new tramp

trampoline - that is!!!

the days after

grammies

after opening a few things
and stuffing ourselves
we headed up to grammies
where more goodies awaited

briley's new american girl doll














marina's new mini-trampoline

off to stacie's...

we ventured over
before lunch
and checked out all the goodies
we had a great time
3 new babies in 2007
makes for great fun!!!

morning fun

melissa, honey, marilyn and fran
all made it in!!
we had a blast

wake up wake up

they actually slept a bit longer than i expected
it was a bit before 7
i showered
and then left them escape
so much fun!

magical christmas eve

ah
the sweetness that comes with a 9 and 6 yo
and christmas eve
of course they were up at the crack of dawn
all excited that santa would be coming tonight
the day was spent cooking, wrapping and cooking again
(yeah - spilled the sweet potatoes in the driveway - stupid broken crockpot)
went to the weis 3 times
yes 3 x's
1st time - easy
2nd time - no parking
3rd time - survivable
so anyway
got the sweet potatoes cooked again
breakfast casserole ready
and was able to get organized
sue picked up the girls mid-afternoon
SWEET!!!
finished up the job
had everything ready
and then spilled the potatoes
so anyway
here are some pics
after our return from the 7pm
children's service
they found a package on the back porch
from santa's elves
it held new jammies
they also had to leave reindeer food
and milk and cookies for the dude
they each wrote a note
rather cute!

the right one

we waited till the bitter end
to get our tree
the living room is not finished
so we cleaned up the dust
broke out some decorations
and headed to mcclures
for the perfect tree
took 2 minutes to spot!













we brought it home
i put it up
and the girls went to town!!

school program

yeah i'm behind
lol
here are a few shot of the program
briley's class
singing oh christmas tree














marina's class
singing toyland

raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...

well hardly
but
we did visit santa today!
santa was making an appearance
at
family house
and instead of heading
to the mall
as we've done in the past
i ran the girls out
for a quick dinner
and a visit
with the dude

how cool is this???

i saw this on elsie's blog
and had this racket downstairs
tucked behind
the
piano
so i brought it upstairs
tied on a black bow
pounded a nail in the wall
and
tada
earring heaven...

indoor session one

tonight was playoff night for u10 girls
at the lion's den
the orange crush
won game 1
lost game 2
and were
eliminated
but briley has enjoyed the last 9 weeks
so much
that she
wanted to sign up
for
session 2
so we continue on...
here are some shots from tonight
go team
(she's #12)













after a big kick
she's got a great foot













she enjoys the view from here














beans
likes to socialize














soccer friends
and defensive
teammates













my friend jodi
and her
lovely
son
patrick

crafts and bakin'

fun times
now that drexel is coming to an end
i'm going to enjoy the next few weeks
before Christmas
here are a few things i've gotten done














a vintage button wreath
only cost me a few bucks
and a few blisters
ouch














how about these cookies??
they are pretty neat
just green sugar cookies
with the special hershey candy cane kisses
yummy

more to follow
over the next few weeks

basketball...what a hoot or is that hoop

the 2 little m's are funny
malin and marina have been playing bball at the y
their coaches are great
and very patient
it is a coed team for k-2
here are a few shots from this past sunday

perhaps one for a card...

here are a few shots we took on the front porch the other day
i'm going to work on a few or one
and hopefully create our card!
although i have 2 cards for sure - lol

work work work

no black friday shopping for me!
dad and I ripped down the living room ceiling
the girls cleaned up the plaster
after it was all down
dad's now working on getting it back
in order
i'm calling in the big guns for
dry wall