Madness!

Christmas afternoonish all my family meets at Mum and Dad's to exchange gifts. We draw names since there are so many of us. It is craziness cramming us all into one room to open gifts. Here are the kids waiting anxiously for Nana to give the okay to tear into them! We let all the kids open theirs and then we went around the room and the adults took turns opening their gifts. Rachel Daniel and Donell checking out the loot. Matthew Andrew and Dad all enjoyed their gifts There were no seats left for Jake and Aubrey Uncle Dave travels back and forth to England alot so everyone hopes someone in his family will draw their name because it usually means something from England. Kristian got some new England and Man City hats. He was so excited he wore them all at once :) Auntie Julie and family waiting their turn. I lucked out with a Wilson drawing my name so I got a care package from England full of chocolate and all kinds of good stuff. I was very excited! Poor Mum was very last After the gift exchange Ken got to open his big gift from me. It was hiding at my parents and way too heavy for me to carry so I left it there ;) He loves the new 6 ft bean bag!! Then it was time to eat. Some didn't stay to eat as they had to go to their other familys so it was a really small group this year. Only 18 people. We had the grownup tables down in the family room. And the kid table up in the dinning room. After the yummy food we all just sat around lazy, napped, and played the WII. Then is was more food later on that night. It was an awesome Christmas!!!!

MAN MAID!!!! :)

The other day I was saying how nice it would be to have a maid. Not that we are that messy since it's only Ken and I and Donovan half the time. But still it would be nice :) Well the next day my brother Matthew called asking if we had any jobs he could do to earn money as he was laid off and needed a few extra dollars. Perfect!!!!! I quite happily put him to work. As gross as it is, our basement bathroom hadn't been cleaned yet. We have 3 and I was so sick of the deep cleaning that I hadn't got around to scrubbing the one downstairs that never gets used. Perfect job for my maid. :) Of course I had him do the jobs I didn't want to. So he scrubbed away at the nasty bathroom and cleaned the other 2 while he was at it. He then finished painting all our interior doors that have been piled in the garage since we moved in. It has been driving me crazy that half our rooms and closets don't have doors, but I was so burned out from painting the whole house (thanks again to everyone who helped) that I kept putting it off. But Matthew finished them all and Ken hung them all up and I am so happy. It looks awesome :) Thanks Man Maid.

Our First Tree

Saturday we put up our very first Christmas Tree. I had such a hard time trying to decide what to decorate it with. I think it turned out pretty good though. Donovan had fun helping though he had to leave before it was finished. He is excited to come back and see the finished product.

Happy birthday to me!!!!

Look what Ken got me for my birthday this year..... HA HA HA, just kidding. Ken was just showing my brother the gun he bought on deployment while we had the camera out. But Ken bought my present earlier than the day of my birthday and so he just couldn't wait to give it to me :) He used the excuse that I needed to open it while we had Donovan so I agreed. I was so excited, he got me a big new fancy camera!!!!!!! I love it!! He is the best husband ever!!

Old Friends, New Moon

Stacie and Brandi and I went to see New Moon tonight. It was super fun and I loved the movie!! WAY better than the first one. We sat in the parking lot laughing for ages after. Good times girls thanks!!! The best part was when the Mall security walked over to the car to tell us to leave.... and I warned them that someone was coming but Stacie and Brandi screamed bloody murder. It was hilarious. Stacie was scratching at the door trying to lock it and Brandi was fumbling in the driver's seat trying to remember how to drive. Hysterical!!!!! Love you guys :)

November Birthdays

Last weekend we went to my parents to celebrate the November birthdays which are Alaster, my cousin Robyn, her fiance Adam, Chloe and ME!!! Since there are so many of us we buy gifts for the children up until 18 then you only get gifts on the big birthdays. Lucky for me that is this year!!! Everyone pitched it and bought me a new light for my dinning room. It is so cute I love it!!! Chloe decided she would wait for her gift from me and we would go shopping together so she could pick something out. This weekend we went to Rue 21 to find her a new outfit. We found some really cute things but they were having some kind of coupon sale that we didn't know about and the store was PACKED!!!! The line to pay was ridiculous!! They only had 2 registers and the lines wrapped around the whole store. We waited forever. But we had fun and Chloe got a cute new outfit for her birthday :)

Great Gap

Donovan's front tooth has been hanging on by a thread for a while now. He said to me the other day that he really hopes that it falls out before Christmas so he can say... All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth! Well he got his wish yesterday at school. He was so excited too because if you lose your tooth at school you get a sticker which says Lost Tooth Club and a tooth necklace to keep your tooth safe in. He was super happy!!