Our Great Adventure!: December 2008

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Programs and Parties!

Christmas is definitely a time for parties and lots of celebration! Last Wednesday, we were so excited to have Grandma and Grandpa O. stop by to visit us on their way back to Texarkana. We celebrated our Christmas with them while they were here and the boys loved their gifts. They also enjoyed the extra attention lavished upon them by G & J! Grandma the animals were a hit.... they are still playing with them!

This past week was the last week of school and a lot of fun was had by all. Thursday night was our school Christmas program which was delivered by kindergarten through 2nd grade. It was adorable and the kiddos did excellent. Nate's class was part of the "choir" while the older kids acted out the play. Nate looked like such an angel and the whole choir looked like they had definitely been given a lecture about what not to do during the program! To the left is a picture of that lecture that occurred right before time to march out! We were so happy to have Nana & Papa Doc there to see Nate perform!

The next day was the school Christmas party. Both Nate and Zac were very excited about all of the food and of course the gift exchange! I spent my time shuffling Ben back and forth between the two class parties! Luckily only one classroom separated the two! I was very proud of Nate because although he did not receive the gift that he'd hoped (a cool toy) but he received a popup book, he was very gracious and thankful (at least to the giver of the gift... when we got in the car he informed me that he'd been hoping for a cool toy)! Zac was so excited about his gift... he squealed (yes squealed) "I love this (dinosaurs) because I've never had one before... it's just what I wanted"! He also recited with his class the most precious poem. I'm going to have to see if I can get it on tape and post it to this blog.

Note both N & Z's tongues hanging out!

The sweet blonde in the picture below is my best friend Stephanie's daughter Caroline!

The kiddos are getting very excited about Christmas as the countdown to Santa is definitely on! IN the mean time, they are enjoying their two weeks of daddy days .... wahoo! Merry Christmas to e

veryone. We appreciate your friendship, love, and support.

The Oos

terhous Crew

Friday, December 19, 2008

Tis the season to be Jolly....

This has been a very busy but very fun month! Lots of celebrating, decorating, and shopping going on (as well as numerous forays into the woods by the boys)! I've figured out part of my "blogging problem" ... I get ready to sit down and write but then I start reading everyone else's blogs and one blog leads to another and an hour later it's midnight and way past time to go to bed!

Our first Christmas "kick off" event would be to meet Nana & Papa Doc in Hot Springs to see Santa Clause followed by a fun trip to see the spectacular lights at Garvan Gardens. The 2 big boys were very excited to go see Santa. Both realize that the "real Santa" is busy at the North Pole so he has to rely on his helper Santa's to report back to him. However, they kept asking where the sleigh and reindeer were. Nate and Zac were pretty serious when sitting on Santa's lap. Nate went in to great detail about the gifts that he wanted and Zac said his standard, "bulldozer, backhoe, and a dump truck." Nate went on to describe in great detail, cowboy boots, a cowboy shirt, a BB Gun.... well Santa stopped him right there and asked him how old he was, to which Nate replied, "5 1/2" to which Santa replied "I think that is too you to be getting a BB Gun!" Well Santa's helper.... "too late, you did not inform daddy Tim of this"! Nate just kind of looked at him like "whatever"! Ben cried but managed to stop the wailing and look at the camera for the picture. After fine dining at Chick Fillet we all loaded up and went to Garvan Gardens. The lights were spectacular and the boys had a wonderful time and we enjoyed spending time enjoying the Christmas festivities with Nana and Papa Doc! I'll have to post pics of GG later since I used my 35mm to take those photos. Note in the Santa pic that Ben does not look happy.... he screamed initially and we finally got him to calm down for the pics but he definitely does NOT look Jolly!

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Where did November Go? And How will I be Ready for Christmas In Time?

For those of you who check this website, I am so sorry it has taken me so long to post.... a whole month.... how embarrassing! Oh well, November was busy, with lot's of sickness (everyone); my birthday (pulled over by a policeman for expired tags, but no ticket); a fabulous Thanksgiving in Arkadelphia and Texarkana; and pulling out the Christmas decorations!

So many times I have thought about blogging at night, but end up Christmas shopping on the Internet instead, you see, there are not shops here in Glenwood so shopping is a little more challenging! Thanks to mom and Jen (who shopped for me while mom was visiting in Dallas) I might actually be able to locate some of those harder to find gifts! The tree is up, the lights are hung, and we are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of Santa Claus (I keep trying to shift he focus to baby Jesus) and snow! Zac thinks Christmas and snow are synonymous.... we shall see!

Thanksgiving was wonderful. We spent turkey day in Arkadelphia with all of my cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces, nephews, etc. We had a wonderful day enjoying the weather outside and eating yummy food. The day was topped off with our annual visit to the Christmas Tree Farm. The next day we traveled to Texarkana where we spent the rest of our holiday with Tim's side of the family. All of his siblings and their children (10 grandkids) were there on Friday. Even though the weather was crummy the kids and adults managed to play outside anyway. It seems like we are only able to get everyone together once or twice a year so it is always spectacular when we do. Loved seeing everyone. I couldn't ask for better in-laws!

Well, I'm going to wrap this up and keep my fingers crossed that I will get in at least one more post BEFORE Christmas day. Merry Christmas to you guys!

Hugs, KMO