Priceless Christmas Picture!

This is what it... looks like when... You get SKATES for Christmas!

Melanie's Christmas Morning

Dolls from the movie Frozen in her stocking. Pretzel M & M's that she's been wanting for...a while. SpongeBob Yahtzee Game Tie Dye T-Shirt Maker A doll from Jamaica, which Melanie adores! Adventures in Odyssey Audio Stories-LOVE THEM! The Princess and the Three Knights storybook-SUCH a sweet, good book on character and True Love.

Kyle's Christmas Morning

This is what a teenager looks like on Christmas morning. Gone is the early morning (6am) wake-up call from Kyle and the eager unwrapping. I think I'm gonna miss that from him. Here he's opening up his stocking that Melanie handed him. Taking a break by petting Brownie Slowly waking up and making his way to the floor to open the wrapped gifts. Slowly but surely... he's waking up... gift by gift, it gets better & better... until...HA!! Money! He's such a handsome young man.

Happy Birthday Jesus! and Merry Christmas!

We had a super sweet and fun Christmas! It was a super HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY day! All season long Melanie showed no sign of wanting to see Santa until Monday the 23rd. when her friend Capri mentioned they were going to see him. So I called Duane to ask him to come home a little early so we could go. He did. There were over 200 people in line. YIKES! We went to Braum's instead. LOL! But...the next morning, Christmas Eve, I took Melanie to see "The Big Guy!" We waited in 27 degree weather for an hour and a half. DOUBLE YIKES! We got there at 8:52 AM and didn't see him until 10:15ish. But it was worth it. She asked for a bow and arrow set, that's it. A bow and arrow set, which I didn't even know she wanted! And looky there...look what Santa brought her! Now I know there is a lot of controversy out there on whether or not you should let your child believe in Santa, the magic of Christmas. (I was one of those skeptics-unsure of what the right thing to do was.) Maybe believing in Santa breeds greed or selfishness and children aren't taught the true meaning of Christmas. But I have learned just this year that you can have the best of both worlds. Although it's important to teach your children the true meaning of Christmas and the very important things in life, tell them what is real & what is not, sometimes it's fun and OK to have the fairy tale or fantasy part of life too. After all, we could all use a break from the harsh realities of life. Life is tough. So needless to say, when Melanie woke up to find 2 of the three cookies that she helped bake gone, and a BRAVE Bow & Arrow set next to a special note from Santa and the first thing she does is put her hands together, look up and pray & give thanks to Our Lord three times over, I knew I was doing something right. In fact, I cried. Because if that isn't the opposite of greed, I don't know what is. Happy Birthday Jesus! and Merry Christmas! - -

Merry Christmas!

Baby Kicks 12-20-13

26 weeks Gestation This baby is starting to become camera shy. It'll be just-a-movin', then when I grab the phone for the video & pull up my shirt it stops. As soon as I cover my tummy again it's back to movin'! At times it may be difficult to see the ripples or kicks in my tummy that's because I'm using the cell phone for video. My phone's usually closer than the camera. If I got up to grab the camera this baby would definitely stop putting on a show. LOL!

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Baby Kicks 12-01-13

Nearly 24 Weeks Along This baby is a MOVER!

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