Wow...is it REALLY Christmas Eve??

Merry Christmas!


Oh my goodness, where has the time gone??? I have to say we've been VERY busy, but have truly enjoyed the holiday season. We had the home tour which was such a blessing to the Bush Family as well as to us...it was so fun to open our home and have a celebration of Christ's birth and the beginning of a tremendous family for a wonderful little boy to come.

After that we prepared for Christmas parties at school. Miss Susie left shortly after that stint and the sugar cookie dough is STILL in the fridge...I finally bought some sugar cookies last night at Dillon's and we'll try for sugar cookies maybe at Easter! :)

So what have we been up to since then you ask....well, grab a cup of your favorite drink and let's catch up.

Miss Rascal did a FABULOUS dance with her cheer squad at school. We enjoyed watching her dance and cheer. Here are a few pics I could get before Spanky grabbed the camera. I filmed the dance so Spank took all those pictures...they aren't bad, just far away. :) That is his new found love...photography! He's not too bad really...




Alfalfa has been playing basketball lots too. He starts and plays a lot of JV and suits up for Varsity. The coaches keep telling him he needs to gain weight so his dad is "teaching" him how to eat! LOL! PS: John has lost 20 pounds in the last four weeks...YEA JOHN! Luke has a great move...the dribble under the basket and flip the ball over his head for the basket. I'm sure that's not the "Technical" term for this "Move" but it really impresses his good ole "SM" so there you go! :)




Darla and I attended our first ever "Nutcracker". My niece was in the ballet, therefore Darla and I went to her performance. It was great! I had never seen the "Nutcracker" before and it was really good!! Hannah did a great job as well!! She's so tall and beautiful!! What a graceful young lady!


Spanky had his first ever Christmas Party at School. His teachers are SO good and clever. They sang us a couple of songs and then they placed "Pass the present" and when the music stopped that's the present they kept. Spanky got a GAME...that was the best gift ever...he LOVES games!!!




Darla had her dedication at church. Grandma and Grandpa and the Vincent's were all able to come so that was really neat to have them all there. In our church, we dedicate the baby's and we as a family promise to raise her in a Christian home and teach her the Word of God and then she will make the decision to be baptized when she is old enough to understand and make that decision on her own. It was a super special day for all of us. I also sang at church with a dear friend that day so it was a great day!






Sunday we celebrated Christmas with the Alfalfa and Miss Rascal. I cooked Chili and Cinnamon Rolls and we enjoyed an evening of presents and family time! Spanky got a Train Table so Alfalfa was the key person in putting that together. He did a great job! Thank you ALFALFA! :) The older two both wanted clothes...since it's so hard to shop for others and clothes, we gave them a "SHOPPING SPREE" and I took them in on Monday just the three of us and went shopping. It was REALLY fun!! I hope they enjoyed as much as I did. I was very impressed with this shopping skills. Especially Alfalfa..he got a very well rounded group of gifts all by himself. Miss Rascal and I shopped together and she got a lot of great clothes too!!









Monday was John's birthday so the older kids got to stay an extra night which is always fun!! I cooked filets on the grill since it was 50 degrees out, beautiful!! And we watched "Christmas Story"...great movie...since I was "Sitting still" for the first time in weeks I of course fell asleep, but it was a great night!!

Yesterday Darla, Spanky and I spent the day with some friends. It was a great break in the hustle and bustle to enjoy friends, eat and play! We exchanged gifts and the boys had a blast! Spanky got a FABULOUS game...Hide the Monkey! There is a monkey and a wand. You hide the monkey and then you take the wand on the "hunt" and as you get closer it lights up, it's like "Hot and Cold" then when you get real close it beeps. It is super fun! We all played last night and I'm not sure who had more fun, Spanky or John and I! :) In the afternoon Spanky and his friend went to a camp at Mygym so the girls went to lunch and shopping!! It really was a great day!! Thank you Jenn!!




Playing..."Hide the Monkey"



Last night we did a little photo shoot of Darla. She's 4 1/2 months now...hard to believe!! She's all full of smiles! She is such a calm "chilled out" baby most of the time. She is really just a true gift from God!! Some of these pictures are through out the week. The "Santa baby" pictures are from last night. In "stocking" she's in is what John was brought home from the hospital in when he was born. So special.









Well, that sums up what we've been doing the last week...sounds like it should have been the last month!! :) Like I said, I just LOVE this time of year. One of my favorite things is to check the mail every day for those wonderful Christmas Cards we have received. I love hanging them up and looking at our many blessings of friends and family!


I love the innocence of a little boy wondering what Santa will bring him for Christmas and that really all he wants for Christmas is a "Green treasure with Candy in it"! May all his dreams come true! :) I love the beautiful Christmas music and the many friends and family we have to enjoy this wonderful time to year with. I love the fact that it's our Savior's birthday and how blessed we are to have him in our lives and that we live in a country where we are worship him freely and openly.

We love you all and wish you the Merriest of Christmas's and a Happy and Blessed 2010!