Foto Friday

Melissa | January 8, 2010

So the problem with taking over 500 pictures during Christmas break is finding time to process, edit, tag, comment, and post them.  This is what we were up to last week. 
(If you click on the event, it will take you to the rest of the pictures from that event.  If you’re really a glutton for [...]

Blog Hop: Christmas Pictures–Take 2

Melissa | January 5, 2010

Ok, so I’m double-dipping in this Blog Hop since it’s running again.
Here’s the photographic remembrance of Ty’s first Grinch Reading.

Christmas Collage

Melissa | December 29, 2009

Slowly making my way through pictures.  The complete set is at our Photos page.

Blog Hop: Christmas (Eve) Pictures

Melissa | December 29, 2009

So I’ve processed about 180 pictures so far and still have over 50 to go.  Here are some favorites from Christmas Eve.  For a more complete set, check out our Photos page.

Not Me! Monday

Melissa | December 28, 2009

Not-Me-Monday is a blog carnival started by MckMama. Hop over to her blog to see what others have NOT done this week.
I was NOT hell bent on the kids wearing their matching snowman pajamas for Christmas Eve evening and Christmas morning pictures since Ty didn’t come home in time to wear them last year.  [...]

Project :: Tree

Melissa | December 8, 2009

 Operatives
Mission: Search and destroy saw down
 
Gear 
Phase One: The sawing
Phase Two: The dragging 
  Phase Three: The securing
Phase Four: The standing 
 Phase Five: The de-icing
Phase Six: The lighting 
Phase Seven: The decorating 
Project Completion! 
 

Bah Hum Bug

Melissa | December 5, 2009

UPDATE: Apprently Our Daily Bread is thinking about this topic, too.  Read Presents or Presence?.
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Original post follows…
My kids: Mom, why don’t we decorate like that? (Pointing to a beautifully lighted house complete with candles in the windows, wreaths on the doors, and an inflatable Santa rocking on horse…yes, it was actually rocking back and forth.)
Mom:  Kids, [...]

25 days and counting…

Melissa | December 1, 2009

Today marks the first day of our annual Christmas chain.

Every year since PJ was 3, we’ve created an old-fashioned, red and green, Christmas-countdown-chain.  Actually, it’s an old-fashioned, red and green, Christmas-countdown-prayer-chain.  On every link we list friends and family in our life.  Every night, the kids take down a link and we pray for the named [...]

Homemade Christmas

Melissa | November 27, 2009

So I guess, the Christmas shopping season is “officially” underway.  I don’t personally have an “official” start and have been known to pick up Christmas presents as early as April.  But don’t let that fool you, I usually am still shopping the week before Christmas.
I think my biggest gift giving quirk is that I love [...]