New Stuff

Patrick & I went shopping today while the kids were at school.  We bought new sheets, pillows, and a new comforter.  We've had the same quilt on our bed for over 10 years!  It was time for something new.

It's all so comfy, we love all of our new stuff.

After the kids were out of school, we headed to the mall so the kids could pick out some new shoes.







Griffin





 



Savannah

Trevor

Derby Day

The pinewood derby was tonight.  It was fun!  This year they had an electronic scoreboard, so it was easy to see how well the cars were doing.  Trevor's car didn't do so well, but he still had fun.  Griffin got 3rd place for the Wolf den.  It was a good night.

Our Weekend

Savannah had a birthday party for Curly, and we were all invited.
After several years of no shade on our back door, I decided to order a new one, it came in Saturday.
Sweet Sunday Savannah helped me make yummy Double Chocolate M&M cookies.
Trevor & Griffin worked on their pinewood derby cars, they are almost done.

Long Weekend

For the long weekend Aunt Dorothy came to visit us.  She got here late Friday and stayed till Monday.

Saturday we walked to the movies and saw We Bought A Zoo.  It was was a great family movie.

Sweet Sunday & A Mess

We've decided to go back to having sweets only on Sunday again.  For our first Sweet Sunday this year we decided to make homemade ice cream and homemade waffle cones.  We made Coldstone cake batter and pecan praline.  They were both yummy.  The cones were delicious!!



Trying the first cone



Also, right now the family room is a mess!!  Patrick has started his project, and is working in the family room.  While he has all his tools out he cut Trevor & Griffin's pinewood derby cars, so they could start working on them.  I'm excited to see how Patrick's project turns out.

Christmas came again!

We got a package from Patrick's parents in the mail.  It was filled with all kinds of fun Christmas presents!     Even though we just did this a week ago, it was lots of fun do have presents to open again.  It was really nice of them to think of us.  We love it all.  Merry Christmas to us, again!!

Ringing in a New Year



 

We had a fun little party at home. We ate lava cakes, drank cider, listened to music, played Xbox, and watch the party in NYC. After the ball dropped, I went to bed, while the kids stayed up till after midnight. They had a blast and slept in their sleeping bags on the floor near the fire. Hoping 2012 is a great year!