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I am apparently having a senior moment, and can't remember how to change the font color on blogger. If you know, please let me know....I changed my template, but can't figure out the color font change.

Thank you!

A mini photo shoot

I love taking pictures, in fact it is my passion, my hobby, and sometimes, makes me a little money on the side. I always seem to get a negative reaction however from Cassidy when I say, "Hey, can I take some pictures of you?" It usually has an eye roll, followed by, "But Mommy I really don't want to have a picture taken of me." Which then I follow with, "But Daddy would love to see a pretty picture of you, and if you do, I will get you a prize." And that is usually what makes it happen. Anyway, we are off on Christmas break, and while Daddy is working, we have been finding things to do. Yesterday, Cas wanted to go to the park and play a little. I figured it would be a good idea to get out of the house, and enjoy some nice weather. Glad we did, because today I woke up to rain and overcast skies.

Anyway, back to the park. We have hundreds of parks around the area we live in, but which one do you think my munchkin wanted to go to? Our subdivision park. I was o.k. with it since it is close, and if the weather got bad, we could hurry home, but it always makes me laugh. It is probably the smallest, and not the prettiest park close to us. Anyway, we headed to the park, and were having a great time. Cassidy let me take some pictures of here, although she did finally ask if I would put my camera away and really play with her. Which all of you will be proud to know I did. We played for a long time, and then, I told Cas it was time to go. She begged to go down the slide one more time, and that is when it happened...she scraped her back all up, and was bleeding.

We rushed home so I could asses the damages, and after a little hydrogen peroxide, and some Littlest Pet Shop band-aids we were on the mend.

I guess the good thing about the whole trip is that I got to spend some wonderful quality time with Cas, and I did get some good pictures (before our little accident).

Let me know what you think of them...













Until Next post!

Mickey and Minnie Mouse? That's awesome!

Cassidy's school had a Breakfast with Santa, as they have done in years past. But, this year, I think Cassidy's favorite at the event were the Mouse Family, as in Mickey and Minnie. She LOVED it! She took pics with Mickey and Minnie with no problem, but Santa was a little iffy! Oh well, he still came to visit!



They have crafts to do, and cookies to decorate as well. We invited our neighbors from across the street, and their two kids really enjoyed themselves.





Until next post!

Christmas Light Display 2010

***Note, the above and below images are not of our home...I don't have enough energy to put up this many lights =-) ***

Two days before Christmas, we decided to go check out some Christmas lights. There were quite a few amazing displays if I do say so myself. Cassidy really enjoyed them this year since she is tall enough in her car seat to see out the window. She has grown like a weed, so it makes it easier to enjoy the lights for everyone. Mike found a website that showed the best Christmas displays by zip code, so we decided to check out the one's he found. One of them was actually on an HGTV Crazy Christmas light special. It was amazing! I would love to say I would have the ability to do it, but don't think I would ever have the time. What do you think? Did you have a favorite display? Sorry if the camera work is a little jerky, I didn't have my tripod with me! Enjoy! This first one was featured on HGTV. The couple that did the display last year moved, and downsized a little bit, but it was still amazing!

Here is some video, and after that, there are some still pictures as well.

Enjoy!

Christmas Morning

So we had a quiet Christmas morning here at home. But it really began Christmas Eve, the stockings were hung by the chimney with care. In hopes that St. Nicholas would soon be there. The children were tucked all snugly in bed, while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads. (OK...so our only child actually fell asleep on the couch watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas, but that didn't sound as good as my entrance to this post.) But anyway, we had a wonderful Christmas Eve. We went to the children's service at church, and Cassidy really enjoyed herself. We baked cookies, finished wrapping gifts, and made sure that everything was ready for Old St. Nick.






Once that was done and the evening was upon us, we started watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Or at least we tried, we had a bad storm blow threw and knocked out power at the house for a while. After calling the the power company a couple of different times, we finally had our power restored. For a minute Mike was afraid he was going to have to pull out the generator. (I really didn't want a repeat of Hurricane Ike. Two weeks without power was long enough!). Anyway, the power came back on, we finished almost all of the movie, and our little angel fell asleep. Luckily for us, it was about 8:30 when she fell asleep, so Santa was able to come before 10:00 that night.



Anyway, back to Christmas morning, I awoke before anyone in the house. I went into the living room, turned on the Christmas lights, and enjoyed the peace and quiet. The lights twinkled on the tree, and it was absolutely beautiful. Finally, a little before 8:00, Cassidy and Mike woke up, and that is when the fun began...I don't want to bore you with a lot of description in words, (since I just did that), so I thought I would share it in pictures!

Enjoy and Merry Christmas!





Merry Christmas!
Until next post!

A little bit of Christmas

This past weekend, my sister and her family were in town, and boy did we have some fun! They got in last Thursday night, and were with us until Monday. (Poor things got stranded in Houston since their flight got cancelled, but stayed in a hotel near the airport), Anyway, we had so much fun, letting the girls play, shopping, decorating Christmas ornaments, shopping some more, and just hanging out together.

My office every year has two Christmas parties, one for adults, and one for kids. Both of the parties are always amazing. The adult Christmas party had a special guest this year, Mr. Clint Black. (Boy do I wish I was related). Anyway, it was amazing and so much fun! There was also a comedian and boy was he funny. I can't remember his name, but when I do I will let you know. He has been on t.v. a few times, and I can see why.

This past weekend was the Kid's Christmas party. It was at our office. There was no holding back. They had a room entirely devoted to decorating Christmas cookies, there was face painting, there were dancing elves, you could make your own Christmas ornament, you could decorate a snowman, and they even had goodies for the kids to bring home!

We had a blast! Here is a pic that I had on my computer at work, the rest are on my home computer. (This was a gingerbread house that the kids could decorate) I will get more pictures uploaded soon.




Until next post!
Shelley