. I posted my cards in the gallery at The Stamp Shack http://stamp-shack.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=66. After the party Becky and I went shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond. I found the gift I needed. It was great spending time with Becky.
Sunday Dec. 3rd
Had a nice day at church. There were gusts of wind and the falling leaves were swirling. I revamped my bulletin board for December. The theme is The Greatest Gift of All. I made gift packages with paper, ribbon, tags and bows and each present is meant hold a new Bible verse each week. I also hung up the pictures for each story and "hid"the upcoming photos with paper. It was cute to see the kids peeking under the paper to see the pictures. So that idea was a hit.We made cute little easels from three candy canes tied together and set so that the curved ends become the feet. Then the Bible verse card sets in the easel. Hmmm, I wonder if those easels even made it through the car ride home. The kids sure had fun. After church was a stop to Best Buy for Justin. He was ready to spend his birthday money on a new game. McDonald's was next and to the kids delight they had some toy they were all excited about. Justin skipped the McRib sandwich to get a Mighty Kids meal just for the toy. They even had 3 different colors. Later, Dan and I hung the new snowflakes lights in our courtyard. I love how they twinkle. We also got the tree set up. Decorating will have wait. Earlier, I met Donna for coffee and a shopping date. A friend who works for Mervyns gave each of us a 15% off gift card. Donna found a new Cal-king comforter set and and I found blankets for the boys. After finding our blankets & comforters we then proceeded to carry them all around the store for the next 30 minutes ( no carts available). It was quite funny trying to walk around the store with our arms loaded. Dan finished his work video yesterday. Hoorah! It's a parody based on Ferris Bueller's Day Off. We all think it's his best work video do date (It's his 7th one). He used the songs "Twist & Shout" and "Oh Yeah". Dan played the role of Ed Roonie. The last scene is him using a key from under the mat to try and catch "Ferris”. Just as he is using the key "Ferris" opens the door in his bathrobe and gives a knowing smile of "Ha" you didn't catch me. It's so great. So the night ends and I'm getting ready to tuck Matt in bed. I plan to snuggle a bit and see how the new blanket feels. We both were quite surprised to discover that just by rubbing your fingers over the blanket it would create a plethora of electric sparks. Lifting the top comforter also caused an equally impressive amount of sparks. I reminisced with Matt back to the days when my sister and I would scoot across the floor in our slippers and "shock" each other. Matt says he now has a story to share some day with his kids about his blanket that blasts. I just love the little moments that make lasting memories.
We started December off in fun way. It was Christmas movie night at the Wilsons. Donna made chili, Whitney made cornbread, and I made hot dogs and brought hot chocolate. The highlight of the night we all went to see a house decorated to the extreme. The massive display of lights, and the fun Christmas dioramas were so impressive. The owner was sure enjoying the fun chatting with everyone, handing out candy canes, turning on his snow machine. We found out that on Dec. 10th on HGTV they will feature his home in a Christmas special. http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/spcl_prsntn/episode/0,1806,HGTV_3909_47483,00.html We all plan to go back next week because that's when his wife will be home and they offer tours of the inside of their home.
Next week's menu is breakfast. I volunteered Dan to be the official pancake flipper.
Sat. Dec. 2nd
I love Dec.! I woke up gulp at 4:30 not by choice I knew I had a lot to do so there was no point in going back to sleep. I decorated my store bought cookies to look like little santas. I needed them for a cookie exchange and Stampin' Up party at my dear friend Becky's. The party started at 11:00 and I needed to leave by 9:30. I made almost 4 dozen. Everyone brought yummy cookies and Becky made tea. Cristina a friend from high school was there. We had fun catching up and made plans to get together and scrapbook. We made two cute cards. I also placed a pretty big order for a bunch of craft ink pads. I posted my cards in the gallery at The Stamp Shack http://stamp-shack.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=66. After the party Becky and I went shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond. I found the gift I needed. It was great spending time with Becky.
Sunday Dec. 3rd
Had a nice day at church. There were gusts of wind and the falling leaves were swirling. I revamped my bulletin board for December. The theme is The Greatest Gift of All. I made gift packages with paper, ribbon, tags and bows and each present is meant hold a new Bible verse each week. I also hung up the pictures for each story and "hid"the upcoming photos with paper. It was cute to see the kids peeking under the paper to see the pictures. So that idea was a hit.We made cute little easels from three candy canes tied together and set so that the curved ends become the feet. Then the Bible verse card sets in the easel. Hmmm, I wonder if those easels even made it through the car ride home. The kids sure had fun. After church was a stop to Best Buy for Justin. He was ready to spend his birthday money on a new game. McDonald's was next and to the kids delight they had some toy they were all excited about. Justin skipped the McRib sandwich to get a Mighty Kids meal just for the toy. They even had 3 different colors. Later, Dan and I hung the new snowflakes lights in our courtyard. I love how they twinkle. We also got the tree set up. Decorating will have wait. Earlier, I met Donna for coffee and a shopping date. A friend who works for Mervyns gave each of us a 15% off gift card. Donna found a new Cal-king comforter set and and I found blankets for the boys. After finding our blankets & comforters we then proceeded to carry them all around the store for the next 30 minutes ( no carts available). It was quite funny trying to walk around the store with our arms loaded. Dan finished his work video yesterday. Hoorah! It's a parody based on Ferris Bueller's Day Off. We all think it's his best work video do date (It's his 7th one). He used the songs "Twist & Shout" and "Oh Yeah". Dan played the role of Ed Roonie. The last scene is him using a key from under the mat to try and catch "Ferris”. Just as he is using the key "Ferris" opens the door in his bathrobe and gives a knowing smile of "Ha" you didn't catch me. It's so great. So the night ends and I'm getting ready to tuck Matt in bed. I plan to snuggle a bit and see how the new blanket feels. We both were quite surprised to discover that just by rubbing your fingers over the blanket it would create a plethora of electric sparks. Lifting the top comforter also caused an equally impressive amount of sparks. I reminisced with Matt back to the days when my sister and I would scoot across the floor in our slippers and "shock" each other. Matt says he now has a story to share some day with his kids about his blanket that blasts. I just love the little moments that make lasting memories.
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