December in the rearview mirror

Christmas at Nana & Gran's (Richardson)

We've been elfed!

This is too funny! I saw this on a friend's blog and had to do it too.
click on the link below...

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1113932287

Nothing better than a comfy chair and a good book

I came into Ashley's room this evening to see her like this. She had also drug her chair out to the middle of the room by herself. I guess the reading light is better there?!

** parental disclaimer**

***No children were seriously hurt in the filming of this video. Parents are boneheads and sometimes watch through the camera saying to themself "oh, no, this is not good" right before bad things happen... Thankfully kids are pretty resilient... and their early memories are fuzzy by the time they grow up. ***

Merry Christmas to all!!!

Ashley went to visit Santa on Tuesday. She loved him again this year! I think she knows to stay friendly with the big guy..

We gobbled, rested and decked the halls

So, my dear friend Jennifer emailed me today and reminded me that my last post was about my mom and that it was nearly a month old!! What on earth! Where did November go???

Thankfully mom is doing better although her recovery has been slow. In fact, we had plans to be at their house for Thanksgiving, but the doctor quickly put an end to that so we decided to host Thanksgiving here. It was a lovely time and Marc cooked one of the best turkeys I've ever had. This man never ceases to amaze me. He wins another chili cook off and then manages to make turkey taste good. Incredible! The most astonishing part of this is that he grilled the bird!! He threw it in pan and put it on the grill for a little over three hours. Amazing... (what is really amazing is that we managed to find the giblets the night before! Now that is a funny story!)

Anywho, the day after Thanksgiving brought on one of my favorite days of the year- Christmas decorating day!!! Since the weather was so cold and crummy, we spent most of the weekend relaxing and getting our house into the holiday spirit. I always love our house at the holidays. It is so warm and cozy. I love our tree and all the lights.

Ashley has loved all the decorations as well. She loves the tree and all of the lights around the house. However her favorites have been all the Christmas stuffed animals that I put out, the ornaments and a goofy leftover White Elephant gift hat that says "Merry Kris-Moose" -she loves that sucker!!!

Below are some of the highlights of the last week or so. Enjoy!
I hope it's not another month before I can post again!

Read it again Grandad!


Does this bag match my outfit??


Just bringing over some Thanksgiving yummies


Do you think mom knows I'm wearing her shoes?

my little turkey


the other turkey in the family ;) (I kid, I kid...)


Watching the 'Boys


There's some cool stuff in those boxes!



How do I look?

I've heard it helps to get on this guys good side... hope he likes my hat!

Such a pretty girl...



but she's still our little silly-head!!

Cool-weather Diva

Kickin' back with a good read