My newest nephew arrived on December 21, 2008 at 3:47pm. He was 7.2 lbs, 19inches and it took a little while for him to arrive but he did. Erin & Dave were tired after it all but they produced a beautiful baby!!
Monday, December 22, 2008
BABY JOSHUA IS BORN!!
My newest nephew arrived on December 21, 2008 at 3:47pm. He was 7.2 lbs, 19inches and it took a little while for him to arrive but he did. Erin & Dave were tired after it all but they produced a beautiful baby!!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Annual Graham Cracker Houses
Another wonderful thing that I love about Christmas is the traditions. One of the many traditions that I have done for years is making graham cracker houses. It all began with the Wood family when I was like 5 years old or so and we continue to make houses with them every year. The Wood family expanded, my family expanded but we continue to make houses. Then in high school my sister and I decided to have one with our friends. What's one more night? Just another excuse to have a party right? So we started to making houses twice in December. Then we decided that we weren't making enough graham cracker houses so we added yet another night. One with our family friend's kids.
Three in December amidst the goodie plate making, shopping, and overall Christmas madness and we have three fun parties of making houses. In the Wood family we have veered off from doing typical graham cracker houses cause it just got boring. We have made (to name a few) the Taj Mahal, a windmill, airplane hanger, nativity scene, the Washington Memorial and even a toilet. My friends have also started being creative as well.
It was lots of fun this year to see what people come up with. Sheila, Nikki, Jackie & Brittney made a girl's camp theme. Sheila made the lake, Nikki made the outhouse, Jackie the sleeping area, and Britt the mess hall.
Sadly though we didn't have our third night of graham cracker houses. Baby Joshua arrived early and our run of doing graham cracker houses with the Wood family for 20+ years ended. They did have it with their family but it just wasn't the same. Next year we will pick up where we left off.
Three in December amidst the goodie plate making, shopping, and overall Christmas madness and we have three fun parties of making houses. In the Wood family we have veered off from doing typical graham cracker houses cause it just got boring. We have made (to name a few) the Taj Mahal, a windmill, airplane hanger, nativity scene, the Washington Memorial and even a toilet. My friends have also started being creative as well.
It was lots of fun this year to see what people come up with. Sheila, Nikki, Jackie & Brittney made a girl's camp theme. Sheila made the lake, Nikki made the outhouse, Jackie the sleeping area, and Britt the mess hall.
Sadly though we didn't have our third night of graham cracker houses. Baby Joshua arrived early and our run of doing graham cracker houses with the Wood family for 20+ years ended. They did have it with their family but it just wasn't the same. Next year we will pick up where we left off.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . .
Christmas is my favorite holiday.
I love everything about it. The lights, music, gift giving, gift receiving, the meaning of Christmas, the colors, the decorations, and I can go on and on. I think also one of the many reasons why I like this holiday is the shopping. I love to shop and even better I get to shop for others. One of the OCD things that I do (which I thank my mother for this tendency) is I keep a book about Christmas. It began in 2005 and it is lists of who I have given gifts to and how much I spent, who I give goodie plates to, who I invite for graham cracker night and what gifts I have received. My friends laugh at me when I show them my book. But I like to look at it and see what I have bought people the year before so I don't make it a repeat. I also total up how much I have spent that Christmas as well so I can budget for next year. Well, not exactly budget because I don't really do that. But at least compare from year to year. Call me crazy, but it's what I do. Here is a picture of my book.
I love everything about it. The lights, music, gift giving, gift receiving, the meaning of Christmas, the colors, the decorations, and I can go on and on. I think also one of the many reasons why I like this holiday is the shopping. I love to shop and even better I get to shop for others. One of the OCD things that I do (which I thank my mother for this tendency) is I keep a book about Christmas. It began in 2005 and it is lists of who I have given gifts to and how much I spent, who I give goodie plates to, who I invite for graham cracker night and what gifts I have received. My friends laugh at me when I show them my book. But I like to look at it and see what I have bought people the year before so I don't make it a repeat. I also total up how much I have spent that Christmas as well so I can budget for next year. Well, not exactly budget because I don't really do that. But at least compare from year to year. Call me crazy, but it's what I do. Here is a picture of my book.
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