The girls have been wanting to make a clubhouse for a while. Since Sean had the day off and both girls were here, they finally got to put one up on Christmas Eve. They all had a blast. Not sure who had more fun, Sean or the girls. This was how big it started. You know dad's and their exaggerations:) Sean cut it down a little, made it shorter and a little more manageable.
The girls put together a huge pile of limbs that we (yes, I helped, this is totally my kind of thing) tried to weave in such a way that you can't see inside the clubhouse. It's not weather proof, but it should stay up for a while. The girls play in it every chance they get. We probably won't be able to keep them out of it once summer gets here. 
Ya gotta love Christmas morning:) I made robes for the girls for Christmas and we got them slippers. They are always complaining that it is cold in the house when they get up in the morning, the robes should help them out. We put them in their room, so that was the first thing they opened in the morning. 
Here are the stockings "hung by the chimney with care"! These are always the first thing opened. 
This would be the tree with gifts before the grand event! It looked so nice! Yes, that would be a garbage bag with a bow, compliments of my husband:) The present was too big to put in anything else.
Merry Christmas to everyone. I have been wanting to check all your blogs and post some great pictures to mine. But, alas, I cannot:) The dumb computer crashed! I'm hoping to be back on line by Friday, but you never know with the holidays what will happen. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and didn't overeat too much. We celebrated a day early with the girls and then did nothing yesterday but lay on the couch. What a wonderful way to spend the day!!! I'll post the pictures of the big mess when I get my computer back.
One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is all the lights and yard decorations. They are awesome, and I love driving around to find new displays. These are a few of our neighbors where the picture actually came out. 
This is right next door. I found that if I stood at just the right distance the flash didn't wash out the lights but the picture wasn't completely black either. dumb camera:)
I'm a nerd:) (
nope, not what you and me were all hoping, at least not yet)
I was soooo excited to get my Calc test back today. I got an A on the last test, so I am excempt from the final!! YEAH!!! WOOOOOHOOOOO I'm jumping for joy, you just can't see it:) I'm so glad I don't have to take that test, I don't have ANY time to study for it. This full time sub thing has got me running around like the headless chicken! And Sean and I have the big ward Christmas party to take care of this weekend. Nope, I'm not stressed at ALL!!!!! And I have to go to Ohio on Thursday for my grandpa's viewing. When it rains it pours, I guess. I can't wait until Christmas is over, so I have time to relax! Oh, yeah, I was bragging cause I got an A, I got an A, I got an A :):):) XXXX (this is cartwheels, can't you tell?;)
I went into JoAnn Fabrics a few weeks ago and found this great advent calender thing. It had a snowman head and little pockets to put in this little something for each day before Christmas. Soooo cute, then I looked at the price tag!! 20 BUCKS!!!!!! Yeah right, I thought, there is no way I am paying 20$ for a piece of felt and fleece. Oh, wait, it's 50% off, uh, still not cheap enough. Me, being the bright individual that I am decided, hmmm, I could make this way cheaper than I can buy it. So I went around and collected all the necessary accesories for said snowman. Guess how much he cost...... I could make 6 of them for the price of one. Yes that would make them less than 2$ a piece. Oh, yeah. 
So this is how he turned out. The first one was a mess, and took lots of seem ripping to finally get him right. This is actually snowman number 2, he's much better than number 1, but I don't think the kids here will notice that the numbers are a little off in our house:) Number 2 also took LOTS less time to put together, cause I actually knew what I was doing on the second one, I had the process down. Now I just have to make 3 more! Oh, and the original one at JoAnn's, didn't have feet or hands, just a string coming from the back with an ornament type thing on it, to stick in the pocket. So, not only did I make it cheaper, I made it lots better! Yes, sorry, I am bragging. forgive me:) :)
I'm not so into Miss America, in fact, most of the time I watch to laugh and make fun:) Not very Christian of me, I know, but hey, what's a girl to do? Today an article flashed up on my screen about Miss America and that she was in the military. So, me being the nosy individual that I am, had to check out the article, and her website. She is way cool. From Utah, and she could probably kick my butt:) Wish I could vote for Miss America, she would definitely get my vote. Check out her site
http://www.army.mil/gijill/. There are a few articles about her in Newsweek and on MSN. Wish I was that cool!
Winter has arrived. At least for the moment. We got about 3 inches of snow overnight and this morning. The drive to work was not fun, people seem to forget how to drive when it snows.
When I got home I had to shovel the driveway or there was no way we were going to get out tomorrow, even though there isn't much. The ice would have killed us.
It looks pretty for the moment. It won't last long.
The weather report says it's going to rain by next week. Gotta love the Burgh.
The girls put together a huge pile of limbs that we (yes, I helped, this is totally my kind of thing) tried to weave in such a way that you can't see inside the clubhouse. It's not weather proof, but it should stay up for a while. The girls play in it every chance they get. We probably won't be able to keep them out of it once summer gets here. 
Here is the start of the chaos! The girls go through the presents to find theirs and rip into them.
This is the present that was too big for normal wrapping. He would be "George."He's our Bernese Mountain dog, for now, until we can get a real one!
The aftermath. All presents were unwrapped, and the girls had already started to play before Sean and I cleaned up:)
This is right next door. I found that if I stood at just the right distance the flash didn't wash out the lights but the picture wasn't completely black either. dumb camera:)
So this is how he turned out. The first one was a mess, and took lots of seem ripping to finally get him right. This is actually snowman number 2, he's much better than number 1, but I don't think the kids here will notice that the numbers are a little off in our house:) Number 2 also took LOTS less time to put together, cause I actually knew what I was doing on the second one, I had the process down. Now I just have to make 3 more! Oh, and the original one at JoAnn's, didn't have feet or hands, just a string coming from the back with an ornament type thing on it, to stick in the pocket. So, not only did I make it cheaper, I made it lots better! Yes, sorry, I am bragging. forgive me:) :)
It looks pretty for the moment. It won't last long. The weather report says it's going to rain by next week. Gotta love the Burgh.