my family

This year was extra hecktic since we left for a cruise on the 15th. We decided to open our gifts on Friday the 14th. It was pretty nice… except if we ever did it again (yeah right) we’d probably open our presents after the vacation. There was no pressure to put up a tree. We couldn’t find the LED lights or giant bulbs for the tree outside, so that was a wash. Daddy’s gift was completed moments before after he got home on Friday. I just found Ezra’s gift from India.. she’ll give it to him for his birthday instead; and one of Zach’s gifts is in the garage while I’m typing this. Sounds like a project to keep Indi and I busy while bro sleeps. Well, at least we had an awesome trip and got to spend lots of quality time with family. We’ll remember this forever.

Given and received…
To Stacie:
Ez’s birth certificate sent from Danya 2 days before we left for Mexico. Total lifesaver!

To Daddy:

Another collage. This one for Daddy’s office.
India digs making these. Her friend was over and she helped tare and place the paper too.

To Grandmas and Grandpas:

They each got a set of ornaments, which were received very well. The proof will be seen on their trees next year.
I wish Indi could have helped more with these, there just wasn’t time this year! I was up till 12am getting these put together. Boo hoo.. then I went on a cruise. heehee

To Uncle Noah:

He loved his tees from Threadless. This site is to die for… if you want some killer tee shirts check these out first.

To the kids:

Brobee and Foofa. The kids love “Yo Gabba Gabba”. It’s the rockin-est show on tv, don’t ya know. We could have bought the shirts for buko-bucks here but only had to go to Nick Jr. for a template or two.

Christmas is upon us. I really wanted to get India a project to work on for her present since she no longer likes any of her toys. So she says. I bought all the supplies for this house project. When we heard about these twin girls who lost their father I decided the house project would be used for them. Rather than have them do the work (lots of mom time for this one.. we want to give mom a break) India and I painted and styled this cute little house.
I got the idea through Amy’s blog found from Morgan’s awesome blog.

The girls didn’t turn out as cute as Amy’s. I think it’ll take a bit of practice.

We wall-papered all the walls and even the floors. India wanted a circle rug, just like in our house. This one’s pink; the ideal color.

We even painted the ceiling. India did a great job with the cloud next to the sun.