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Sleding 2008

Since our boys got sleds for Christmas we decided to take them sleding for the first time ever. The first time down the hill they were both whinning about the cold because the snow went up in their faces. After about 5 mins. of seeing everyone else there having fun they decided to stay and try again. They had a blast and after 3 hours we finally got them to come home. They even got so comfortable going down by themselves that they both even went off a little jump and stayed on the sled. I had forgotten how much fun it is to go sleding. They boys can't wait to go again.

Christmas 2007 !!!

Our Christmas this year was so good. We spent Christmas Eve at my sister Tammy's house with our whole family. We all had a great time with lots of food, fun, and presents. Even the weather couldn't put a damper to the night. Santa came to our house and the kids couldn't have been more excited. Our boys woke up at 8:30a.m., we opened presents as a family and then I made our Christmas breakfast. My dad and my step-mom came for breakfast and we had a nice relaxing morning before it was off to the rest of the families. We spent the afternoon at my in-laws and a great time was had by all. It was great to spend time as a family. At around 5:00p.m. we headed off to my dads house. We had plenty more fun when we got there. There were loads of presents and a ton of food too. My parents bought our boys sleds and by the end of the night the had figured out that they could ride them down the stair case at my dads. When we got home that night our car was packed so full we could barely see out the back, what a Christmas. The best part was that we were able to all be together as a family and have a great time together.

My Christmas Addiction !!!!

Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday. I get a little carried away with decorating, thanks to my Nana. When I was little my Nana put a village up under her tree every year. She started her village in 1945, the original houses she started with were little cardboard houses. She bought a set of 7 little houses with a church and it cost her $1.00. Through the years she just started collecting more houses and changing over to glass instead of cardboard. It was always one of my favorite parts of Christmas to go and help put up her village. I always knew I wanted to do a village of my own. Then about 5 years ago the village became too much work for my Nana and she decided to give it up. She split the village between my Mom, my sister, my Aunt, and me. I have slowly added houses every year since, but out of sentimental reasons I still find room in the village every year for at least 3 of her original cardboard houses. Surprisingly enough my kids have left my village alone every year, even when they were little. Brandon jokes all the time that if it gets any bigger I'm going to need a seperate room just for my village.