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December 24, 2009

we are gonna have a feast!! kevin won't be home for christmas so mom and i decided we were going to have just munchy stuff and watch movies all day long! here is our spread!! wow!! that is a lotta food!! :)

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December 23, 2009

i am finally ready to mail all of the boxes out to friends and family!! they will be a little late... but it just makes the season last longer, right? :) this is the final product for my friend kris. i love the pink and green ribbon i found! i hope she likes it too!

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December 22, 2009

it sure is beginning to look alot like christmas!! i finally got everything wrapped!! i guess i was feeling more christmasy than i thought!! :)

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December 21, 2009

i love boyd's bears! apparently i love them so much i bought this piece a long time ago when i worked at a hallmark store and was single! i gave it to a friend and told her to hold onto it for me. i had totally forgotten this story and she gave it to me! being pregnant is so surreal. i truly had given up the idea that i could or would ever be pregnant! what a blessing this is! thanks julie, for reminding me of my hope!

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December 20, 2009

hee hee hee hee hee!!! i got a cool tray that has little bowls to put food in at our big christmas party with the gang!! kevin immediately sees them as mickey ears!! what a funny guy!! give a boy a toy and he will play!! :)

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December 19, 2009

check out my man!! :) is he not the cutest guy ever! ;) he is so funny! out shoveling the driveway in shorts, boots and a jacket!! makes me chuckle! i sure appreciate him shoveling though!

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December 18, 2009

this is the gift i gave to all of my friends this year. i included a little poem about the star of bethlehem with it. they turned out cute! cool ornaments too!

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December 17, 2009

the coloring of this picture isn't all that great, but you get the idea... this is my christmas card this year!! i really love it!! but let me tell you.. it was ALOT of work!! there are 8 different colored papers on this card and i had to hand tear all of them... x 200 cards!! ok, so i will be honest here...i ended up only doing 100 homemade cards and then bought 100 picture cards from sam's club. but the end result was great! i am very proud of this card!

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December 16, 2009

uhm... i am can explain... i don't know for sure how it happen... but i lost my phone. in the couch. and we had a hard time finding it. we ended up having to tear the black fabric on the botton to get the phone out! the main problem was that it was on vibrate and so when we called it we all had to be very quiet so we could here the buzzing! hee hee! it was a little funny... at least to me... kevin didn't find it as amusing as i did!! :)

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December 15, 2009

one of my favorite parts of christmas is getting cards from everyone!! i love seeing how they have changed in the last year and reading about what they have done! so fun!! it is for this reason that i send out close to 200 cards every year too!!

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December 14, 2009

christmas is coming, whether i am ready for it or not!! so i figured i better get busy wrapping presents!! so, i wrapped all of my friend and family gifts! i need to round up some boxes so i can get them mailed soon too!! :)

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December 13, 2009

today i was release from my calling as the YW laurel advisor. i have been working with these girls for almost 5 years!! i love them all so much!! i will miss seeing them on a regular basis, but they will always be a part of my life.

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December 12, 2009

tonight we went and saw voicemale!! they are so amazing!! i love this christmas tradition!! they have the best concerts!! so fun!

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December 11, 2009

i decided i should probably put the tree up! but i don't think i am going to fully decorate it like i normally do. so i just put the few ornaments up that i have around. very simple this year. for some reason i am just not feeling the christmas bug like i normally do... that is ok, simple is good too!

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December 10, 2009

i love wrapping paper! in my opinion, you never can have too much! i try to get a couple new rolls every year after christmas when they get marked down really low!!

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December 9, 2009

today was my first dr's appt!!!! i was so excited to go!! there really is a baby in there!!! i keep saying it over and over!! there is a baby in there!! kevin wasn't home, so mom went with me. i am not so sure about this dr though... i might look into switching... but the good news it... THERE IS A BABY IN THERE!!!! :)

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December 8, 2009

i love these bunco gals!! the whole group was here tonight!! they are...

front row: luwana, wendee and debbie

middle row: nicky, janet, alicia, angie, nora and brooke

back row: me, erika and megan

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December 7, 2009

christmas trees are one of my favorite things to decorate with! so for bunco i had all of the prizes be a christmas tree!! i love the ones with bells!! i hope i win one of them!!

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December 6, 2009

i love this nativity!! i have always been very picky about nativities. nothing ever seemed right... the faces were always off somehow. until i saw this one by willow tree. i love it!! it is perfect!! it is fun to try to add a new piece every few years. perfect.

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December 5, 2009

i usually decorate for christmas on thanksgiving! but this year i wasn't really feeling it... we finally put some decorations up today! i am hosting bunco next week and don't have room for the christmas tree and 3 card tables with 12 women! so the tree will have to wait until after bunco... this is my countdown, it is the same one my mom used when she was little. i love it! there is so much detail in each of the pieces.