Gingerbread Houses

The boys and I did Gingerbread houses today. Below are the pics of the final projects.

We did our Christmas yesterday morning. That way the boys could have all weekend to play with their toys. They really enjoyed them. Dad sent them both race car tracks. Bray's is a demolition track & Cody's is a NASCAR racing track. Both love them & have been spending a lot of time racing them.

We also went to mom's and started our sugar cookies. We will decorate them tomorrow but I will probably not post about those. I will be heading to Chicago for next week so the posts will be light. But I'm sure Jeremy & I will do some post worthy things.

I will be posting a Christmas greeting tomorrow & that replaces my Christmas cards that I did not send out this year!

Go Speed Racer Part 2

If you'll remember, back on October 1 I posted about some issues that I was having with driving around here.

Well it finally caught up to me. I received my first speeding ticket on Thursday. I have been pulled over several other times, but never actually received a "citation". So, I was not too bothered by the fact that I got pulled over but when the officer stated that he was issuing me a "citation for speeding" I almost cried. I was so distraught. I ALMOST made it to 30 w/out a ticket.

I remember when I got stung by a bee sometime when I was a teenager. I hated it because I had NEVER been stung by a bee and now I could not say that. That one time really screwed things up. And I have not been stung again. Well it's the same feeling with this speeding ticket. Really ticks me off that it ruined my record. But I guess it makes up for all the other times that I SHOULD have gotten a ticket.

Waitress Exits via Front Window

Another video I saw on Ellen. Hopefully this girl is ok. But I have to admit, I laughed outloud on this one!!

Snowplow News

This was a video I saw on Ellen today - funny

Snow?

This was our first "snow". Less than 1/2" more like a dusting of snow really. They boys and I were both disappointed. We were hoping for more. We have not had any bad weather so far this year, unlike many of my family in Oklahoma. And Jeremy in Chicago. Some of my family in OK still do not have power. Jeremy has not had any issues because of the snow but he has had plenty of snow.

It does not look good for us to have a white Christmas either.









This is our Christmas tree this year. We always do a real tree. I try to do a "small" tree every year, but it ends up being bigger than I anticipated. But it is fun and nice. A perfect size.

The boys are getting excited. We will do our Christmas on Christmas Eve. I told the boys that we could get up early and do gifts first thing in the morning just like on Christmas.

Tomorrow I will be purchasing my last gift and then I will be done. I know many people still are not done, but there is less than one week left. This is late for me.

Are you finished with your Christmas shopping?

Best Gift of All

These were posted in Brayden's classroom as some of their writing papers.



That is the best gift that I could ever receive!!! Reading this was the highlight of my day!

This paper is supposed to be an ad to sell Santa a sleigh. The teacher was very impressed with Brayden's papers. I am too.

Moments of Inspiration

I FINALLY finished a scrapbook that I have been working on all year. Next month will be 2 years that Jeremy & I have been dating. And I spent this whole past year working on a scrapbook of our first year together. I have not worked on any pages since this summer. But for some reason tonight, I was inspired. I sat down & did 14 pages and now the book is done!

Another great accomplishment for me this year is that I read 5 books strictly for pleasure. I have never done that. I probably have not read more than 2 books in a year for my own enjoyment. I just finished my 5th one & probably will not start another one for awhile, as I will be starting school again in January!

5 Seconds of Fame

I had my 5 seconds of fame on Good Morning America Saturday. They were at Silver Dollar City & you can see my head bob up for about 5 seconds.

In the episode I am toward the beginning of the hour long show but in reality that was shot at the very end of their hour long filming.

I've saved it so the next time you are at my house I'm sure I'll show you.