I got behind on Christmas questions...

8. What's on the top of your tree?
**A glittery, sparkly silver star

9. Do you have a nativity displayed through the holidays?
**Depends on the year. I have two nativity sets that I love. This year I opted for no nativities because we have a puppy who would destroy it!

10. Candy Canes, traditional or flavored? OR Chocolate Covered Cherries?
**I hate chocolate covered cherries so we'll nix that one immediately. I don't care too much for candy canes either but if I were to eat one, it would be flavored.

Christmas Questions!

I've seen this on a few other blogs and since I'm a LEMMING, I'm joining the masses and copying it too. Basically it's a countdown to Christmas with a new question each day... except today I will answer multiple questions to catch up!

1. Colored lights or white lights on your house or not at all?
** I prefer colored lights on the outside of my house.

2. Hot chocolate or egg nog?
**Hot chocolate for sure! My new cocoa latte machine is the BEST invention ever!

3. What's your favorite holiday dish?
**Homemade fudge (maybe this isn't your typical "dish" but it's holiday and it's on a dish and I love it)

4. Does Santa wrap the presents or just sit them under the tree?
**A little of both.

5. Do you hang mistletoe?
**Nope

6. When do you put up your decorations?
**Usually I decorate the day after Thanksgiving. However, it's December 7th and I still haven't put up one thing. Hopefully this weekend!

7. What's your favorite holiday tradition?
**My goodness... how on earth am I supposed to pick just one? I absolutely love Christmas Eve though. The kids get new jammies, we read lots of Christmas stories, maybe watch a Christmas flick and spend good time as a family. I also love Christmas books and I try to get at least one new one each year.

Cub Scouts!

Jackson is officially a Cub Scout!!! Isn't he so handsome? I cannot believe he's so big. He went to scouts this afternoon and absolutely LOVED it!

Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I think this painting is so adorable... notice the cute little Beagles sitting at the dinner table!

Happy Birthday!

We've been so busy that I haven't had time to post. Aspen and Jackson celebrated their 8th birthday... WHOA! (do I seriously have 8 year olds???) We had a great couple of days starting at Chili's (each of them got their own molten lava cake and bellyaches that followed), we went to Chuck E Cheese and also had really fun parties! The girls played dress-ups and did art projects and the boys built dinosaurs. Thanks so much to my mom and dad for letting us have the parties at their house... it was PERFECT!

Where does the time go?

MY SHELF! This shelf is in my bedroom and I absolutely love it. With a little help from Ikea, Kohls, Real Deals, TaiPan, the dollar store, and my Grandma... the shelf is complete and perfect!
My Grandma gave me this old sewing machine a couple months before she passed away. I love this little sewing machine and I used to "ooh" and "aah" over it at her house whenever I was there. She kept it on a bookcase in her living room. One day she called me at work and asked me to stop by her house on my way home because she had something she wanted to give me. When I got to her house she had the sewing machine all wiped off and wrapped in a white lunch sack. She wanted me to have it (and also gave me strict instructions on how to care for it and that it wasn't a toy for the kids to play with). I told her I had the perfect spot for it... MY SHELF. I also told her that I would take pictures of the completed shelf and show them to her so she could see where I put the sewing machine. Sadly, I didn't ever get to show her these photos but I'm sure that she'd love the finished product (especially since it's high out of reach of little kids)!

UPDATE... GRANDMA'S FUNERAL
The three amigos playing Gameboys during the viewing... Grandma wouldn't have cared at all... she would've asked them to show her what they were playing! Plus it kept them totally entertained and quiet!
These carnations were placed on her casket by the pallbearers... I love this pic.

Happy Halloween!