Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas this year despite the snow falling for days it seemed. Everyone got what they wanted and then some. Christmas eve we opened up the Wii that was given to us by Grandma. That sure kept everyone busy through out a snowy Christmas Eve. The kids got spoiled even more on Christmas Day. Mikayla got her long awaited Nintendo DS along with the accessory kit, pajammas, socks, 3 DS games, and a mp3 player. Joshua got Star wars lego, play doh and a Star wars Lego video game for the ps2. Logan got some clothes, lego and clipo table. The family got a portable dvd player earlier this yr, as an early present.

Paul and I both got some clothes and jammies.. All and all we can't complain at all. We have been so blessed this year. Not only are we thankful for what we got at christmas time but also earlier in the year.

We had a smaller crowd for dinner as first planned due to the snow, family out in Surrey were stuck close to home.

My very first poinsettia

I am not convinced on the spelling Poinsettia but anyways !!! As a kid my mom ALWAYS had at least one in the house at ALL Christmas. I thought they were ugly...lol Guess your taste changes over the yrs because I got one this year and it is soo pretty , the leaves are so soft. Lovely bright red in colour and it looks so full. I just love it.
I am hoping to get one more this season !! The white ones don't look as beautiful as the red.

Over the Weekend.....

This past weekend was nice and relaxing. We hung up some more lights on the outside of the house, finish off the part that had none and changed the fence lights from blue to multi coloured. We also decorated the mantel and hung our stockings. Other then that just relaxed and thought about Christmas. This coming weekend, we'll do a bit of shopping. We have to buy 2 gifts worth about 15 bucks each to take to Paul's work Christmas dinner. Any ideas??? basically they need to be gender neutral because who knows who will end up with them but then again who cares cause if a guy got a girly thing well then he can re gift it..LOL We go to the same place every year, pretty quiet dinner and a gift game and that is about it.

We are waiting for a few more weekends before the tree goes up. Rather not have to worry about little fingers just yet.

Christmas Lights

Well today we spent the day outside hanging Christmas Lights on our new house. As most of you know this is our first Christmas in the house. It will be a couple more weeks before the inside of the house gets decorated. Longer its in the boxes and less time I have to say Don't Touch the tree !

Not the best picture but hopefully you get the idea. We have candy canes running down the side of the driveway.