Trip for our Christmas Tree

Today, was a super busy day, but we had lots of fun. We started off the day with the wonderful snow. I then went to a Christmas breakfast/gift exchange with my mom at her church, while Blake went to practice for the Christmas program at church. When he got home, we headed to the middle school basketball championship game. Blake's school won the championship!!! THEN, we headed to pick out our Christmas tree. We decided we would get a smaller tree, that wasn't too full around the bottom, so it didn't take up too much space.

Snow on Saturday

Jackson woke up about 5:00 this morning, and couldn't seem to go back to sleep. Blake peeked out the window, and much to our surprise, it was snowing!!!! Snow is rare here. Snow in December, even more so! We had to check it out.

At 7:30, the phone and text messages started rolling in, telling us to check it out.

He liked the snow, okay. He didn't like being cold or wet, though. I am not sure if it just because I haven't seen a real snow in a while, or not, but I thought it looked so beautiful outside today. Just perfect!

Little Pack Rat

Jackson received this truck last year as a Christmas gift. I would say it is one of his favorite toys. He rides around the house with keys and a cell phone numerous times through out the day.
Several nights ago, I was doing the nightly toy clean up. I picked up Jackson's truck, and noticed there were lots of somethings under the seat of his toy. I opened it, and here is what I found.

Several eating utentils, medicine droppers/syringes, a couple of Christmas decorations, my wire for jewelry making, and two medicine cups.

Last night, the whole nativity scene was camping out inside. The animals were in his Fisher Price play barn. Wow.

Wordless Wednesday

Randomness

On Saturday night, Blake challenged me in the "Bowling for Pumpkins 2009 Tournament." I won. My pumpkin went further into the woods than Blake's. Ha.



My mom found this magnetic Santa for Jackson last year. He loves to play with the magnets. So does his dad. :)

My friend, Amy, returned some baby things on Saturday. Jackson has missed his swing. He got in there by himself, and cried when we took him out.

He still adores his Elmo shoes, and wears them all the time. I am not sure why he threw them in the toilet while I was getting dressed for church on Sunday, but they are dry now.

Thanksgiving, Take 3

On Saturday, we had Thanksgiving dinner with the Freeman's. Cheri and Tim live in Dayton, and the scenery at the house is amazing. We had steak and baked potatoes at this family dinner, and they were delicious!

Thanksgiving Day, Take 2

We had a really great Thanksgiving this year. We woke up Thursday morning, and had some time at our house with our "little family," just the three of us. I made strawberry muffins, and we watched the Macy's Day Parade. We then went to Blake's grandparents house and had a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Blake played poker and a game called Buzz Word with some of his family. That game is really fun to play with a big group of people. We then went to my parents' house, and watched "Four Christmases."

Watching the parade in PJs.

Poker Face