broken dreams

For the past couple of weeks we have been without a computer, and boy has it been hard. We had to look at things online through the Wii. Have you ever tried to write an email with a Wii remote? Joe tried to uninstall and reinstall everything on our PC. It doesn't work at all now. Our mac (which isn't supposed to break down I thought) decided it had had enough and wouldn't even turn on. Yikes. But we now have the mac back and I am happy to be reconnected again.

Christmas

My parent's came up for Christmas morning. Christmas morning just isn't the same without kids. We were trying to be sneaky and not let Corban see this bike/pusher thing until the last, but that was the first thing he noticed and that was the first thing he played with!
Corban loves trucks! We used my parent's Christmas money they gave us and got him this rug with two tonka trucks. I think he makes a pretty cute present too.

We also got him a HUGE bag of blocks. He usually plays with them for maybe a half hour all by himself! I love that. I couldn't tell if my dad liked the blocks more than Corban.

After all the presents were opened, I made everyone cake waffles with whipped cream and fruit. Because I used a cake mix, the waffeles weren't as crispy as I like them, but they sure were good!

Christmas Eve

We held our traditional Christmas Eve, this year with the Jenson's and my parents. We had a nice dinner and the acted our the Christmas story. We sand Christmas carols and opened our PJs (I got slippers instead). The singing is so awful, but I love doing it!

The movie is Corban playing his instrument as we're singing. Enjoy!

oh christmas tree

This is our lovely Christmas tree this year. Don't ask to see the bottom third because it is void of decorations.

This was my grandma Allen's nativity set. When I asked for it my mom told me it was a long shot, but I guess nobody else wanted it. Score for me! The poor camel is missing its tail and back leg. Oh well.

child labor

We put up our Christmas tree and Corban went to town. He broke about five ornaments that night. I was vacuuming up the broken pieces of glass and had put the vacuum aside for a short while. When I came back, he was vacuuming the floor around him. We decided since he seemed to love what he was doing to take the cushion off the couch and have him vacuum something productive!

We're definately purchasing some shatterproof oranments at the end of season sale.

christmas project

This is our advent calendar counting down the days to Christmas. It took a lot of work, but it was kind of fun. I've found out that when I start a project Joe is right there to help out and give his opinion. He's usually right and his way is a lot easier than what I would have done. It's really quite aggravating to be wrong all the time.

ho, ho, ho