My friend Michelle took these pictures at Gardner Village. Thanks alot Michelle!

Well Christmas is officially here. It has become an annual tradition that we go to the Festival of Trees. The girls search through all the trees to find their favorite. Elsa is a superman tree and Livy's was a princess tree. My favorite (sorry, no pic) was a tree that was complete made of blown glass. lights were flickering inside the glass tree. It beautiful. Micah saw a tree totally decorated in Philladelphia Eagles that he loved the most. I also love the gingerbread village. For the first time I saw not just one but several trees that still hadn't sold. I felt bad to see those trees go unwanted. The painting that I posted was amazing to see in real life. It was huge and went for about $28,000. I could stare at it all day, the detail in it was mesmorizing. We went during the evening and it was actually better than going during the day. The girls got right in to see Santa. The girls were shocked to see that he called them by name to come and sit on their lap ( there was a worker who asked us before hand and he told Santa, but the girls didn't know that).

We set up our tree and decorated the house. Micah and I went to my work Christmas party at Spencer's. It was so good. I was pleasantly surprised when my bonus was a little bit bigger than years past. I really thought that it would be less (due to the economy).
The girls and I are just getting over the stomache flu. I don't know what could be worse when all your kids are sick including yourself. There definately wasn't a whole lot of time to sit and feel sorry for myself and lay in bed resting when I was washing out bowls and doing laundry all day long.
I have been really struggling in getting into the christmas spirit this year. I don't quite know what it is but I just have to remind myself of all the things that I have been blessed with and try not to focus on all the negative things that are going on right now. If any of you have any advice for me, please let me know. Thank you all for your friendship and I wish you a merry christmas.

Thanksgiving has come and gone. Whew! I forget how much work it is to prepare... and lets not forget the cleanup. Micah and I rotate our Thanksgivings and this year it was my family. I have 4 siblings that live out of state and none of them were able to come. It was my parents, my brother Ian and his expectant wife and Ilene. I have to admit I did a pretty good job except for the gravy. I have never been good at the gravy. All and all I would say it was quite successful.

I planned to hit the stores Black Friday, but after such a long day of cooking and cleaning I opted to stay home and sleep in.

Livy recieved some play makup for her birthday. I was able to ration her usage, but after a month or so I gave in and let her go wild.

My friend Crystal had her Bridal shower this past week. It was a lot of fun. We dressed her in a wedding dress (designed by me) out of T.P.



















The Bride (crystal)




















Hillie stood at the bottom of the stairs just watching Elsa and Livy slide down on their bellies. I thought it was a cute pic.



















Micah's dad made the girls their very own cardboard car. They wouldn't get out of it. It was so cute. We had to park it in the garage. It doesn't hold up well to the outdoor elements















Livy just got back from visiting the dentist for the first time. She did really well. Now if I could just get her to poop in the potty. Ugh.

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I am so glad the election is over. This was the first time that I actually followed the election, debates and all. And I am embarrassed to say this but I never got around to registering and so I didn't vote. Of, course I never really made up my mind about either canidate. I just have a hard time believing or trusting what they said and so I just didn't feel comfortable voting for either of them. I know, I know, there were more things to vote for than just the presidency, I suck.

Micah took Elsa to a SL Real game last weekend. It was a playoff game and they both really had fun. I was glad to see her get some one on one time with her dad.




I am hosting Thanksgiving this year so I have been already planning my menu and lists. I am really looking forward to it. I like the idea of staying here in my home. It should be really nice.