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

i love sunday mornings...

I have said this before but I just love quiet sunday mornings - it's almost 9:30 and BOTH of my boys are still alseep - enjoying a nice cup of coffee (which is especially wonderful today because I bought more hazelnut creamer yesterday- I was without for almost a week!) no noise in the house other than the computer keyboard. An added bonus was waking up to see the ground covered in snow, and it is still snowing! Bobby will be happy when he wakes up!

Just a short post - will need to put up some pictures later today... I must've jinxed it when I said they were still sleeping because Mase-dog just woke up! :)

we (heart) hats!

We are STILL having so much fun with my "you cam" --- today we decided to model our new hats..and then dug out some old hats and model those too! Someday Mason is going to look back on these pictures and hopefully laugh and not be too embarrassed that sometimes we are a little weird!

make a page monday

Did another Make a Page Monday over @ Cathy Zielske's blog- here's my take. What a great motivator to get some scrapping done each week. I'm still adjusting to the time change, think it might be time for bed...

halloween and more

Mason missed the memo that we got to sleep in an hour today. His schedule has been off all day - and of course we were @ church during "nap time" Did not go well!

I finished this page while Mason napped this afternoon - we were all LIONS for Halloween! It was so much fun this year - Mason was LOVING running down the sidewalks with his trick or treat bucket (which was almost as big as him)!

We had a suite @ the hockey game Friday night - Mason's big trick of the night was walking around with a cup in his mouth. Saturday our friends Joe & Molly came up, and Grandma Marilyn watched Mason for us!

We are also VERY PROUD to say that we are the parents of a DANCING STAR! Friday night Mason got to participate in a chicken dance showdown during intermission and he WON as crowd favorite! Guess the dance moves he and I have been practicing have paid off!! :)
Today I was really in the mood for Christmas decorating, but the furthest I got was lighting one of my Christmas candles!

So glad it's going to be a short (but super busy) work week - Thursday is a day off (wahoo!) and Friday Mason has a checkup.