The Twins!

I finally got over to see the twins on Monday. They looked so cute dressed in their little Christmas outfits. Here are a few pictures.

Left: Hayden & Right: Kaden

Bottom: Kaden & Top: Hayden

Hayden

I made these letters for them.

Late Night Bang!!

This is a funny Christmas story that I thought I would share. So I had just crawled into bed the other night and I was so tired. As I was laying there I was looking at my tree. All of a sudden I thought I was seeing it fall but I knew it was in a tree stand so I doubted that it was. Plus I figured it was just me seeing things since I was so tired. I blinked and looked at it again. It seemed to still be falling. Another blink and then I saw it was really falling over. I hopped out of bed, ran for the tree, and just barely missed it. All decorated and everything it was laying on the floor. I picked up the tree, leaned it against the window, and left all the decor strung all over the floor. I was just too tired. Needless to say it wasn't as funny then as it is now.

Christmas Spirit!!

What gets me in the Christmas mood more than anything is the smell of pine and that's just what I smelled today. I came home from school today to a surprise in my bedroom....A BIG Christmas tree (courtesy of Josh). He always seems to sneak a tree into my bedroom every year. I just come home one day and there is a tree in my room. I wasn't sure if I would be getting one this year due to the big Christmas present he bought himself (a new truck) but I was lucky once again. It started 2 years ago when both of us wanted a real tree but neither of our parents liked the thought of a real tree so he got us our very own! I bought new decorations for it this year. At Target, they have a series of bright colorful decorations and that is the theme I went with this year. Last year was a bit of everything because Josh doesn't liked the themed trees but the first year it was the country cabin stuff from Target. This year though it is really cute. I just LOVE it!! (and the picture really doesn't do it justice.)



Tonight I took my little sister and her friend Sydni to the cactus garden at the chocolate factory. It was really fun to see all the lights and watch the little concert they had going on. It was 5 11 year-old girls and they called themselves Broadway Divas. They sang about 9 different Christmas carols. All of them were so cute and had the most amazing voices for 11 year-olds.

TarinSydni

We got to see the factory as well. Of course the machines weren't running or anything but there was a lot of cool sculptures displayed. All of them were made from 100% chocolate. This one was my favorite.

So needless to say tonight was a good night, minus I didn't get to go to Josh's little family get together they have every year at this time because I had already made plans, but there will be more I'm sure. The Christmas countdown is definitely on. Only 10 more days to go!!!!

I didn't know Euphoria Institute could be fun!

So I actually had a lot of fun at school on Wednesday. (It has been a very long time since I have had fun at that place. ) On Tuesday we were told to bring a Christmas decoration for tomorrows activity but we were not told what we were going to do with it so I brought a bow. When we got to school the next day they told us we were to incorporate our decor into an up do. (Now if I would have known that I would have brought something a little more interesting.) When we were all done, keep in mind no one really puts effort into something when it is on a mannequin, they told us that all the heads were being judged. The entire school came to judge them. That was a lot of fun but the best part of the day was decorating our little Charlie Brown Christmas tree. One of the girls found it outside and as a class we decorated it with all of our extra decorations. It's kind of a stupid idea but we had a lot of fun decorating our class Christmas tree. ha ha! These are some of the pictures from the day.

Our Charlie Brown X-mas Tree

The 1st place winner

Mine is the one on the left.

The back of my head. (the one on the left)

Our Night Out!

Josh and I before we left for his Christmas party!!

Christmas Mood!

So I've been done with my Christmas shopping pretty much since the day after thanksgiving so I haven't really felt in the Christmas mood until these past few days. And this is why:

1. My Aunt and Uncle came in from California. They always come the weekend of the rodeo. With them they bring a Christmas present (gotta love presents) and the best candies ever. They only make them in Bakersfield so my mom and I wait patiently all year to get some.
2. Josh and I went to the live nativity last night. It was the same as last years except for the cast of the show. Our friend Chris was a shepherd in it this year. His dad was also in it. We went to support him even though it was very cold outside. But what is winter without coats and gloves.
3. Josh's Christmas party was tonight. I had a lot of fun there too. We got to dress up (or at least I did, Josh always wears a shirt and a tie so this was like his everyday clothes for him). It was at the Revere Country Club in Anthem. We bought A LOT of raffle tickets but apparently not enough tho because we didn't win a darn thing. We split the tickets so we both had 24. I put 2 of my tickets in a box to win a scrapbook kit, 2 into win a $100 gift card to Target, and the rest all 20 of them into the box to when a trip to Disneyland. But no such luck :(

This is what make Christmas my favorite holiday. You get to go to fun little events that you normally don't. And you can always count on dressing up and enjoying a night out. You gotta love Christmas!!!

Just Some Pictures

Here are just a few pictures to go along with my last post.

Hayden and Kaden

Our Thanksgiving Feast

Our family picture

My station I decorated