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Thursday, December 14, 2006

I scream for ice cream

Matt's hit the double digits today he turns 10.
Since it's Matt's birthday I asked him what kind of desert he wanted. He asked for vanilla ice cream (specifically a big round tub)with whipped creem topping, chocolate, and candy sprinkles. He loves pizza so we are going to dinner at a local pizza shop. Should be a fun day.
The kid's have really started to love working out. I bought them a kid's workout video. They look forward to it and have been faithfully working out every school day. I'm so glad they are starting good habits while they are young. Here is the video we use. I've looked around for a new one for variety but still haven't found another one this good.

Maverick is so cute. He didn't like the choices of cereal this morning so I offered him a bagel. He turned down my offer and preceded to make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He is so cute gathering all the stuff and making it. I took some photos and asked him how he does it. I love his independence.

Dan's having fun playing santa this year. I haven't had to really shop at all. He loves to shop for the boys and his family. I usually just have to take care of a few little presents and my family. Dan asked me to pick out my present and I chose a Cricut machine. Joanns had it for $189. I called and had them hold it for him and so he picked it up yesterday. Now it's sitting down under the tree. Man, it's going to be hard to wait. I'm excited about playing with my new scapbook toy.

Dec.12
I picked up my mom and ran into Big Lots. The cookie platter I had my eye on was on sale for $3.50. I grabbed 3 of them. I made Peanutbutter Blossom cookies to take to the cookie exchange. Justing remembered that he had burned his finger once while making them and reminded me I had included it in a scrapbook page. I later found the page and sure enough I had snapped the horrible moment and scrapped it. Stephanie's home was gorgeous. There were 4 full sized Christmas trees decorated to match each room. Smaller trees in the bathrooms and the kids room. One bathroom is a rubber duck theme and had a tree with rubber duck ornaments. So cute. We had a touching share and prayer time and them tasted cookies and filled our take home bags. I gave Whitney one of the cookie platters. I had told her about them and I knew she wanted one. I stopped at CVS on the way home and found some great stocking stuffers. I took to heart being bold and inviting someone to the Christmas Eve service and church. The right moment came and I told the store clerk about the service.

Monday, December 11, 2006

Cinderella did have a ball

Dec. 9th We celebrated my birthday a day early. I picked up my mom from her hairdresser and then we both had a pedicure and our nails painted in a festive red with gold glitter. We came home and started getting ready. I put did my mom's make up and she looked really pretty. Justin was a great photographer. I had my picture made with my mom, Dan, and my dad. I haven't had a nice picture made with my dad in a long time so these photos have special meaning. We all rode together in the van. We saw a living nativity as we drove past a church we wanted to stop but there wasn't time. The Mission Inn was gorgeous. I love seeing this old building and all the lights. I felt a little like a star arriving with the valet parking and entering a private reseption area for those with reservations. We were pleasantly surprised by the Prime Rib buffet. My favorite was the stir fry beef with portabella mushrooms. Matthew and Maverick got the biggest hamburgers I've ever seen for a kid's meal. The desserts were yummy too. Gingerbread snowman cookies, and several cakes. The waitress brought me a pumpkin cheesecake for my birthday. Afterward we walked around the mission and saw the animated elves. They were so odd looking that we enjoyed a good laugh. We watched a vender making kettle corn it smelled so delicious. We took a walk in a Christmas ornament shop and my dad spotted these really fun 3-D glasses. Each of them create a unique hologram around the lights. http://www.3dglassesonline.com/holidayspecs.com.html Dan bought a few ofthem because we all had such fun playing with them. Dan tried them on while driving on the way home and I made him quickly take it off. I tend to be a nervous passenger. We listened to Christmas music on the way home. It was such an enjoyable night. I did feel just a little like Cinderella.