Christmas Books

With our second six hour trip behind us today, Christmas feels nearly officially over.  I’ve still got to get the tree down and put all of the ornaments up–  and I really want to reoganize a few closets, but in the name of “rest” and “holiday”  I plan on curling up for at least a [...]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 12 Merry Christmas!

The gifts have been opened with as much noise and chaos that  one would imagine takes place in a family of seven.  I did no laundry all day–  the true sign of a holiday– and I even spent an hour jamming on the Rockband drums back in the boys’ bedroom.  The ham and the Christmas [...]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 11 Christmas Eve

I know, I know–  what am I doing blogging on Christmas Eve at 11:26pm?!?  But what else am I going to do while I wait for those goofy kid to GO TO SLEEP so that Santa Claus can come to our house?  Spencer always watches the Pope on television (???) but I’d be asleep in [...]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 10 Christmas Card Connection

I know with email and Facebook and blogs and Myspace and everything else– Christmas Cards have become sort of “meh.”  But still, I love them!  I love to send them and I love to receive them!  And so I send about 100 cards each year to friends and family (non locals only–  at 42 cents [...]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 9 Family Fun

One of my favorite childhood memories is the King Christmas Party.  (Which was always on Christmas Eve back in the day.)  I have so many memories of driving home from a King Christmas Party and looking for Rudolph in the sky.  Every radio tower with a red blinking light was very possibly “him!”  When you’re [...]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 8 Home for the Holidays Part 1

Somehow we ended up needing to make 2 trips this year…  Right now we’re on trip #1 to my parent’s house who live in Tulsa.  Trip #2 to Arkansas will be later this week.   I thought maybe it would be a little warmer when we came south and it is!  It’s 15 degrees here– [...]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 7 Baby Jane’s Birthday

Jane was one of the biggest surprises of our life.  And one of the biggest blessings.  Happy Birthday to our “Baby.”  Can’t believe you’re 4!
 
BELOW:  Jane’s Birthday Request:  A “Pink Flower Cake.”  
(Hat tip to Shannon from Rocks in My Dryer for the awesome cake idea!)

BELOW:  Our Traditional family pic in front of “your age [...]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 6 Christmas Programs

This is the week I have officially donned “Christmas Madness.”  We literally had something scheduled for every night this week!  Monday was our (18th) anniversary date, Tuesday was a church Christmas cantada rehearsal, Wednesday was the high school choir concert, Thursday was SUPPOSED to be the band concert (with a fundraiser-dessert-bar which I chair each [...]

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Twelve Days of Christmas: Day 5 Five Golden Rings

EDITED TO SAY THAT I DON’T WANT THIS FOR CHRISTMAS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F2md4uGmMU
(Spencer, honey,  if you’re reading this…)
Hat tip to Grace at Serious Whimsey for the hilarious link.
 
All I really want for Christmas:

Isn’t that stunning?  And I don’t need five of these.  Honestly!    You didn’t think I was that materialistic did you?  One will suffice.  In White [...]

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 4 Christmas Cooking

One of the ways I (sort of) survive Christmas Madness is to have a cook & freeze ahead day.  Today was that day.  I guess I should say “yesterday” was that day, because I was so busy cooking and freezing that I never got around to the blog.
Here we have cheese grits (a Christmas day [...]

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