We had a chance to share an early Christmas with my mom and dad in late November. My Parents spend the winter months in Florida, so we have to have an unconvential Christmas. The kids loved it!
Thanksgiving was great! We spent the day with Terry's family. Terry had to work on Friday, so it was a short trip - but still a lot of fun. I had the chance to spend the rest of the time off with the kids. I love these times. We laughed so much! With four children in our home, there are very few "dull" moments.
We tried something new this year - Gingerbread houses. O.K. - it was a kit - I did not bake the gingerbread (that would be way too Martha Stewart for me lol) Anyway, the boys and the girls worked together to make some amazing gingerbread houses.
We spent the rest of the month of December getting ready for Christmas. We have 7 trees in our house this year. Yep - you heard me right - 7 trees. What was I thinking?!?!?!?! They look beautiful and the kids loved them.
We also celebrated two birthdays this month. Tanner turned 10 on December 8 and Taylor 15 on December 11. For Tanner's birthday, we took him out for dinner with just mom and dad. He chose Red Robbin. He loved when they sang to him and brought ice cream. He also chose a new pet this year. Tanner now has a hamster named Buggies. She is really cute and all the kids love to watch her run in her wheel.
For Taylor's birthday, just she and mom went out to dinner and to the salon for a makeover. I was really needing some highlights (other than the gray) and Taylor wanted a color stripe in her hair. She settled on a pink stripe in the front of her hair. Her dad was not excited, but after I convinced him that it will eventually wash out - he was alright with it. Taylor also finished this quarter on a high note with honors again. She is doing great in High School. I am so proud of her.
When the kids were writing their letters to Santa - I caught a glimpse at Tanner's letter. It made me cry ( not a tough task when it comes to my kids). He first asked that his mom and dad would have a great Christmas. Pretty cool - huh. Then after he finished his list of item he would like - he asked to help him be a good boy so he could go to China to get his baby sister next year. Once again, I teared up. He is such a sweet little boy!
Christmas was spent here at home. I unfortunately had the flu. I drifted in and out of sleep on Christmas eve, while Terry finished wrapping all of our gifts. He also tackled those "some assembly required items". It was not a pretty site. He was pretty frustrated when he finished at 1:30 in the morning. uggh...
The kids loved all of their presents. In the afternoon we kept our tradition of going to the movies on Christmas Day. We started this about 6 years ago - and still enjoy it. There are no crowds and a lot of new movies debut on Christmas Day. This year we saw Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler. It was a really cute movie. The kids loved the guinea pig.
So, what is the latest on the adoption???? Well, our home study arrived the week of Christmas and we have filled out our I800A application. I am mailing it to our agency this week and then they will send it to the USCIS with their documentation. We are getting closer...
I hope you have a wonderful new year and I promise to keep up with my blogging.
Until later...
We spent the rest of the month of December getting ready for Christmas. We have 7 trees in our house this year. Yep - you heard me right - 7 trees. What was I thinking?!?!?!?! They look beautiful and the kids loved them.
We also celebrated two birthdays this month. Tanner turned 10 on December 8 and Taylor 15 on December 11. For Tanner's birthday, we took him out for dinner with just mom and dad. He chose Red Robbin. He loved when they sang to him and brought ice cream. He also chose a new pet this year. Tanner now has a hamster named Buggies. She is really cute and all the kids love to watch her run in her wheel.
For Taylor's birthday, just she and mom went out to dinner and to the salon for a makeover. I was really needing some highlights (other than the gray) and Taylor wanted a color stripe in her hair. She settled on a pink stripe in the front of her hair. Her dad was not excited, but after I convinced him that it will eventually wash out - he was alright with it. Taylor also finished this quarter on a high note with honors again. She is doing great in High School. I am so proud of her.
When the kids were writing their letters to Santa - I caught a glimpse at Tanner's letter. It made me cry ( not a tough task when it comes to my kids). He first asked that his mom and dad would have a great Christmas. Pretty cool - huh. Then after he finished his list of item he would like - he asked to help him be a good boy so he could go to China to get his baby sister next year. Once again, I teared up. He is such a sweet little boy!
Christmas was spent here at home. I unfortunately had the flu. I drifted in and out of sleep on Christmas eve, while Terry finished wrapping all of our gifts. He also tackled those "some assembly required items". It was not a pretty site. He was pretty frustrated when he finished at 1:30 in the morning. uggh...
The kids loved all of their presents. In the afternoon we kept our tradition of going to the movies on Christmas Day. We started this about 6 years ago - and still enjoy it. There are no crowds and a lot of new movies debut on Christmas Day. This year we saw Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler. It was a really cute movie. The kids loved the guinea pig.
So, what is the latest on the adoption???? Well, our home study arrived the week of Christmas and we have filled out our I800A application. I am mailing it to our agency this week and then they will send it to the USCIS with their documentation. We are getting closer...
I hope you have a wonderful new year and I promise to keep up with my blogging.
Until later...
