She can be taught!!

I learned today how to set the automatic timer on my camera.

The happiness of a child........

Is always worth it!!

Christmas......

Eric and i agreed that this year we would make a cake for Jesus, after all it is his birthday (as disputed as this may be, we do observe his birthday on Dec. 25th) the boys get birthdays, they understand that they are important and mean something. So we made Jesus a birthday cake. The boys walked around calling it "Jesus Cake" all day. It was spice cake with cream cheese frosting, and it was awesome!! Before we enjoyed "Jesus Cake" we opened our gifts, because we also believe that as kids, they should get the enjoyment of Santa too. After all your only a kid once, and in my opinion, Santa is a big part of being a kid. This year, instead of falling victim to the retail nightmare, Eric and i set a gift amount limit for the boys. They each got the same amount to open. The best gifts "from Santa" were Epic Mickey The video game for Aragorn (which he had been asking for, for weeks) and play dough for Roahn. From Grandpa Spillman Aragorn got a camera and Rohan got a batman castle (which has been a HUGE hit) they also got a marshmallow gun. I was not as thrilled with this gift as the boys were (it shoots little marshmallows) but i see the joy in a cool no harm toy gun. G-Dean got the boys 250 balls, they are the ones you find in ball pits (or used to) all over. She got a stern look from me, and asked "Where and i going to put those?" she smiled as only a grandmother can and said "Not my problem" Eric got some new PJ bottoms, and some books, i got a new cross and a bunch of crosses for my new collection. T-Bri joined us this year too, and from her i got the most AWESOME softest blanket you could ever imagine (seriously if they made clothes out of this material, you'd never wear anything else) after Presents we had some wonderful breakfast burritos and then Jesus cake. It was a really good day, we played marbles, the boys played with their new toys. I am starting to like Christmas more and more as i get older, and now that i have kids of my own.

On Dec 23rd we started a new tradition. We took the boys out to see Christmas lights in our neighborhood. We all got some hot cocoa and a special dinner at Sonic and then headed off. The boys LOVED it, they had such a blast ooooing and ahhhhing. We drove around for about 1 hour admiring the lights and enjoying Christmas Music as a family. It was a great time.

I wish...I wish.....

The boys sprinkled some oats and glitter for Santa and his Reindeer Christmas Eve. The oats lure the reindeer, and the sparkle helps Santa see where his going.

TSO....

I have been so excited to sit down and tell you about our date night last night. But I had to wait till the boys were down. As you may recall Eric got me tickets to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra for my birthday. Which by the way I have to give total credit to my good friend Sara in New York for. She e-mailed Eric for my birthday and told him that she and I had talked, and I had told her I would love to go, she sent him the link for tickets and everything. That was a very cool thing for her to do. So, after 2 LONG months of waiting the night finally arrived. I had been planning what I would wear for weeks, I ironed Eric’s shirt and Pants (is it sad that your Iron has dust on it from lack of use) we took a couple pictures to commemorate the night, left the boys in T-Bri’s trusted hands and headed out for dinner and the show. We wanted to eat at Texas roadhouse but the wait was atrocious. So we settled on Joe’s Crab Shack, which if you are a seafood LOVER (not liker) I recommend you go, it’s a tad pricey, so you really have to like seafood. But the food is awesome. Eric and I both enjoyed a yummy adult drink and just talked as we ate. It was so weird to not be interrupted every 2 minutes, which of course made me miss my boys (T-Bra got about 8 texts last night from me). After dinner we headed to the Pepsi Center in downtown Denver. We have never been for a major event like this though, and we were both shocked at the traffic to just get into parking the traffic was so backed up it was on the highway (I have new respect for ANYONE that has to deal with the highway down there on a game day) We finally got a parking spot and headed in, the previous show had run over, so our show was now running late, we stood outside for about 10 mines waiting to get into the building, but once inside we were good to go. We got to our seats and the show started almost immediately. It was then I came the realization that even though I was beyond excited to see this show, I only knew 1 song by them!! I have to tell you I was very pleasantly surprised. It is an 80’s hair band in a rock arena with a classical twist. Eric loves those old hair bands, and give him some arena rock, and he’s HEAVEN. So it was a great show for both of us. I will definitely drop the hint for years to come, that this was a GREAT idea, and I will be happy to do it again.

Lunar Eclipse......

Last night we had Lunar Eclipse. The boys are to young still to appreciate it, so we let them sleep, but Eric and i stayed up late to see it. It was very cool. I tried to get some pictures, but taking a picture in pitch black isn't an ideal photo op.

Interesting fact: This eclipse was the first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern Winter Solstice (Southern Summer Solstice) since 1638, and only the second in the Common Era.

Come see......

Eric left for work this morning and called me "Hey there's a lizard behind your car, he'll probably be gone when i leave but,.....oh wait nope he's staying.....you should go check him out" So the boys and i run out to see him and look what we saw.

Yearly Check ups......

We took the boys for their 5 & 3 year check ups today, and they did really good. Aragorn is 44 inches tall (a little over 3 feet) and weighs 56 pounds. Rohan is 37 inches (just over 3 feet) and weighs 31 pounds. Aragorn did his hearing and vision tests which he passed with flying colors. Dr. Erin was impressed that Rohan is already 100% potty trained, as he's not even 3 yet!! She did say that we could work on putting a little weight on him. Aragorn is meeting all the things he should be at 5, he surprised Dr. Erin by knowing his full address. Rohan did have to get 1 shot, just a booster, and Aragorn got off the hook for shots until he goes to School. We took the boys to red robin as a treat. Can't believe my boys are getting so big, seems like last week, i was snuggling them to sleep.

Christmas Tree

We put our tree up last week, and i think it came out pretty cute. We didn't do any bulb ornaments this year except for my big ones that were gifts. I did put up all the fun ones though, the ones Eric and i have got every year we've been married, and the ones i got for Aragorn when he was a baby, i have some very cool Disney ones that Becky gave me, and the boys and I made some apple Cinnamon ornaments. It could use a few more, but I am sure it will be full in a few years time. I can't wait for the boys to bring home their 1st school made ornaments. Rohan got the honor this year of putting the star on top.

This is a Video of our tree, it's a total flashing one this year, so i can't get a really good picture of it lit up. So i thought I'd do a short video. I thought it was kinda funny, i wanted some background music and the song that came on is "Ho, Ho, Ho" by Alvin and the Chipmunk's. Enjoy.

My View

This is the view from my desk sometimes......Such goofballs

Becky and Strut on their way to her company Christmas Party.........i LOVE LOVE LOVE her dress!!

Oh baby baby......

I attended the baby shower of a very good friend this weekend, and i was able to take lots of pictures :-) Nichelle is the daughter of a lady i worked with at NEXTEL Lorna. I actually became friends with Lorna first, and now i am friends with her, her daughter and her sister. It's amazing how people are brought into your life. Lorna and i actually didn't even like each other when we first met. But after working together for almost 10 years, and getting to know each other better, we are great friends. Nichelle will be having a little girl in February and she has decided to name her Brooklynn (which i love). I had a great time at the shower, there was SO much love in that room. Brooklynn will certainly be a stylish little girl, she got some great outfits. I made her a tutu (my 1st baby one) and i can't wait to see her in it.

Doing what we do

Just hagning out with my guys........

Turkey day!!

Sorry this is so late.....i have no excuse :-)

We had a GREAT Turkey day. In fact one of the best i can remember. G-ma Barbara came over with our friend Martin, and T-Bria was able to share the day with us too. Eric worked his tail off in the kitchen all morning, even though i have to say we did good as a team. He cooked as i cleaned up behind him (this plan although seemingly simple was in fact genius) it left us with only the really BIG dishes, and the plates we used to eat dinner to wash. The boys did great begging for turkey all morning, and then begging for pumpkin pie all through turkey. We played marbles at the end of the night, where Martin proceded to kick our butts. Aragorn and Rohan even got in on the action. They love to cheer and laugh with us. And it always makes me smile to see them enjoy the things i have liked doing since i was a kid.