Christmas Celebrations...

We had a great Christmas! Gladys came down and spent some time with us and that was really fun! We got together with the Byers family on Christmas Eve and ate dinner here...

Then we went to the movies and saw this...

Since we don't get together often enough it was great fun and we all had a blast! We even enjoyed the movie pick much to our surprise!

Christmas Day we woke up, saw what Santa brought the girls and then opened presents. The favorite present given to me was this...

And gift certificates to one of my favorite restraunts, here...

And the favorite gift I gave was to Darrell which deserves it's own blog when I get a chance to get the pics on my computer!

After all this we went to my mom's house and did a gift exchange and ate lots of yummy yummy finger foods and appetizers and then we headed to Grandma Marilyn's and Grandpa Tom's for lots more yummy food (I was so stuffed from my mom's I could only eat a my favs at Grandma's and pas so it was cocktail shrimp and lemon jello with cheese for me, YUM-O!) And then the fun white elephant gift exchange! My cousin's boyfriend walked away with the "Pickle" which my Grandpa made about 20 years ago and has traditionally been a "white elephant" since we started doing this several years ago! Hopefully the pickle makes it back next year!

On the 26th we got together again with the Byers family (we totally need to do this more often! I LOVED IT!) The adults (and my kids) went to dinner at Iggy's then headed to Dale and Susan's house for games. We played a couple of really fun name games but I think the highlight of the evening was "DO YOU LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR?" It was hilarious watching everyone run around trying to find a seat and knocking eachother out of the way! I laughed so hard I nearly peed my pants more then once and it was really funny when Doyle spilled his drink all over Gladys and then farted on Shawna (accidentally of course!). Truth be told I think numerous accidental laughing farts occurred this night! It was great!

I'm so happy that we have such great families we can get together with and enjoy spending time with! I love all my family and in-laws and I have been truly blessed with the best!

Happy New Year to Everyone!

Christmas Surprises...

I'm so excited for Christmas to get here! I have the best surprise for Darrell and I've been using facebook as my outlet to talk about it so I don't blab like crazy to Darrell! He has no clue which is hard because he rarely gets surprised! I'm counting down the days! It's also a fun year because Annie and Shawna walked to Jordan Landing to buy Darrell and me presents with their own money! This is the first year they've done anything like that and it's fun to see them growing into such wonderful young ladies! I can hardly wait to see what they've bought us and it's all I can do not to pick up their gift to me and shake it like crazy! Oh please Christmas get here quick!

I'm still loving it!

While doing my latest knitted project I started feeling a bit overwhelmed and a tad insecure about my knitting capabilities but once I put my mind to and decided I was going to actually do it this is what I made...

Shawna Rockin' the Rasta!

THE RASTA BEANIE! It was pretty easy and I can't believe I let it intimidate me! Now onto a beanie and scarf to two little ladies I just love to death! (Hope B and Lo just love what I'm gonna make them! and I hope this beanie fits Brock!)

Panther of the Month...

And the winner is...

SHAWNA!!!

It's so cool to know that out of the whole 7th grade student body Shawna was picked for this honor. We are so proud of our little girl! She is growing up so quickly and is really making us proud! We love you Shawna! Keep up the good work!

(Since everyone knows what Shawna looks like now I thought it might be fun, as well as a little embarrassing, to post a baby pic! Wasn't she just so dang cute?!?!?!)