Putting up the Christmas Decorations!!

We are in the process of getting all the Christmas deco out, and I am just loving it. Christmas music all around the house ( I love Christmas music!!) Anyways..my grandmother had an extra tree in her attic so I took it home and we decieded to let the boys have their own tree in the their playroom. We let the boys make thier own homeade decorations/ornaments...and they turned out super cute. We aren't quite done yet, but here is what it looks like so far.
I will post pics of the finished product soon and pics of our big tree in the living room.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Just a few crazy pics from our wonderful Thanksgiving.
Lunch was great (Thank you Mimow)
But the company was even better.... :)

Pictures = Ice Cream

Today I took the boys out to take their pictures.
I needed some of them for our Christmas cards that we are getting ready.
Tomorrow we are doing some family pics, but I wanted the boys to be undistracted from the rest of the kiddos that will be there, so that I could get some really good shots of them.
We are doing the Razorback theme again this year...I can't wait to send them out!!
I will post a sneak peak soon.

Anyways....I totally had to "bribe": (sp?) the boys to do good (smile good) for me in the pics.. It worked, so after we went for a happy meal and ice cream at McD's...
Whatever works!!!

Cute Thanksgiving Fun.....

A lady at work brought these SUPER cute cookies today.
How fun would it be to make these with the kiddos for Thanksgiving??!!

All it is is a striped shortbread cookie (turned upside down)
A circle of frosting (tinted yellow)
A small reeces cup
And an orange tic-tac on the brim of the hat

Cute!!

Freebie from Dr. Pepper....

I found this online:

LOS ANGELES – Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality.

The soft-drink maker said in March that it would give a free soda to everyone in America if the album dropped in 2008. "Chinese Democracy," infamously delayed since recording began in 1994, goes on sale Sunday.

"We never thought this day would come," Tony Jacobs, Dr Pepper's vice president of marketing, said in a statement. "But now that it's here, all we can say is: The Dr Pepper's on us."

Beginning Sunday at 12:01 a.m., coupons for a free 20-ounce soda will be available for 24 hours on Dr Pepper's Web site. They'll be honored until Feb. 28.

Dr Pepper is owned by Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

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On the Net:

http://www.drpepper.com

http://www.gunsnroses.com

Baby I'ts Cold Outside!!

Man..it is really getting cold here!
It has already gotten down in the 20's and I am going throught the coffee!! I have really become and addict!
It just makes you feel better on a cold day :)
Anyways...this week Christian only has school on Monday and Tuesday and Joshua is out all week. I am off Tues-Fri, so we will have a pretty nice week! I am hoping to make lots of Christmas crafts with the boys this week...because the day after Christmas if Full of Shopping and PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS STUFF...WOOHOO!
I will try to post some pics of the boys asap...I've been a photo slacker lately :)

Update on Nursing School

So I called the school to see when they would "release" the names of the people who made the class.
They said everyone would have a letter of acceptance or denial by December 3rd.
So...keep me in your prayers!

The clock is ticking.......

Every year at this time...my heart starts beating faster.....the clock is ticking
IT'S ALMOST BLACK FRIDAY...WOOOOHOOOO!I am one of the crazy shoppers that make it on the 5:00 news the day after thanksgiving. A crazy mom that is out at 3:00 am to stand in line for cheap items for Christmas...or better yet, just for NOW...haha
I keep tabs on the ads that come out before Thanksgiving on such websites as blackfriday.com, ect.
I love every minute (or hour..haha) of waiting. And watching all the crazies (I realize I am one of them) that are out to get all the stuff we really could do without :)
I can bearly wait to see the ads come out on Thansgiving....
FORGET THE TURKEY THAT DAY...GIVE ME THE PAPER!!

Purses + Friends = Fun

New purses...woo hoo! This is my 2 friends, Yentl and Tiffany.
This was Saturday night at my house....I took the night off and we bought purses..woohoo...Happy Birthday to Me!!

Happy 29th Birthday to Me....

Today was my 29th birthday.
I actually went to work today...which was a bummer...who wants to get up at 4am on their birthday??!!
Anyways, after work I did a little shopping while Ryan picked up the kiddos and then we went to my Mimows house for dinner.
Mimow fixed my favorite, Chicken and Spaghetti, corn, rolls and frozen fruit salad. Mom made my favorite pie..Strawberry Cheesecake (she calls it Renae's Double Cheesecake Strawberry Supreme)
Mimow fixed Hello Dolly Bars (aka...Magic Cookie Bars)
It was all soo yummy, and I gained 10 lbs :)
Present wise...Ryan and the boys got me a case for my new laptop (that I haven't wrote about..wooohoo) and a CD.
Mimow got me a gift card to Gordmans...the greatest store ever. I plan on spending it in the morning.
And Mom and Pat bought me the coooolest new gadget. It is a Pocket (or purse sized) digital photo album. It is AWESOME!!!!
I attached a pic of it (along with the new laptop)....It's super awesome..I never even heard of something this small and wonderful.
Everyone (atleast every mom needs one) It's the coolest brag book ever!!!
Thanks everyone for making my day so wonderful!!!!

Halloween 2008

This year's Halloween was a blast. The kids helped me decorate the outside of the house - which was a lot of fun.
This year we trick-or-treated at First Baptist Lowell - where we always go. They have such a great event every year.
My brother Michael borrowed a costume from Rryan (his zoot suit) and added a little spice with a scary mask...quite a interesting mix :)
The kids loved being pirates and for some reason Ryan and I decieded to join in on the fun and dress up too. I wasn't really prepared so I just go some bunny ears and a tale and little pink boa. (and I painted my face with eye liner :)
Ryan got soo many comments on his ghost buster costume....all the grown ups really liked it:)
The kids got TONS of candy...they were sooo excited.
It was a really fun time....