It Happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.......it snowed!!! The kids were bursting with excitement….see the video below….

Sorry for the bright lights..our house is lit up like fort Knox...

Thanksgiving was great………I am so thankful for all of my blessings.....believe me...I am a lucky gal and count my blessing every night!!!!! But to sum it up we ate, and ate and then did it again...I was happy to go to my zumba class today and start repairing all of the damage that pumpkin pie caused. 

And I…. (ahem mostly Chris J ) finally finished most of my house projects…dining room table, framing the tv and hanging pics etc etc. I will take pics of the upstairs tomorrow…I was to lame to walk upstairs to take them…I know I am sad. I own it. 

Christmas also arrived at our house via lots and lots of boxes of decorations…we started decorating 4 days ago…and we still have not finished…I realized it is a process…it times time and energy and motivation…….things I am lacking lately.

Our tree

 Nativity scenes

more decorations....with an extra cute kid in the background.

 First time ever we were able to hang our stockings on a mantel....so cool. And wyatt is break-dancing.
And see the book in the bottom of the pic.... That is my child....can't you tell???..nose always in a book.

 This was fun watching Chris crawl up here....now I just need to hide that pesky cord.

 I think I am addicted to pine cones...I noticed every room has a theme..kitchen is the pine cone room.

 Office is the poinsettia room and the dining room is the snowflake room.

  My little command center aka junk area....with our advent calendar. 

And just for laughs and giggles..some of our new fashions....

My hubbie's new monkey feet socks :) 

 And Tennessee has rubbed off entirely to much on some of us. 

Here is Annie Oakley. 

The weather has been awesome…we played a little soccer with max…and a little hide and seek with Wy.

 Max was all tuckered out from chasing the ball..which he eventually popped....

Can you find him :) 

And  Maxito is good...he lives in the garage now....he tears up everything and barks a lot...

That's all folks!!!!!

happy feet

So having lived in Florida my whole life...and living in flip-flops and sandals all year round...it has been a transition to wearing shoes to keep my feet warm....these little sockie things are awesome..love 'em. 

And I Love my boots...sorry I took this pic by holding the camera out and trying to get them so the pic looks a little off, they are straighter and not as wide as t hey look in the pic. and they are super comfortable!!! I have asked Santa for another pair..even though I just got black church ones..I think I am becoming addicted to shoes and purses...

I finally got around to organizing my laundry room...I found these cute prints on line, printed them off and well they pull it together for me and help the kiddos know which one does what etc. I also finally found something to put my detergent in....I really detested having the store bottle on that shelf. And I think we will be getting a new waster/dryer soon..These came with the house and well Chris never liked them..... now the washer is acting up..so he may get his wish ..any suggestions on which type?? Chris is extremely snobbish about which brand etc....(he worked in a appliance store in college which he thinks makes him an appliance expert) but heck maybe it does.

Today little man and I played outside..it was a bit nippy so Wyatt wanted to wear his hat....my friend Brooke made it...I love it.
This was the only pic I got with him semi-smiling...

We created a game in which he threw all of my decorative pumpkins off the porch and then while I picked them up he made a dash for the road...:(

And I caught Wyatt doing his excitement seizures..(that is my term for it :) )

And here are some pics of me trying to get him while he smiled...

 And here..just missed it...

totally faked me out here as well....

I asked him to please say Cheese....this is what I got...:)

 Then he tried to give me chalk to make it all better...

It did.

:) 

i have a confession

.........I adore this little guy in hats....

and I love finding my kids like this. 

and I absolutely love this kid who turned seven this month!!

and I love birthday dinners with my girls!

and I love the way my kids think.... ...he is a basket of laughs..

and I am crazy about this hunky dude who passed his Internal medicine boards..air high five!!!!!

and  I had more fun at Ana's birthday party :) than she did......

 and I am addicted to pinterest.............I might need help.....
Here are some of my inspirations aka knockoffs via pinterest.

Plate wall......pictures do not do it justice..I get happy every time I see it...I might just start putting plates everywhere....

 Pottery barn knock offs..adore 'em and the best part...I had everything on hand so they were FREE...they also make me giddy

Ana's new curtains.. made from old fabric I had and sheets..the cost... drum roll........also FREE...

yes sir I am on a role..these make me dance when I walk by..oh that is right.....I am a zumba goddess now so I can really move it....

 My pine cone forest........I have realized my camera bites..

in person this is so cute and looks so whimsical...imagine small woodland creatures and fairies.. Stuff like that....k? 

just take my word for it :) 

My PB knock off in all of its glory..this one gets me to do the roger rabbit.through the kitchen now.....my girls think I have lost it..nope just finding my groove. 

Awesome chore charts...again via pinterest:) 

Can you say organized and cute........

that people is my idea of Heaven.(they are little tiles with clip art of each chore on them)

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And I love zumba...I actually look forward to working out now...yep I know hades has frozen over.