2010 New Years Resolutions

So it is here already!!! I am sooo excited to say goodbye, good riddance, adios, ciao-well you get the idea-to 2009!!

I have so many goals for next year that I thought I better write them down so I could hold myself more accountable for my own outcome of 2010.

1. Attend church on a more regular basis and grow more spiritually. (stop making excuses for not going)


2. Join/start a fellowship group at church.


3. Get involved more in charity and the community and charity abroad.


4. Spend more quality time as a family.


5. Take much needed breaks from the kids with Ryan on a more regular basis.


6. Have a more structured family daily schedule


7. Be more organized.


8. Get in shape/lose some extra padding.


9. Be better about birthdays, and sending well wishes!


10. Stick to the family budget!


11. Get Febe's Bebes running-at least definately started.


12. All in all ENJOY life MORE!!!!!

May everyone have a blessed 2010 filled with a lot of joy, happiness and success!!!!!

Tree decor and Christmas Eve

We bought our tree, and just as I was getting ready to start decorating it,

this is what I found!!

As soon as we were able to get Thomas to stay out of the tree

it looked like this!!

(the stockings were hung...)

Cookies were baked for me Santa to eat...

We opened our Christmas PJ's

Took a couple cute pics

including a family one!

And went to bed!!!

We believe, do you??

Merry Christmas!!!!!

Here are the girls discovering their Santa presents!!

They went to their tent first and when they came out of the tunnel they were pointed directly at....

.....THIS!

(Man do I need to clean the fireplace doors or what?!?)



Adyson LOVED her Tinkerbell blanket sooo much! This was the first thing she did once we unfolded it for her!!














She wasn't 100% sure about her new baby because of all of the noises it makes (including FARTING!) , but she quickly warmed up to her and this was her favorite toy by the end of the night

(evident by the temper tantrum at the dinner table when she was taken away).

Brookelynn also enjoyed her Tinkerbell blanket, but preferred to do so in the comfort of her new "fort"!

(Thomas is in nearly every picture with Brooke. He is her "baby"...think Elmira from Looney Tunes..."I'm gonna hug you and love you and you are all mine!" I don't know why he loves her so??)

Here is the Bean in her favorite gift, her Tinkerbell dress up from her dress up chest. This outfit did. not. come. off. until I made her take it off for bed!!

And last but surely not least...here is the tree with all of the girl's loot minus their Santa gifts...I don't know about you, but I'd say they did alright...a little too good if you ask me!

Mail anyone?????

One of Brookelynn's favorite things to do after nap time is to check the mail! So I had a BRILLIANT idea!!! It would be great if all of our family members and friends could send Brooke some REAL mail...it would be better than the stupid junk mail (although I wouldn't mind giving her a few bills to destroy) she gets.

If you would like to participate in this I would really like it if you could send a picture of yourself along with whatever it is you send to Brooke for another project I am thinking of!!! Please e-mail me at smithlewis19677@yahoo.com for our actual address.

Thanks!

Seriously......

Okay so I put TONS of work into putting all of these posts and photos in order and saved them all as drafts until I was done with them and ready to post. And now that I have published them they are still all out of order....WTF?????????? Soooooo frustrating.

My first quilt...this one is for you Adrea!

It is FINALLY done!! I made this "woobie" for Brookelynn. Not too bad for my first one...I just hope that I get better with every one that I do! Now to get started on Adyson's!