Merry Christmas to me......

I know that is a little self serving but, I have not had any Christmas Spirt this year at all. I have been feeling sorry for myself because for me Christmas means family......and more that half of my family will not be here. I am excited for them with their own plans for their grown up lives but as their Mother, a small part of me wants them to be little again and have them excited about the tree, santa and church programs and all of the other things that go with Christmas. Also to see and hear that excitment is so contagious.





But, I did get to talk to Brayden & Kylie this week and did hear the excitment of them telling me what they want. (Yes, I will do anything possible to make sure they get it too! :). But the best Christmas present was going to my computer this morning and seeing a brand new picture of both of them together. Now you might not think this is too special, but it is the first time in 3 years that they have been able to catch both in them in a shot at a picture studio. I am sure you know what I am talking about-----usally one is crying or screaming the other is running around and refuses to sit still in the place you want them too for even a second. So we usually settle for individual shots. So that being said----Here are my wonderful Grand Children together in one picture.....

Merry Christmas..... now I need to go shopping!

justin timberlake and kermit

Just for Courtney :}

Havin Fun....At the Zoo

For Sure.....I am not the best photogopher, not even close. But, I so love capturing moments! I also like to play with the pictures and I love to scrap them. When Courtney brought her Brandon to meet us for thanksgiving we took over 500 pictures. Yep I love every single one of them even the blurry, what is it in that pic, photo. I mean it has to be something that was important at the moment or no one would have taken the time to shot it right? Also, My Courtney loves to goof off, so here is just a few that I would like to share:) These are from their trip to the World Famous San Diego Zoo.......PS....I did not go this day, so I am not the photogopher, but as stated before I had a great day making a edible fruit basket:}

You see Al can smile in a picture, of course they are riding the gondola at the Zoo and Courtney and him love being high and swinging. Now Matt & Brandon, not so much which really amused these two.

Self portrait fun of Courtney & Brandon.

Ok, just a little taste of how goofy Court is. She does fit in quite nicely at the Zoo, don't you think?

One of the many enterprisies named after my husband. This one is located in the middle of the Zoo.

I love it when my children will pose long enough while smiling for a photo (Matt & Court).

I will post more of our visit later..........because joy o joy I have lots of pictures!!!!!!

Later......

Creative Friends....

OK, I know this is totally out of order, but I still had to post it because it was so much fun. I had the best time making our own ediable fruit basket for the Thanksgiving Holiday with my two very creative friends---Margie & Cathy!! We met at Margie's house, Cathy brought all of the necessary fruit, and supplies and well I ran around getting a cookie cutter, lol.


I served mine Thanksgiving morning for our breakfast. It looked beautiful and Courtney even discovered that she liked blueberrys. Cathy told us she added some chocolate covered fruit with her arraignment, yummy.

Now if you look closely at the middle picture in the background you can see some flowers. Cathy arraigned these flowers for Margie and myself from flowers out of her garden. They were so fresh the centerpiece still looks nice with just a couple of wilted flowers that I just picked out of it today, that is 13 days since I received them...WoW.



I have the best friends........