• Dec. 20, 2009 - Day 20

LM got up this morning and put his ornaments on the tree.  Our angel was a wedding gift from my parents' next-door neighbors. D finally staggered out of bed and put his ornaments on the tree. My handsome young man who is just 2" shorter than me!

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• Dec. 19, 2009 - Day 19

I really do not like photos of myself, but I got  new "do"today.  The back has a lot of red in it.  I love the color, but I'm not so sure about the cut. (please excuse the horrible lighting) And I can't believe I didn't take a picture of the boys' new toy!  They got a new mini rzr today for our next trip to the dunes! LV set the fake Christmas tree up tonight.

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• Dec. 18, 2009 - December Daily: Days 12 - 18

Day 12 Half way there! Day 13 No photos today.  LM  and LV both had scout meetings.  LV was with his patrol planning for the court of honor the next night.  LM worked on his craftmanship activity badge for webelos.  He made 4 items and has decided to give 3 of them away as Christmas presents! Day 14 Court of honor. H was home sick.   LV received his scout rank. (LM took this photo) He promised to be trustworthy, loyal, kind,... He pinned me. (photo by LM again) And he announced the new Eagle Scouts. Telling jokes and a skit. Day 15 Yummy candy sent to us by a friend. We also went to see the OCS Christmas program. Day 16 crushing candy canes for peppermint bark. LV started making cards for his brothers for Christmas. (the artwork hanging in the background was made for my by our pastor's daughter-in-law after I was attacked) Day 17 Cub Scouts for LM and D.  Santa showed up to deliver pinewood derby cars! All the clutter in the background was the canned foods the boys gather from the community! The only 2 Bears there were also the quietest!  Day18 Hair cuts for the guys! H came home from the men's study with a new Bible for me! It is so cool!  It is chronological and it gives you a lot of secular history of the world as well, so you can see how it all fits together.  It will work wonderfully with our TOG curriculum! Plus it came with a DVD of Calvary pastors teaching on site in the Holy Land.

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• Dec. 11, 2009 - December Daily: Days 10 & 11

Day 10 D and his scout den made ornaments. Day 11 The temps are warming up, and we are getting some much needed rain! And LV finished his math book. And LM and I made Oreo Truffle Snowballs. Missy liked them.

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• Dec. 9, 2009 - December Daily: Day 9

As our temps dropped even lower the day included still more ice gathering and melting. And the boxes of Christmas decorations came in from the garage. This Santa was made for me by my great-grandma when I was very young. The nutcracker lineup. The stockings are hung, all handmade by my mom except for H's.  He still has his from when He was a child.  Now, to get the Christmas village out and to go cut a tree!

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• Dec. 9, 2009 - December Daily: Days 6-8

Day 6 Today was the annual Christmas Tree lighting at the church across the street from my parents' house.  Santa always arrives in a fire truck or engine. The boys love to go to this because it means hot chocolate, doughnut holes, and cookies! (I'll have to go back for a photo of the tree and nativity since there were too many people to get a remotely decent shot that night) Day 7 We made peanut butter fudge and LV decorated the sliding glass door in the living room. Ah!  Christmas sweets! Day 8 The temps have been pretty cold for our area and the boys are enjoying the ice.  The water is freezing over in the crawdad tank.  I'm shocked they are still alive. 23 degrees and D looks like this! The other 2 joined in.  At least they had more clothes on. (D decided he was too cold) He came back out with these on. Hand & foot prints in the ice. Ice from the crawdad tank.  Kinda thick! Around the yard. The boys enjoyed melting the ice on the wood stove. Word has gotten out that Herod is looking for the Christ Child.  Reinforcements have been sent to the stable. And LV realized that Mary could hold Jesus.

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• Dec. 5, 2009 - Catching up:December Daily

Day 3 Baby it's cold outside!  LV with ice from the crawdad tank. H bought me a new shelf from IKEA and LV put it together for me. with a little bit of help from D As much as I hate to see them grow up, I love that they are able to do these types of projects now without Dad.  Day 4 The nutcrackers came in tonight.   Here are LM's lined up awaiting orders. And no home is truly ready for Christmas without the Santa toilet seat cover.  Right? Day 5 More ice.  Anyone care to jump on the trampoline? Wish I had shot this with my macro.  Oh well. We were off to a double-header for LM for soccer, and D and LV collected canned goods with the scouts. My cute little Bear Scout And LM playing soccer in jeans!  Just before the end of his second game he took a ball to the face which resulted in a bloody nose.  Quite an ending to his season, I'd say.

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• Dec. 2, 2009 - December Daily - Day 2

The boys got out their nativity sets today.   (someday he'll wish he didn't make this face) The funny thing is, when these come out, a war breaks out.  Not between my boys, but between the shepherds and wise men.  Last year, we had some Star Wars Clones show up and in the end they bowed down to worship the new born King!

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• Dec. 1, 2009 - December Daily - Day 1

I can't believe it is that time of year again!  I am in the process of building my December Daily Album (thanks to Ali E), but my monitor is not calibrated, so my photos look terrible when I print them.  And I just am not inspired to learn how to calibrate my monitor right now!  Too many other things to focus on.  Anyway,  so I am going to post here and print my photos to add at a later time.  Moving right along to my first post for December Daily 2009. I was amazed to have the boys Advent Calendars finished and ready for them this morning.  I don't think, no, I know, that hasn't ever happened.  I am usually behind schedule.  But not this year!  The boys woke up this morning to 24 Hershey's Kisses each to count down to Christmas.   Tonight we all sat  in front of the fire as I read the first Christmas stories of the season.  Then the boys headed off to sit on my bed and watch a Christmas movie.

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• Nov. 30, 2009 - A Christmas Wish