missing: 1 living room

I think it is burried somewhere under all these toys!!!

overall we had a GREAT christmas, other than the fact that bobby and I were SICK Christmas Eve-- yuck. We stayed in Argyle @ my parents Thursday night and ended up staying Friday night too because of the blizzard. Mason got a ton of toys and a new METS toybox to put them in... it is plump full already. I dont know what we are going to do when his birthday comes in less than one month!

We came home to a good 2 feet of snow in our driveway - it was quite tricky trying to carry Mason into the house through the huge drifts. It took Bobby over 2 hours to snowblow out our driveway... We had Christmas with Bobby's side of the family the weekend before - it was so nice to see everyone! Angel & her family spent the night - we miss hanging out with those guys; we dont get to see them that often! :(

Bobby was so pumped that he finally got his snowmobile! It was his Christmas ***SUPRISE***from me- I did have some help from my dad and a couple of Bobby's friends- thanks so much! That funny looking face is because I put a MRE (miliatary meal) in the box with his snowmobile gloves to add some weight (he thought he was getting a pool table cover) -- that look is because he has no idea and doesn't get the joke... I havent gotten a chance to go riding with him yet but it looks like this snow is going to be here for a while!

I am bummed that the Christmas Season is officially over tomorrow-- it seems like I never really even get into the *Christmas spirit* until like a day before Christmas, and then I'm always sad it is over so quickly!

Tonight we are just hanging out @ home - crazy how life changes! 2 years ago we were in Las Vegas getting crazy bringing in '08 and tonight I am excited to grill halibut and play wii with my husband when Mason goes to bed. Hopefully we will make it to midnight! Last year I think we were asleep by 10!

favorite time of day

I have NEVER been a morning person in my life, but since Mason has been born, early morning has become my favorite time of day. I got up at 6:30 this morning to start getting things ready for Christmas dinner today (we are celebrating w/Bobby's family!) and now I'm taking a break, drinking my coffee (it is the only time of day when I actually drink my coffee rather than pouring it and leaving it somewhere to get cold!), hanging out with Jefferson, and enjoying the quietness of our house, and the smell of the pies in the oven. Yum yum!

Last night Bobby & I finished wrapping gifts for our neices & nephews and for Mason. It is so crazy to compare last year's Christmas to this year.... we bought & wrapped presents for our SON, and put Love MOM & DAD on the tags! You would think after almost 11 months we would be used to being a MOM and DAD but still from time to time we just stop and talk about how crazy & awesome it is that we are actually PARENTS!

I have been really tring to take 1 picture a day this December -- I know a lot of people do this for an entire year but I thought I would just start out with 25 days to see if I could do it. Here are a few of my favorites---- (PS: I have a confession - I have cheated a couple of times, some of the pictures are taken on the same day!)

Break time is over!!!

DC Trip!

Last week, Bobby & I took a trip to Washington, DC (our nation's capital!) for Bobby's Recuriter of the Year (it is actually called something like strentgh maintenence... I'm sorry honey I forogt all the fancy wording....recruiter of the year is easier to remember) award's banquet! We left Thursday morning from GF. Angel watched Mason for us (thanks again Angel, he had a blast!). We stayed at an awesome hotel - the Gaylord on National Harbor. Very fancy! There we met up with an old friend of Bobby's who had been working in Baltimore, the three of us hung out drinking $10 cocktails in the bar. :)

Then Friday morning we went to a "Spousal Breakfast" for me! The other wives and I got recognized by the Sargeant Major of the Army National Guard, a beautiful glass picture frame, and an award. And a free breakfast! Friday afternoon we took a tour bus around all the monuments - WWII, Korean, Vietnam, Lincoln, Washington memorials. Took lots of pictures!
Saturday we did some shopping @ National Harbor -- did you know there is actually a store JUST for the PEEPS bunnies? Crazy!

Saturday night was the awards banquet - so many "important" speakers. I'm not sure his exact title, but the "main" gentleman talking had bodyguards and his own flag when he came in! Bobby told me that the President has his own flag too, as does the Secretary of Defense, etc.

Sunday we had a later flight so we managed the DC "Metro System" (ie: subways) and went to Arlington National Cemetary, where we saw the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns. That was pretty awesome.

Back at the airport we learned our flight to Mpls was delayed, which was no suprise because every one of our flights had been delayed so far; however, when we did eventually get to Mpls, we learned that our flight to GF had taken off ON TIME, of course! So we had to spend the night @ a hotel! We did make it back to GF Monday morning, then went to get the Mase-dog @ his aunties.

It was a wonderful trip! Thanks honey!

yikes!

I didnt realize I havent written on here since Nov 11th!!! I dont even have a good excuse like we were on some exotic vacation away from all technology, although I sure wish I was today! It is 9 degrees- feels like 30 below!!!

So what have the Buzick's been up to?

• I went to a going-away party for one of my best girlfriends Sam-- she and her husband Drew moved to Cavalier! :(
• Sioux hockey games -- lots of them!
• Vikings game w/Jay & Tracy 11-15
• The night before the Vikings game Bobby & I went to see a play @ the Jungle Theater in uptown - it was INCREDIBLE!!!!!
• Mason turned 10 months old on 11-23!!! How fast time flies!
• Thanksgiving: We went to my grandma's here in Warren - had lots and lots and lots of food and my grandma even drug out the old photo albums! So fun to look at all the old pictures!


• Dec 1st: We officially got our first snowfall - and what a snowfall it was!! Wish I would've taken a picture outside Nov 30th because we went from having NO snow whatsoever to having TONS of it (like in the picture above)
• Mason got his first wrapped Christmas present to put under the tree (which we just set up today, but still need to decorate it!)

Otherwise it has just been work-work-work!!! I have also been trying to work on some new crafty things for my etsy store - will let you know when they are ready... here is a hint - nothing to do with vinyl lettering :) Also got the tree up today - FINALLY! - and attempted to do some holiday baking. Got the recipies off the martha stewart website - I should've known better-- my cookies turned out HORRIBLE :(

Today Bobby was gone to drill so Mason & I got to have a M&M (Mommy & Mason) day - we played a lot, read some books, and just hung out. I was so excited Mason stood by himself for like 5 seconds (counting fast -- so probably really just 3 seconds) - I had been holding onto him below his armpits and then let go. He would've done it for longer I think if he hadn't realized I wasn't holding on to him. His new favorite thing is to walk back and forth across the living room with his john deere tractor.

Well - I'm off to get some much needed scrapbooking done!! Or to bed which sounds equally as exciting to me!

Catching up!!!

Wow where did October even go? It is already almost 1/2 way into November - so hard to believe that in just about 1 month Mason will be opening up his first Christmas gifts!!! Time has been flying by it seems, although I can't even remember what we were so busy with in October! Here are just a few pics from Halloween, Mason playing in our leaves, and just random pics around the house. The odd looking one with Jefferson in the box: Jeff jumped into the box, and then Mason was pushing Jefferson with his walker around the kitchen - it was the funniest thing I ever saw! Both of them were loving it! Maybe you had to be there but it was pretty funny!!!

Today Mason is @ daycare and Bobby & I both have the day off - going to try to get some much needed things done - shampoo the carpets, throw out my dead flowers that are still in their pots outside (yikes!), pay bills (boo!), get some scrapping done (yay!) and hopefully put up some Christmas lights since it is SO beautiful outside! I am really loving the weather we are having this week - right now it is 9:30 and it is already 45 degrees - it has been warmer in November than it was in October. Maybe that means we will have a warm winter?!??!!

One final note: Thank you to all military members/Veterans (*especially to my amazing husband and wonderful grandfather*) for serving/having served our country. There are so many freedoms that we all take for granted but we need to remember that we only have these things because of the dedicated men & women who have sacrificed so much. Like the saying goes freedom isn't free.

3 generation high chair

Wow it has been almost an entire MONTH since my last post-- I WILL write one HUGE post one of these days, I promise, but in the mean time, there is only 10 minutes before Brothers & Sisters starts!

After church today, Mason & I went to my grandma & grandpa's house, and I was talking about wanting to take a picture of the high chair that Mason uses at their house -- it is the same high chair I used, and the same high chair my MOM used too! My grandma had already taken some pictures and sent them to me.

Crazy, this high chair was bought in 1955 and still standing strong!!! Mason especially loves banging his hands on the metal tray!!!

boo!!!

no, not halloween "boo" but boo because the sioux-gophers game ended in a tie tonight and boo that bobby & i weren't able to go! Poor bobby had a temp of 105 tonight - so needless to say we didnt venture out to the game like we had planned. Instead we watched the game on TV, sitting far away from eachother so I dont get sick! (at least not until bobby is better, someone needs to take care of our little bear!)

it was an exhausting day today-- so nice to just sit back and relax tonight. Came across a new website I like -- Divine Digitals finding all kinds of new (free!!) digi-scrapping kits. They do a challenge every other month it looks like - no big fabulous prizes, just some "in-store credit" if you will, for buying things off their site. Here are 2 pages that I made for their "October Challenge" -- learned a few new things on my photoshop while trying :)

...and one just for fun