Home Improvements

Well we finally started painting after living here almost for 2 years. Cierra's room was first. It was a "slime" green with stenciled hot pink flowers and florescent blue dragonflies with florescent blue trim. Now her room is hot pink with a dark brown trim. Now on to the living room and hallway.

Last Day of 2008

Well the last day of 2008 was very interesting for Cierra. She got her braces. So far everything is going fine. I just hope everything works out well.

Last Christmas Celebration

Here are pictures of our last Christmas celebration. The picture of all the kids are all of my grandmothers great grandchildren. As you can see this family is growing. The other picture is a picture of Norman and Heather with Haley. Christmas was fun this year but tiring. I actually enjoyed going to work today.

Christmas

Well on Friday my sister and her family, my mother and Albert, and my grandmother all came down to celebrate Christmas. Everything went well for the most part. The kids really had a great time. Here are some pictures.

Christmas Is Here!!!

Well the girls woke us up at 1:30 wanting to open presents and we told them to go back to bed. They came back in there at 2:00 so we decided to go ahead and get up. So at 2:00 this morning we were opening presents. The girls seem to be excited with what they got. I have to say rock band has been a huge hit here. Cierra also really enjoys her PSP that "Santa" brought.
Tomorrow will be another fun day when we have Christmas with my mom, sister, and grandmother. I have been cooking all day long. I have made Chocolate chip cheesecake, peanut brittle, cookies, fudge, and kaluha balls. Tomorrow Iwill fix the ham and all of the sides. I never realized how much I like to cook. The bad thing is the first of the year I'm going on a diet. I'm getting huge!

Christmas Eve

Today was a good Christmas Eve! One of the best one's we have had since my grandmother passed away 8 years ago. When she was alive we would always go to her house on Christmas Eve and have dinner and see my dad's side of the family. For the most part, that was the only day of the year I would see them. So today my dad came down and I fixed him lunch. I had made him his favorite pie which is raisin pie (yuck). He really enjoyed it. We just really enjoyed spending time together. I also fixed him some peanut brittle.
Tonight the girls are having a hard time sleeping. I figured since this was the first year Cierra knew Santa wasn't real that she wouldn't be as excited. I think she is more excited than she has been in the past. I have to say I'm real excited too! I cut back a lot on spending this Christmas but I think it helps us remember what this time is suppose to be about. Which is Family and Jesus. I hope everyone that is reading this has a very Merry Christmas!

Haley's Big Day

Sunday we celebrated Haley's Birthday! Grandma Linda made the cake and Haley LOVED IT!!
Plus, I got a picture of my sister (private pain in the ass). HAHA!