A Happy Little Christmas

It is 9AM and our house is quiet - Mason is recovering from a busy busy past 2 days. He has been not wanting to sleep for some reason - going to bed past 11PM for 3 nights (then waking up at about 3AM wanting out of his crib) - last night he was asleep before 9 which is good, but still later than his usual 8PM. I think it has been all of the excitement about SANTA, new TOYS and going here & there... It was so fun watching Mason open his gifts this year (and everyone elses's gifts too, it took awhile to learn the concept that not every gift was for him to open!)

Friday we spent most of the day at my parents', and Saturday Bobby's family came to our house.

To give me some uninturrupted cooking time Sat. morning, Bobby and my sister took Mason sledding behind the snowmobile in the little park by our house - he had SUCH a blast and did not want to get off! "Ride Ride!" was all we heard.

We are so lucky to have much of our family so close (we really missed Bobby's brother and his family this year!!) and was nice to spend time with everyone relaxing, laughing, eating, and visiting. Today we are going to enjoy a nice, quiet, family day at home!

dancin machine!

Oh oh -- looks like Mason has inherited his mom's dancing capabilities!!! (sorry it's sideways)

day 5....

(sportin' reindeer ears!" daddy and mason shoveling!)

Brea, Bobby, Preston me & Paige Brea & Preston

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Last night Mason and I made the dough for the spritz cookies-- tried to bake them last night too but that plan did not go through! Instead we ended up with smooshed cookies and everything on the counter thrown on the floor...and a little boy with a bright green mouth from "sneaking" the dough for the Christmas tree cookies! It was so fun though, even though Mason probably won't remember it, I know I will!

Like my friend Jackie wrote on my facebook "the experiences that don't go quite as planned and are messy, chaotic, etc. are the ones you remember. reminds you life isn't perfect, it's usually best and more exciting when it isn't" Love it! How true is that???

Mason with Santa Claus on Saturday:

Eating frozen raspberries tonight (such a good idea by me to do this AFTER bathtime!! haha!):

Tonight my grandparents stopped by to say good-bye as they are leaving for sunny Florida tomorrow moring. It is getting harder and harder to say goodbye to them each year! We are so spoiled to have them so close... we will miss you!

I am off to bed to read my Twilight: Breaking Dawn book...Im still working on that new years resolution from last year to read 4 books!! This is only book 3 (when I finish it!).

day 1....

Day 1 of Bobby being gone :(

Bobby left early this morning for NCOIC school down in Little Rock Arkansas. He has gone to these trainings before but for some reason it was so much harder to see him leave this time. But whenever I start feeling sorry for myself I just remind myself how lucky I am that he is gone for 2 weeks and not an entire year! To help pass the time I made a mental "to do" list of all kinds of projects I want to finish (yes-- in two weeks -- i know this is not realistic!). A lot of them I probably won't get done but for sure want to get our Christmas cards sent out!



Tonight my project was hooking up our new TV in the scrapbook room (soon to hopefully be family room if I can find some cheap furniture that fits!). Was also going to put up my new floating desk but instead I got side tracked because I just hooked up the internet on our Wii... and so I am trying to catch up on old private practice episodes! This might get to be dangerous... might have to add a wii keyboard to the wishlist! ...And look into a netflix subscription.



Today Mason and I went to see Santa Claus at the Community Center this morning - then went to Grand Forks for some Christmas shopping. Mason wasn't in the mood to shop, so it was a shopping trip cut very short! I only got 2 gifts picked out! Hurray for online shopping!



Lots to catch up on -- over Thanksgiving we flew down to see Bobby's brother and his family down in Oklahoma City, and Mason stayed at my parent's (we didn't know how he would do on the flight). My neice Paige has officially gotten me hooked on the Twilight books. Seriously. And I have a huge crush on Edward (sorry honey). We mostly spent time relaxing, eating, and of course watching football! It was so great to get to see them, I miss them all so much! I have a ton of pictures to post but don't think I will get them all posted tonight!



Thursday night we had my grandparents over for dinner so they could say goodbye to Bobby - they leave for Florida next week... Last night Bobby & I went to the hockey game for a little date night before he left. Our most wonderful daycare mom and friend Amanda even offered to watch Mason just so we could have some alone time before Bobby left (thanks again Amanda!!!!!) - we met up with our long-lost (!!!) friends from g-town! So great to catch up with you guys, we love you.



Tomorrow -- off to Argyle for the sr. class bbq with my parents/grandparents and also to celebrate Christmas with them. Next week: a lady is coming with countertop samples (new countertops are on my "to do" list too) on tuesday. Then Friday I have a girls-only Christmas party that I am impatiently waiting for, and Saturday Im having a group of girls over in the morning to bake Christmas cookies (and maybe have a few mimosas????) together! December is always the busiest month - which