The BEST Christmas ever!!!

craftilocks

some Wii action

sitting pretty in front of their pressies

before the chaos

christmas cheer

Well it has been declared at our house that Christmas 2009 is the Best Christmas Ever!
It all started Christmas Eve with a lot of snacks and a game of Skip Bo. Then to bed to try to get some sleep for the big day.
Christmas Morn started early for some (Willow was up at 5) and the rest of us were up at around 7.
We opened our presents, had a yummy brunch and then set up the Wii. What a fun game. For a break we went out to play basketball, played some Dutch Blitz, and then back to the Wii. Dinner was amazing with a roast chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing.
Boxing Day looked pretty much the same.
We also discovered some amazing walking trails right by our house.

We have had such a happy time. We miss our families and their presence would have made everything perfect.

wii who what

just one question. who was this wii for?

it is toooooo much fun.

i will post some Christmas photos tomorrow because i have to play some tennis right now.

come on it's exercise.

you'd better watch out

On Wednesday night Sundee had her big concert in school. She performed beautifully despite the fact that she was very serious.
Smiles were not on her agenda as she was concentrating very hard.

On Thursday was her debut at the mall. According to her "people were just staring, who were these famous people singing in the mall." After school we were shopping at Thrifty's and she noticed the hidden cameras in the store and just knew that they were on her. "They must have seen me at the mall this morning and know I'm a rock star." The pockets of most shoppers seemed suspiciously bulky to her as well and it was believed that they had cameras in there. We did manage to buy our groceries without incident and make it out to our car with out the paparazzi on our tail.



Three cheers for the choir.

rock and roll

Seeing as I'm on a roll with posting ( who knows when I'll get to it again) here's a photo of and up and coming rock and roll star.



Her dad is so proud.

the boxes are gone

We have moved, we are in and unpacked and things are starting to feel normal. Well as normal as they get around here.
We absolutely love our new home. It feels so cozy and warm, we have an electric fireplace upstairs and a wood burning downstairs. We have the entire house to ourselves and it's amazing how that can make a difference in your life.
The girls have a funky seventies basement to themselves, complete with wood paneling and mirrors- EVERYWHERE!!
Now it's on to getting ready for Christmas. We decorated the tree and mantle and wrapped some presents. The morning after I put the first present under the tree Sundee could hardly contain herself she wanted to open it and for Christmas to be right now.
Here are a few photos of the tree and soon I'll post some of the house.

speaking of scary

i don't know which is scarier, Halloween or getting the pumpkins ready to carve.
i think willow would pick the latter.



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mini

Miniature World. That's where we were on Sunday. It was pretty cool, with war scenes, trains, mini towns, dollhouses and the circus. I thought it was amazing with all the work that would go into it. In the end I found that "it creeped Ter out". He was convinced he would have nightmares. Who knew something so little could be scary.