• Summary of Christmas

    This basically sums up our Christmas morning! Lots of fun, family, and TOYS. We had a wonderful day, hope you all did too!

  • Timeless Christmas

    Once upon a time long ago there was a cozy house all decorated for Christmas. Logs burned merrily in the fireplace and a Christmas Tree glittered with lights as all was ready for Santa’s visit and a happy festive season of merriment and joy.

  • Cleaning Up for Christmas

    Previously Arin’s toys ruled the living room… but we had to make room for the Christmas tree. It’s a good thing we did, because we ended up with the fattest, widest tree ever! It takes up almost all the space that you see Arin clearing here. Isn’t he so sweet, deliberately picking up all his…

  • December Storm

    We had a large storm, the first of the ‘official’ winter season. I’m not counting the storm we had earlier in the year, because that was just uncalled for. Now, though, we have enough to ensure a “white Christmas”… probably. We got almost a foot of snow last week and let me tell you, it…

  • Candy Canes

    This year Arin discovered he has a deep and abiding love for *candy canes*. He is always asking for more, and is very excited every time he gets offered one. He doesn’t lick or suck on it like a normal person, however… he crunches them down to nothing in record time. Guess he’s just too…

  • Christmas Tree Shopping

    We got our tree a little late this year… but not as bad as other years when it seems we were out a few days before Christmas. We took it easy this time and just headed to the local town courts where the Lions Club was selling trees. It was *freezing* and we were the…

  • Smile or No Camera

    Arin is just like his mommy… he loves cameras. He’s constantly trying to get at mine to look at the pictures, and now whenever I grab it to take a picture of him, he stops what he’s doing, runs up to me and tries to grab it out of my hand! I told him he…

  • La Carreta apres la Christmas Tree

    After we got our Christmas Tree last night we had to go out and celebrate, so we headed up to my favorite place – La Carreta! I love this restaurant, we’ve been going there since I was in high school and it has hosted countless celebrations, dates, girls nights, etc… It’s SO tasty and the…

  • Library Tree Lighting, Part 2

    Here’s the second part of the Tree Lighting… starting with once we FINALLY got inside. It was cold out, and Arin was heavy! Thank goodness we convinced my Dad to come, he took over Bobo-lugging duty.Julie showed up and her and Mom snuck in to the Santa room… without waiting in line.And here is THE…