Category Archives: Holiday

Fire in the Hole

New Year’s Eve has changed a lot since we had kids. It used to mean lots of parties, or a trip to New Orleans. I should have seen change coming, after all, the first New Year’s Eve after Christian was born we celebrated the new Millenium while I was breastfeeding a 1 1/2 month old....

More Presents???

Jackson got to open some more presents tonight from Nana & Daddy-Dan. Christian is at a sleep-over, so he’ll get to open his tomorrow. Sometimes being the little kid stuck at home with Mom & Dad has its advantages, not very often, but every once in a blue moon. He loved them all, but the...

Last Time, I Promise

And I mean it, because the tree comes down tomorrow. I just wanted one more picture of my guys under the tree in their cute pj’s. I asked Christian why he wasn’t smiling and he said he was just thinking. He didn’t know he was supposed to smile. Goofy kid. Maybe that’s his sad face...

Just a Few From Christmas Day

It all starts with waking up at 6:30, yes, I said 6:30, and checking out all your loot. Their big gift this year was the Wii, but they failed to notice it for awhile. They were too busy plundering in their other stuff. Christian immediately found a a book he really liked and began working...

Outdoor Decorations

They look like Christmas ornaments all hung on the trees, don’t they? The egrets are either roosting, or getting their families together for the holidays. Every afternoon, they all fly over and hang out here until it gets dark, maybe longer. I can’t see whether they are still there or not because, well, it’s dark....