Yay for Christmas Break!!!!

I picked up Brenden from Kindergarten at 11:45 am today; then Shianne arrived home at 12:45 pm --- We are celebrating!!! Yay no getting up early for 2 weeks! Time to enjoy some much needed valuable time together as a family- therefore we started out by cleaning out our closets (not so fun) getting ready for Christmas. We must have an organized home for Christmas I say; they don't agree--- oh well one day they might! ;)
I feel really weird that we watched our very last preschool performance last night. Our baby performed at his; telling the story of Jesus' birth- and to think in the past he's always sat with us watching; once when he was just 6 months old wathing his big sister, and the next when he was 3 1/2 watching his big brother do the same exact play that this year HE was in! He played a shepard; did not sing along AT ALL and hid behind the kid Santa during most of the show; poor little guy he is probably gonna have to battle shyness like his Momma ;). Wow time flys; preschool is so much fun and soooooo cute- I'm gonna miss this age. :(
I will post pictures in a couple minutes he's adorable!

THATS MY DOG!!!!!!

So I had this crazy idea to put a bow on our Hailey dog and get some pictures- she hated wearing this; she definitely was not a happy dog. It's also raining cats and dogs today so I had to take these indoors; therefore they were changed to black and whites- we'll have to do makeup pictures when we start seeing the sun again- these would be so much cuter outdoors! Not the greatest - but cute...

Christmas is here!!!

Just a quick post- I am headed off to finish up christmas shopping with Jay... we're always late in the game...

Our Holiday Spirit filled night...

Last night we joined our lovely neighbors and searched the Christmas tree lots! We always enjoy our time together. I just love the smell of pine and the beautiful sights of Christmas lights glimmering throughout town. It's the most wonderful time of the year!!! I had the pleasure of helping my neighbor (or should I say watching) her decorate her gorgeous tree! Her home decor is so gorgeous; words cannot describe all the touches of Christmas throughout.
This morning my wonderful husband brought me an eggnog latte from Starbucks; which has set the mood to put lights on our tree and get it decorated- I'm trying to talk him into getting some wood to break in our fireplace for the very 1st time and enjoy some hot cocoa! Doesn't that sound cozy? Here are some pictures of our night...

Trying to get the perfect picture with everyone smiling was quite a challenge; Jimmy wanted no part of being in this photo; finally he mustered up a fake smile... :)

Told you Jimmy was not happy... we interrupted his play time.

Baseball Season is over til Spring...

What a fun baseball season we had! Brenden was on top of his game; we are praying we'll be able to keep him going in the spring. They got their awards at their last pizza party; everyone was so proud! Jay was also given a gift card to Sport Chalet and a ball signed by all the kids as a thank you for coaching! It worked out so great because he wanted so bad to coach but couldn't commit completely; either way it worked out, Jay volunteer coached and only missed one game this ball meant so much to him. He really is a great teacher; I've always thought that.
On the last game of the season Brenden caught a fly ball - stepped on 1st (double play) and went for the triple by throwing it straight to second base; only a second and he would have had a triple play!!! What a way to end the season. :) The coach gave him $ 5.00 for catching a fly ball; he was pretty excited about that. His party was about 3 weeks ago; I've been meaning to post pictures; but you know how that goes...






This little boy with Brenden is the coaches son; they are always so
cute together!




This cake was homemade by the coaches wife; she did a fabulous job!