Dresses

I know this dates back to Christmas, put I had to post these pictures. I decided to make dresses for my girls and my nieces for Christmas this past year. It was a lot of fun, but a lot of work. They turned out really good...if I do say so myself! The older girls had the pink dresses and the little girls had the yellow ones. I also made matching purses. I hope you like them!!

Random Facts About Us!

I was tagged by my sweet sister-in-law...love her!! I like these things!! Here we go...

1. How Long Have You Been Together? 11 1/2 years (we will celebrate our 11 year anniversary in April...time flies!)

2. How Long Did You Date? Dated for 3 months, engaged for 6 months

3. How Old Is He? Almost 35

4. Who Eats More? Ryan

5. Who Said "I Love You" First? I did, of course. Do guys actually say those words? I mean, without a little help from us?!?!

6. Who Is Taller? Ryan

7. Who Is The Better Singer? I would have to say that would be me. I love to sing. Although, Ryan does have a good voice!

8. Who Is Smarter? My kids! hahah!! I swear, I need to go back to school to learn what they are learning. But, overall, I would say that Ryan is smarter.

9. Who Does The Laundry? I do.

10. Who Does The Dishes? Both. Ryan surprises me sometimes and when I wake up in the morning, the dishes are done. Awwwww!

11. Who Sleeps On The Right Side Of The Bed? Looking at the bed...that would be me.

12. Who Pays The Bills? I did for the longest time, then Ryan started paying bills online, but now I am back to paying the bills.

13. Who Mows The Lawn? We have gardners...included in the rent.

14. Who Cooks? I do. I make lots of casseroles.

15. Who's More Stubborn? I really don't know. Probably me more so than him.

16. Who Kissed Who First? On the first date, he kissed me on the forehead. Does that count? Real kiss...probably me. I don't even remember.

17. Who Asked Who Out? He asked me out. I did have the feeling he was going to do so though. I had plans with a girlfriend, but told her we would have to cancel if Ryan called. Sure enough, he clicked in while we were talking!!! Oh, but he did have a little help. My sister and I heart-attacked his car and told him that I wanted to get to know him!! :-)

18. Who Proposed? He did. He even practiced/told his brothers about what he was going to do. And, he asked my parents permission first!!! What a guy!

19. Who Is More Sensitive? Me Probably....I'm a girl after all (ditto!)

20. Who Has More Friends? I have friends that I still keep in touch with that have moved away, so I would probably have to say me.

21. Who Has More Siblings? Ryan...he is the oldest of 6, I am the oldest of 5

22. Who Are You Tagging? Jenny, Carrie, JoEllen, Marianne

New Years

Well, it looks like most people stayed home for New Years. A couple of you even slept right through it. As for us, we went next door, played Scene It (fun game) and counted down the New Year with all the hyper kids and teenage girls! We had our Sparkling Cider and watched the ball drop. If was a fun time! Thanks to our good friends!

I Love This Musical!!

Ryan and I for our Christmas present to each other, went and saw Wicked. It is unbelieveable!! I truly loved it!! Ryan has never seen anything like this before, so it was fun to see his reaction. He really liked it and would go see it again!! The end of the first half just leaves you with this "wow" feeling. It is so amazing and creative!! I got the CD in my stocking for Christmas and I am hoping to get the piano music maybe for my birthday (which is in 30 days!!). If you have seen this musical, then I am sure that you loved it as well. If you haven't, well, then, what are you waiting for?!?!?!

Whoops!!

Ok, so as you can tell, I changed the look of my blog. But, I lost all of my contacts!! So, if you are a reader of my blog and you DON'T see your name on the side, please e-mail me with your blog address so that I can add you. I miss having you as my daily read! Please help!! Thanks so much!!

Santa...scary??

What is it about Santa that is so scary? I don't understand!! All our kids were freaked out to sit on his lap at Lindsey's age. We had Breakfast with Santa on Saturday and Lindsey wanted nothing to do with Santa, as you can tell. Poor thing! And we were forcing her to sit there just so that we could get a picture! We are such mean parents!

Family Night at Downtown Disney

So, we took the kids to Downtown Disney and the hotels to look at all the lights and decorations. We had fun taking pictures. The kids were really good and we all had a fun time. We really like this time of year because we make sure that we do things together as a family and just enjoy each other. By the way, Evan took that picture of Ryan and I. Pretty good!!

Among all the hustle and bustle...

We had a really nice lesson on Sunday at Church. It was about making sure that the Christ is the center of Christmas. Unfortunately I was only able to enjoy the first portion of the lesson because the rest of the time I was walking the halls with my ALMOST 18-month-old (can't wait!!). But, it's true that there are so many things that happen this time of year. I sometimes hate turning the calendar to December because it fills up so fast. But, all the things that happen...I love. Like family nights and parties. It's just hard to balance all of them. Oh, and then to remember Christ during all of this. I am especially going to try to make sure that my children know the true meaning of Christmas. They are good about saying that it's Jesus' birthday, but they need to understand and realize the importance of this special holiday. I truly enjoy getting together with family and sharing stories and just being in a room filled with love. Hey...that's the meaning of Christmas right there! Christ has so much love for us and being with those we love shows that.

We are doing something fun with the kids for Family Night tonight. I will have pictures to post in the next day or so. Merry Christmas!!