Santa's Letters

Somehow I received my Nephew's and Niece's letters from Santa. It looks like Santa spent alot of time writing these letters so I put them right in their envelopes and delivered them for Santa. I hope that the kids receive them in time!

It's Party Time!!

Today we hosted the Third Family Christmas party for Shayne's side of the family. It sure was alot of work, but worth it. Everyone seemed to have a great time and overall I think that it was a success. I just wish that I had more time and energy to talk more with everyone.

This is Shayne's cousins daughter Ashley opening her gift for the Chinese gift exchange. She chose the present that we bought, so we were glad to see that she liked it because it is so hard to shop for this gift exchange. It was an Oilers scarf with an Andrew Cogliano signed card. These scarfs were sold at an Oilers game and proceeds went to charity. I believe they raised $100,000.00 for charity, so it was a double gift! Also in the picture is Shayne's cousin Stephen and his cousins step daughter Hope.

And the Decorating Begins!

As Christmas is my favorite time of year I always go a little overboard with decorating. It can get a little crowded in the house but it doesn't really matter to me!

This is a picture of Santa from Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer on my upstairs carpet. He did not originate there as he was placed under one of the trees downstairs along with the other stuffed characters. Somehow when we leave the house, one of the characters end up upstairs! This happens almost everytime we leave. They are never wrecked, just moved. Some of them now have a permanent place upstairs...it must be the Chistmas Spirit playing games with us!

Crazy Long Winter

This picture was taken on April 10, 2009. It is absolutly shocking, but we still could not take some of our Christmas decorations out from the front lawn. The cords were still frozen in!

Henkel Knives

These knives are in my top 5 favorite things. We got them from Darlene for Christmas this past year and I am soo happy with them. They are Henkle knives and they are the best knives that I have ever used. I am still shocked every time I cut something. The other day I spent about an hour chopping vegetables for the week and I did not even mind much. You all know how much I hate cooking, but these knives make it just a little more fun! I have alot to learn about when to use what knife and how to chop fast! Pray for my fingers!!