Well, I tried to upload the video of Kaylee's recital, but something isn't cooperating. She did such a good job! She knew the whole dance and had a big smile on her face the entire time. Anyways, here are some pictures:
We also got to celebrate Christmas a little early at my Aunt Marcy's house in Memphis. Noah's big present was a tool bench, the girls big presents were Wowwee animals and Micah and me got a Wii!!!!! We are so excited. Micah and I both stayed up way too late last night playing! The girls really like the bowling and I like whipping Micah in boxing!
As I mentioned in a previous post, Micah and I celebrated our 9th anniversary on the 18th. We didn't really do anything special, but he did surprise me with a new camera! I have not had a brand new camera since probably highschool. My most recent one was given to me by my aunt when she got herself a better one. It has not been working all that good and the button to turn it on and off was sticking. Plus, the quality of my old one was not very good. I really wanted a new one for our trip, but certainly didn't expect to get one. It is a Nikon Coolpix 2550. Just like the one Ashton Kutcher has! (Yes, that's a joke.)
Luckily, I had a lot of chances today to use my new camera. First there was Noah's trip to the doctor, then there was Kaylee's Christmas party, next we went to the park, and we finally ended up at Daphne's Christmas party.
Going back to Noah's trip to the doctor. He has been coughing, running a fever, and just acting sick for a few days so I decided I better get him in before our trip. They took an x-ray of his chest which thankfully was clear and they gave him a breathing treatment. He's also on a steroid for a few days.
I want to say "Thank you!" to Micah's parents for taking us out to eat tonight. It's always a treat!
This past Saturday night, Angela, Brandy and I had a Christmas party for the young girls at our church. We had it at my house and we had a blast. There were 12 girls that attended ranging from 4 years old to 5th grade. We ate, made a craft, played Christmas Bingo, and kinda watched the movied Prancer. Does anyone else remember that movie? It was one of my favorites when I was younger. The girls at the party weren't that into it, plus we had parents start showing up, so we eventually had to turn the movie off. You'll see in the pictures below the craft that we made. It took a lot more work than I had planned, but it turned out really cute. Angela painted all of the faces ahead of time. That was a lot of help! Each of the girls put a thumbprint around the edge and then I turned them into Christmas lights and put their names on them. The party was a lot of fun, but I can definitely wait a year until the next one. I need a few months to recover.
In other news, Micah and I celebrate our 9th anniversary this Thursday, December 18th. We have no special plans for now. I think that we'll just work on getting ready for our trip. We leave on Sunday and go to Memphis for a few days and then we head down to Orlando to go to Disney World! I'm really excited about going! It's been 10 years since I've been there and Micah has never been. After Disney World, we'll go to Tampa for a few days and then head back home. I will probably not post anything else until we get home. Kaylee's Christmas dance recital is this Sunday so I may try to post pictures and video of that from my aunt's house in Memphis.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and whatever you're asking for, you recieve.
Wow! This is definitley the longest that I've gone without posting. We have been so busy that we've barely had time to sleep. It seems that as soon as we finish with one thing, we're planning for the next. I think that I've had a party or some other commitment every night since Thanksgiving!
For Thanksgiving, we went up to Bradford to spend the day with Micah's family. Since my family is very, very, small, my parents went, too. We had a great time and the best part was that we got to leave the kids there from Thursday night until Sunday afternoon! Micah and I did some Christmas shopping on Friday, but we mostly just laid around the house and watched TV. It was much needed and very relaxing.
Like I said, we have had something almost every night. Friday night I wend to the annual ladies Christmas party for our church. We play Dirty Santa where you can steal gifts from other people. It is so much fun to watch those ladies get into it! They fight and scheme and will do just about anything to get the gift that they want!
Last night we went to our church's Christmas party. Every year we have a potluck and then we have a variety show. This year Daphne and Kaylee along with their friend Megan decided that they wanted to be The Chipettes and sing "Christmas Don't Be Late" by the Chipmunks. They did a really good job and had a lot of fun on stage!
Tomorrow night, I'm hosting Bunco at my house so I'm trying to get everything ready for that. Oh yeah! We got new carpet! I'm really excited about it, but it's been some work because we've had to move everything and then move everything back, but it was worth it.
I'm going to try to post a video of the Chipettes, but I may not get it up tonight. So for now, here's some pictures to enjoy:
