Bring it 2011 !!

I'm excited for 2011, I think it might just be my year.  I'm not exactly sure why I think that but I do and what's better than a positive outlook?  Hmm, n.o.t.h.i.n.g.  I'm looking forward to my bangs growing out, my ebay venture bringing me some major cha-ching, my oldest child getting a job, my house being leak free, the new American Idol season, David and Amanda's new baby, finally resolving the Adaptation tax situation, saving money for the Zumba exercise Kinect CD and becoming a lean mean fighting machine, getting another dumpster, seeing how Burke handles middle school, re-arranging my house a million times, and plenty more!  


I hope everyone remembers how lucky we all are to have each other and that we are all healthy and ready to take on the new year!  

The BK turned 11 !!!

I'm not sure when I started using "BK" for Burke.  I think it's because of texting, doh!

He had a great 11th Birthday! 

ELEVEN!

Definite Bonus!

I picked a great card!  

Hmm, I'm satisfied!  

Christmas was SO FUN!

We had such a fun Christmas!  

This hat is from a character he loves in a Japanese Anime cartoon!

Burke's first gag gift!

Birthday Boy . . .

Griffin turned 14!  

Merry Christmas!

I just want to thank everyone in my family for a great early Christmas this year!  

The conversation and laughs are what it's all about!  We both appreciate all the generous gifts which helped us tremendously to provide for our boys this year.  We love all of you!

Handsome!

I'm in love with this guy!  Am I a lucky mom or what?

Getting Ready ...

Grandma will be here next week already!  Fresh doggy haircuts are a must, although if you look at their facial expressions, they weren't thrilled.  

But this face is by far my favorite!

Bangs again..

It's a good thing I'm a woman because my mind changes so much that if I were a man, I would probably have killed myself by now.  The bangs situation...do you recall it here?  Do you remember my decision at the bottom of this page?  Well, I've changed my mind.  I'm going with the split.  It's less time consuming and why not go with what nature intended?  At least for this week anyway.  Thoughts?

Random...

With the holiday break, kids out of school for 4 days, preparing the house for my mom's visit, and ebay selling, packing, shipping, I've been a pathetic blogger!  I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving, we sure did.  I've pretty much finished decorating for Christmas and left over half of the stuff in storage!  I'm trying to be more minimal!  Now I need to clean, big time.  Dave and Amanda came over Friday and that was awesome, love adult conversation!  :)  Kind of a random and boring update but at least I'm trying!  How was everyone else's Thanksgiving?

Thanks to my online pal Kendra and all her craftiness, Burke & I have been busy creating some paper Christmas ornaments of our own this year!  We used an old music book and followed an easy tutorial online.  We made so many that I had to start decorating a bit early because I'm getting tired of seeing the giant pile of them!

This is our entry way and I hung them up from the ceiling and added a classic glass ball to the bottom!  There's a heat register behind the cabinet which makes them spin!  I loved this project!  Anyone else doing homemade ornies this year?