Merry Christmas

David and I just wanted to take a few mintues and wish everyone a Merry Christmas!!! This year has gone by so fast! Sometimes I wonder where the time has gone... Wasn't it just yesterday that I was 7 yrs old anticpaiting Christmas and what I would get from Santa!!?? Now it's my turn to be a mom of a 7 yr old and watching her anticpate the arrival of Christmas and watch her make her Christmas wish list!!! Though her idea's for gifts are some of the most interesting things that I have seen come from a 7 yr old!! Then again we had a Girl Scout Christmas party two weeks ago and I had the girls make their Christmas list, and all of them asked for I-Pods... I was a little shocked that they would ask for that.... and lots of request for "PINK" or "PURPLE" laptops...... what happened to toys???? LOL! Though their suprise visit for Santa kinda straighten them out on the things that he might bring this year!
Over the past few days I have been super busy baking cookies and making fudge in preperation for Christmas!!! I love this time of year...... I love being with my family more than anything in this and I miss that some of us can not be together this year..... Mother Nature had a differnt request this year!! Among other various things and happenings!! Oh how I would love for all of us to be together next Christmas!!! I have spent a great deal of time thinking about Christmas past....... The all nighters that my nephew's and nieces and I would have to see if we could stay up and see Santa!! Mom's famous Christmas Morning Breakfast Cassrole!! And she is making it for us tomorrow!! YUMMIE!!! Our tradtion of opening up on gift on Christmas Eve, and hopes that our anticpating for the other gifts would settle down... though I am told that my oldest sister tired many of times to bargin with my parents to let her open all of her gifts but it never worked!!! My daughter's idea on why we open presents is becasue and I quote " Mommy the reason we open gifts on Christmas is becasue Jesus wants to share his birthday presents with everyone!" I didn't know wether to laugh or cry when she told David and I this a little bit ago!! On that note I will wish everyone a Merry Christmas!!!

Love to all,

David, Leah and Makayla

Our first Snow

We got our first snow of the year today!!! Who would have thought that it actually snowed on the Oregon Coast!!! But it did so I decided that I would post some of our photo's that I took today!!! Today we had so much fun playing in the snow!!! I don't think I have laughed that hard in a long time, we built a "snowperson" this afternoon!!!! and had a huge snowball fight!!! Oh how I love my family I am truly blessed in every sense of the word!!!!

It's Christmas time!!!

Yes the tree is HUGE!!! You see David and I have this on and off year thing going on with our tree's. It started the first year we were married... he grew up with a "real" Christmas Tree and I grew up with an "artificial" Christmas Tree, He didnt' want to give up his "real" tree's and nor did I want to give up my "artificial" tree's so we compromised on it. The even year's we would have a real tree and the odd years we would have an artificial tree. What we didnt' know 2 years ago is that we get them for FREE!!! This year's tree was won at a drawing at a Christmas Bazzar I did about a month ago selling Tupperware, these two girls came by my booth selling raffel tickets for a Christmas Tree at a $1.00 a piece for the tickets, I looked at Dave and said sure what would it hurt we won't likly win anyways. Three hours later the girls came back and said what size tree do you want? I said what? they repated themselves me with googlely eye's said well.......ummm how big can we get it? They said 6ft, 7ft, 8ft, or 9ft, and bigger.... Dave goes 8ft will be pleanty Leah... I smirked at him going okay what ever you say dear!! So a week later we went and go our "little" tree well what did I do.... the guy showed me a 9ft tree David goes ummmm are you sure that is going to fit... I said of course honey!!!! Well I was right it's just huge!!! and really pretty in my humble opinion!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!