Wow! What a Christmas

I can't believe Christmas is over- it went by so quickly. We did 4 Christmases - here, Grammy Linda's and Pap Jer's house, G-Gram's house, and Ga-Ga and Pop's house. Of course the boys were blessed with not only the love of our family, but many, many presents - some of which are still waiting to be opened (yes - they were that blessed). Jeremy and I weren't left out of the blessings - we got many nice things - thanks to all. Dana and Nate got us a Garmin - which we used all over the county today in our post-Christmas shopping spree! Have I said thanks yet?
Wow! What a Christmas........one of the best things is we still have 9 more days till work/school resumes, so we'll have plenty of time to test out (and probably wear out) all the gifts!!!

Christmas Tree

Hi All! We went out for our Christmas tree yesterday. We really debated this year what to do because "Wayne the Hurricane" (aka Jude) seems to get into everything. But, we're gonna give him a chance with a real tree and see what happens.

We went to our usual place a couple of miles from our house. We picked a tree that is only about 4 feet tall -we'll see how it looks - we'll probably decorate it tonight (especially if Jackson has any say in it!).

Lights on the Lake

We just got back from Holiday Lights on the Lake @ Lakemont - so cool. Of course we had to stop in the gift shop @ the end! There were a couple of great model train sets that the boys loved! Santa was also there - Jude was so interested, he kept saying, "Ho ho ho!" Jackson wasn't so interested - he said he was too old to sit on Santa's lap.

For Dani and Beth

So after some harassment (he he) for ignoring the blog for a few weeks, I felt I needed to post some updated photos of the boys.

Here, the boys are eating their "bed night snack," as Jackson calls it while watching Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving special. By the way, Thanksgiving was great - we have so much to be thankful for- mainly these 2 little guys!

This is what happens when a teething toddler and an unchaperoned bowl of fruit meet - check out the perfect indentations on the orange - cracks me up!

The boys have taken a liking to reading together - Jackson's reading skills are really coming along and Jude just loves to look through books - especially truck books!

Well, I hope this posting helps all of the daily blog-spotters - I really appologize for not keeping up - it's the end of the semester for all of us (thank goodness)!

Early Thanksgiving

Yesterday Jackson's Kindergarten class performed some Thanksgiving holiday songs and also some Native American chants (hence the outfit) in the school hall. Then we (me, Jeremy, Jude, Ga-Ga, Pop, Grammy Linda, and Pap Jerry) proceeded to the school cafeteria to have Thanksgiving lunch with Jackson. We had a reserved table and some handmade centerpieces. It was so nice - even Jude sat for more than 2 seconds.

No, I Haven't Fallen Off the Face of the Earth

Great news! Kodak sent our camera back today fixed (and best of all free of charge!). It's perfet timing because tomorrow is Jackson's special Kindergarten lunch with a Thanksgiving presentation to follow. I'm sure I'll have some video footage and a slew of photos. Looking forward to it!

1st Haircut

Before Sue stated cutting

During the haircut


All done!

Well, we did it - we got Jude's hair cut. It was getting so long and although we loved the curls, many curls left with the humidity of the summer. He was such a good boy and looks so cute now. He seems to have gone from baby to boy in an instant.