More on Christmas later!

I guess you could say Christmas came early this year...but for no apparent reason other than Moriah's impatience. I could take some of the blame, but Moriah takes the cake. She can't keep a good secret. Moriah loves getting her Christmas shopping done early, but it's really become a problem. She's stressed because we haven't gotten a gift for my grandmother yet, but seriously, my mom called me yesterday asking what I want for Christmas.

Point is, Moriah bought my gift the week of Thanksgiving. She let me know it was in a big box in the back of the jeep and that she wanted to give it to me. As if those weren't enough clues, but I was strong.

A week later, we're lounging around, waiting for our favorite HDTV shows to come on. She says, "Why don't you try and guess what your present is?"

I'm thinking 'If I don't guess it, she's going to think she's a bad wife.' I explained this but Moriah insisted, so I listed what I thought it might be: a desk chair, a road bike...no...a surround sound system?

Her face lights up, giving it a way to even the most retarded of human beings.

(This story is getting long, so I'll get to the meat of it.) Even then I tried not to get to the details - brand, color, watts. I wanted to at least have the unknown size of the subwoofer be my Christmas surprise.


It was no secret that Moriah was going to get a digital SLR camera, and this week, Tuesday, it came in the mail. I made it for one day, but I couldn't keep the anxious box in my closet any longer. We exchanged gifts Wednesday night before church.

Sadly this isn't the first time we've fallen prey to the pre-Christmas jitters. Last year we exchanged at least a week early.

We're definitely going to be bad parents.

p.s. I'm writing this in part because Moriah told my my last post sucked hard. So, sorry for those of you who had to endure.

p.p.s. Here are some photos we've taken, playing with Moriah's new toy.

So this is Christmas...

Moriah insists that she won't send out official Christmas cards until we own a house. I suppose she's just lighting the fire under my seat to start makin' them dolla's. Point is, this is it. Merry Christmas from (if you'll refer to the stockings hung by our fake chimney with care) Joy and Noel. You can guess who's who.

I feel like a fish out of water on this blogging thing, but I think you're suppose to give the news from the homefront. David and Lynn are back in town, never to leave again if we have any say. TJ and Holly are back in a bit more than one week. We miss them too. Skype video conferences just aren't a suitable replacement for friends.

Fort Worth is calling our number for Christmas. We'll head down there Dec. 22nd and come back the 26th, a quick trip which will likely get us sad eyes from the Steward family. Before then, Grant (my brother) and I will hit the slopes in Snowshoe, WV. That's assuming there's any snow left. The temp won't get below freezing there until this weekend. And don't give me this 'global warming is a myth' bit.

Hope for a white Christmas, but expect sunny skies and 70's. We love you all (unless our stalkers are reading this).

Signed,

Joy and Noel

Kristen Norman's baby shower was today. At that shower I had three friends mention that I needed to update my blog, so here it is. Every day during my "lunch break" I start with Holly and TJ's blog and make my way through their list of friends that I know and love. Next, I go to Rosie's blog and use the links on her page to check if any of my friends from ACU have updated their blogs. I will tell you that I am usually disappointed in most of my Siggie friends' blogs. Cassie is the only one who regularly updates her blog. Cassie, I thank you for giving my lunch break excitement. My Otter Creek friends are much more regular about updating their blogs and they are GREAT about posting pictures of their adorable little ones. Kara, you will HAVE to be dilligent about posting pictures of your little boy and girl (purely speculation on my part). Jen, you really aren't unemployed and living with your parents. You live with Rosie (whom I found out has some interesting info that she hasn't shared with me yet). I'm sorry, I didn't mean to launch into a blog-dis. I love you all regardless of whether or not you update your blogs. I'm not that great at it and I think that I have pledged three or four times to be better about updating my blog. I did pretty well for a few weeks... this is another attempt. On to another topic... my favorite song from November.

I'm sitting on our love seat, waiting for Blake to come home from Searcy, updating our blog, and watching (shamefully) the Big in '06 show on VH1. I'm writing the above paragraph and who should appear on my TV screen but one of the most famous "Members of the Church" ever... Weird Al Yankovick. He just happens to be the artist who sings my most listened to song from November... "White and Nerdy." If you have not heard this song I highly suggest that you find it online and listen to it. While you are at it you might as well look up the video and watch that as well, it only helps you to understand what he is saying. He is so clever it just kills me. Almost every day, while on the way to work, I actually laugh out loud at so many parts of the song. You will have to just listen to the song to understand what I am talking about. Self-proclaimed nerds (Kara) will most likely love this song. It would also be a great song from Brax to dance to, Darci! As a side note, Flava-Flave was just on the show, and he is DISGUSTING! Well, thats all I have to say for now. Thanks to everyone who puts pictures on their blog... I like pictures the best!