Whew....... didn't Christmas use to take FOREVER to come!? Now it seems like it is over before we even start December!!!! LOL..... Things have been a bit crazy around here as I am sure it has been for all of you too! So this will be the lost post for the year I believe. (maybe not... ya never know...lol) thought I would post a few cute pictures that I got scrapped of Braden on Christmas day last year! What a heart stealer!!! And some of the completed tree this year! :) HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!

The Tree is FINISHED (and so are my layouts..lol)

By Popular demand (mom asked about them) here are Phase 2 and 3 of our Christmas tree! Note that Amalyssa is wearing different outfits in each phase! LOL.... we really did do our tree in 3 phases!!! We put the tree up on Monday night for FHE and talked about it's symbolism in Christmas. On Tuesday The kids and I decorated the tree but I made them wait untill Dad got home to put the star up. By the time we got to it Amalyssa was in pj's and ready for bed! LOL. It was fun to see Amalyssa get so excited about the tree! She has been asking me to put decorations up since about 2 weeks before Thanksgiving!!! LOL.

Keep watching for more LO'S (layouts... or pages... hehe) I have TONS still to scrap for the season and it is only Dec 2nd!!! YIKES! I am in trouble! LOL

'Tis the Season!

Tonight for FHE we started to put up the tree!!! Dad and I were too tired and it was too late to do the lights and ornaments too! LOL... So we just put up the tree..... SOOOOO.... Here is my page for 'phase 1' of putting up the Christmas tree! Tomorrow the kids and I will put all the lights and glitz on the tree.... Wish me luck!!!! LOL....

IAN ROCKS!!!!! Just like the rest of my Fam!

Friday was great!!!!! Getting to see Ian and finally give him a great big hug was SO FUN! The other kids were out of school and John came over so we were all together and having a BLAST!!! John is quite the jokester and was spraying whipping cream all over Adam (who was nicely protected in John's leather coat). I decided to give John a treat and let him see my wild side. I calmly took the whipping cream can and proceeded to top his head like an Ice cream Sunday! LOL.... WHAT A FACE! He never saw it coming!

IAN IS HOME!!!! Well.... ok.. technically he is in the car on the way home! (I know I know... I need to feel sorry for the poor guy!!!) I get to go to Fairview and meet him on Friday! I am SO EXCITED!!! Check the blog for some layouts of it later!

As for now this is my pic of the week!! Amalyssa took the lenses out of a cheep pair of sunglasses. Braden thought they were the coolest thing ever!! I snapped this photo of him! Scott looked at it and said "I love it! He is practicing to be a computer geek!!!!" LOL. So here is my little geek in the making!!! Ain't he cute!!!!