happy 4th birthday molly!

gotta love a good sale

Well, we survived all 6 Christmas get-togethers! I love the day after Christmas as well bc it's when I like to go shopping. All of the beautiful wrapping paper & stuff is on sale! And it's a good thing, bc I ran out of my Christmas paper, finally after 2 years.

Today.....more shopping.

wow.

That was quick. Christmas has come & gone. I can't believe how fast the year has gone by.

EEEEEEE's in town!

Jimmy & I spent the day with Erin yesterday! We had so much fun. My abs & cheeks hurt from laughing so much. We went out to Umami for lunch, then came back to our place to watch Home Alone & Home Alone 2. (and ate some dinner) Seriously, when she is around there really is non-stop laughter! It's great! We're already planning a trip to go visit her next year in Chicago! As soon as it warms up of course, that way we can tour the city!

I can't believe tomorrow is Christmas Day. This year has flown by so quickly. I know everyone says that when you get older time flies by. Honestly, they were ALL telling the truth. Every year goes by faster than the last. It's kinda sad. I also wonder why that is. Questions that will never truly be answered...

Merry Christmas bloggers!

Christmas #2

We had dinner @ Jeanne & Ed's. They made a giant 3 course Italian meal. I could never survive in Italy & I can put a lot of food down! It was delicious as usual & Ed already had a tupperware filled with homemade italian soup waiting for me. mmm. They also made their own noodles for the past portion.

So that's 2 Christmas' down. Only 4 more to go!

Daisy @ The Field

We took Daisy to The Field before she went in to the groomer's. It's so calming there, and she loves to run free. She is such a great dog, bc if she notices that she has gotten too far ahead of us- she looks back like, "are ya'll coming?" Or if she is oblivious, we will say, "Hey Daisy! Hold up." And she waits until she is within about 15 feet.



We keep her on her leash until we are a good enough distance away from the parking lot. Or for her safety, if we see another dog.




i think she looks like a wolf in the top right

I swear she could stay here all day & still have a great time!



Such a ham!


does she look like the devil dog in a couple of these? haha- she couldn't be more of the opposite

She runs around like she has all of the energy in the world. We noticed on the way back to the car, she finally showed that she was a little tired.



A little snow angel break.



Looks like she had fun!



Since she just got groomed, we'll have to wait a bit before we come back. BUT we will be back soon!

BFD Xmas Party

This year I was able to make it to the BFD Holiday Bash. It was awesome. They had a caricature guy, a magician, an animal guy, & santa! There were about 50 kids there, too. Almost every family has at least 3 kids. Santa had so many presents to give out that they had to bring them in on a tiered cart! The food was great, too. Jimmy made my mom's broccoli salad/slaw. I'm glad I got there early, bc it was gone in about 20 minutes. The magician was pretty funny. The kids that went up there were so cute. There was one little boy who cracked everyone up doing one of the tricks with the guy. And the animal guy had some cool animals. It was cool to see so many kids not afraid of the animals. Even the little girls were excited to hold the giant snake! I hope my kids are going to be that cool. The caricature guy was just.....creepy. And I have seen him before, probably while working on a PO for the Times. Crap! That reminds me- I have a PO in 12 min! gtg

Kristmas Movie Marathon Day!

*UGH! These damn pix didn't show up! I'm not going to fix it either.

Movie #1 Disney's Christmas Carol

This movie is really cool. The graphics are so amazing. Some of the characters look like REAL people.

Movie #2 Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

I guess Jim Carrey is a staple to our holiday. Is it bad that we ALL can almost quote the entire movie?! I find myself quoting this movie throughout the year. "There's no stick.....I'M SMARTER!"

Movie #3 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

It's fun to find a relative in almost every character in this movie. We also can basically act out this entire movie. It's just sad.

I still have some more Christmas movies to watch: Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Rudolph, The Year Without a Santa, Santa is Coming to Town, and Frosty. Crap! I only have 4 more days! How am I going to fit them in?

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Daisy is going to the groomer's today, so we are taking her for a walk at "the field" before she heads in. Get her all nice & dirty. HAHA!

We have 5 more Christmas' left to celebrate this week. We go to 6 every year. *Sigh*

I guess I better go get some stuff done....

Schreckmas 2010

On our way to Schreckmas 2010



There was snow on the ground, but none falling from the sky. Hopefully Mother Nature is waiting for Christmas morning.



And the shots start....



The Mistletoe Bandits. Gary & Ron wouldn't let anyone go through the hallway without a little smooch.



Santa Steve passing out the gifts to the kids who were there. It's amazing to see how grown-up they all are.



Grandma getting ready to pass out her gifts to her kiddos.





Grandma's Boys! Uncle Gary kept picking on Grandma's friend Kay by tickling her ear with his snow scraper.



Jimmy enjoying the festivities



Grandma's Girls!





Beth, Me, & Michele



The ladies opening up their gifts during the gift exchange.

michele showing off her tinsel

linda, michele, jan

cool pic

My New Lens!

ugh! I have to figure out how to use it though....








Hopefully, today I will get lots of practice using my new lens! Because, obviously, I need it.