Wow...it's been busy around here! I keep thinking, just get this and this and that and this done and you can relax. Then I get some more that and this and that to do! Anyone out there in the cyber -world know what I mean?
December is well in to the swing of things! I am enjoying the Christmas season! I have been listening to lots of Christmas music, it helps me get things done, and stay jolly at the same time. I am starting to feel a little pressure because I haven't started Christmas shopping yet, although, I went to Shopko last week and did a Sub for Santa name. I totally forgot what I was there for! I spent an hour getting Christmas for an 11 yr old boy who I will never meet. I felt so privileged to do it. On the little card he got to list a Need, then a Want. His need was clothes, and his want was shoes. No toy was listed. That made me sad, the lady at the booth told me I had a spending limit which also made me sad. But luckily, I was able to get him a nice outfit, some Adidas shoes and a BIG remote control Hummer. All of that and I only went 4 dollars over budget. It made my day to have been able to do this for someone. I am always looking for ways to give back because of all the help we received after the tornado.
So, Saturday Wes got our storage room all ready for all the food that I went and canned. he put shelves together and unloaded my Yukon to fill the shelves! He worked his hinny (spelling i know) off. Yay WES!!!
Sunday we took pics of the kids for our annual Christmas card. It was a chore! Trying to get Sophie to look at the camera, trying to get Hayden to smile (he hates having his pick taken) and trying to get Gracie not to squint! I think we got some cute shots, but lets just say when we were done....everyone needed to go to there own corner of the house to blow off steam! LOL
Hope everyone is having a peaceful, enjoyable, Holiday Season. Stay safe ~E
5 comments:
I am laughing so hard at the picture taking of how you each had to blow off steam afterwards! Oh girl it is sooo true! Stephen did our's when we went to their house & Sam REFUSED to smile. I was so angry that it took me a whole day to quit fuming about it.
That is really cool about the sub for santa boy. :) We do it every year too & it just feels good at the end of the day doesn't it?
I am jealous of your storage shelves! Very nice.. Wanna come do mine now?? :)
I agree with you on the Christmas tunes- I listen to them all day at work just to keep me in the "mood" :)
i gave up on a picture in front of the tree this year. i had my prego breakdown and went with a family picture from about two months ago. now just getting everyones addresses together so i can get them in the mail!!! it never ends ...the list ofthings to do that is =) but it is still my favorite time of year!
Beautiful kids, of course, and totally impressive food storage.
is that a new table I see? nice :D
Way to go on the food storage. STeve put all of our shelves together, so I'm sure he can vent about that with Wes :) Your children are so cute! We will have to get together when we come up over Christmas break. We just cut down our Christmas tree today, so now maybe it will feel like Christmas in our home!
P.S. I am going to learn Scouts, but not too well. It is a calling I don't want ;) Although, sometimes I would take a group of boys over some of my YW (I truly love them all)!
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