Christmas Eve 2010

What a great day I had with my family!  I made a short trip to Walmart, the kids and I visited a family friend to give them a little gift, made lunch, baked cookies for Santa, opened gifts, played with said gifts, decorated the cookies for Santa, played with gifts more, hubby made dinner, read some Christmas books, kids took their baths, played with gifts yet a little more, and now are in bed.  WHEW!  Here are some pics of our fun day.  The pics were taken, btw, with my Christmas gift...my new Nikon D3100!  YAY!   I have some other pics that I'll add later that were taken with the old camera before we exchanged gifts.

Claire read the Christmas books to us tonight. 

I have a short clip that I wanted to post, but I'm having problems with the uploader, so maybe I can post it another time. 

 Connor and hubby started putting together a K'nex roller coaster set. 

 Big project and will have to be completed tomorrow! 

  

Our yearly visitors from the North Pole...Worley and Tallulah.  They were exceptionally good this year.  Connor and Claire will be sad to see them go, but they had fun during their visit. 

Connor and Claire made sure they left cookies for Worley and Tallulah too.  They didn't want them to be hungry on their journey back to the North Pole. 

Claire loves this snowman.  

 He's soft and mushy, and is made with white shiny thread that makes him sparkle like snow.

    

At bedtime,  Claire fell right to sleep, Connor, on the other hand,  might even still be awake.  He just let me take the pic of him "faking sleep". 

This pic was taken with only the Christmas tree lights and the light from the fireplace. 

 I can't believe this camera!  LOVING IT! 

Well, it's time to jump in bed, cover up my head, 'cause Santa Claus comes tonight! 

Merry Christmas! 

Checking for fingerprints,

Kellie

Drab to Fab!

I have been changing some things in our bedroom for a while.  It's taken me a while to find what I want and I'm still not there yet.  I did, however, have an idea for some old faux fresca plaques that I bought from Kirkland's about 10 years ago.  Here is a before picture:

Ugh.  10 years ago, these were pretty in my bathroom.   In 2010?  Not so much.  So, I picked up some scrapbooking paper from Hobby Lobby that coordinates with the colors in the quilt on my bed.  I cut them into different sizes of squares and rectagles, and they ARE NOT perfectly straight! :) 

Then, I played with them for a while to get them arranged on the plaques just like I wanted them.  I took a picture of them before I permanently adhered them to the plaque so I wouldn't forget how I had them arranged.  Then, I used spray adhesive on each piece of paper and stuck them onto the plaque.  I planned to Mod Podge them, and even started applying it with a foam brush until my paper started buckling and wrinkling, so I immediately stopped.  Oh well, Mod Podge is not my friend.  :(

Anyway, I love the way they turned out!  Here is the after picture:

The pic looks a little blurry.  Sorry about that.

I wanted to incorporate the most important element in a marriage into the plaques, so I found this pretty paper and added a section to one of the plaques.  Of course, that most important element is to keep God at the center of a marriage.  A husband's and wife's personal relationship with JESUS is part of His perfect plan for marriage.

With that relationship with Jesus, comes the ultimate gift of LOVE...

I'm so loving my new deco in my pretty bedroom.  I'll post pics of the entire bedroom when it's complete.  :)

Keep checking for fingerprints,

Kellie

A Baby Changes Everything - Faith Hill

This movie is amazing...this song...breathtaking.

Precious Promise

Enjoy this beautiful reminder of our most precious gift.

Christmastime is here!

I can't believe it's already the Christmas season of 2010!  The years are passing at what seems like lightning speed now.  Wow. Stop.  Breathe.

How amazing that we are privilieged to celebrate the birth of our precious Savior!  My heart breaks for those who do not know Him.  My heart is hopeful that God might use me to tell them His beautiful story.  My prayer is that we keep our focus on His purpose of this Holy season as we hurry from place to place.  Let us fill our hearts and minds with His bread, even as we indulge in all of those yummy holiday treats.

With that truth being said...

December has been busy for us so far. We just put out our Christmas decorations last weekend.   Hubby and I haven't even had our annual Christmas shopping date.  I have done some online shopping though, and most of the "hard to figure out" gifts are in route to my doorstep.  Nice. I would still like to have some time away with just my hubby.  We haven't been on a date in a while.  Looking forward to a fun-filled break from the hustle and bustle.  Our family does not have a lot of Christmas gatherings or church functions to attend, so I actually do get to rest once school is out for Christmas Break.  :) Maybe hubby and I will find time to get away for at least dinner and a movie.   ;-)

I'll be back soon!

Checking for fingerprints,
Kellie