Ikea Shelves

I posted these shelves on Craig's List hoping someone would want them.
So far, no luck.
They are from IKEA. I was asking $10.00 a piece or $25.00 for all 3. Is that too much?
The black one is new, white is used but in great shape and the brown one, well it is in good shape too but I painted it black and ended up scraping it all off. It only has a few specs of blk still on it but it will come off.
Any takers??



















It's too bad I don't have any pictures of them up with stuff on them but I took them down and didn't realize I was going to want to get rid of them. That thought came later. SO, I had to hold them up while Keion took the pictures. It's the best we could do :-)

Santa DOES Exist

Even if it was for just a brief moment, it happened, Santa existed in Keion's world again.
It was one of those moments as a parent that you cherish.
If we never get anything right again, we got this right!

Hmmm, he hasn't figured out what it is yet.

The expression says it all!

It was only a moment later that he RAN and LEAPED into Kylan's arms.


Sometimes it stinks being the picture taker. I missed out on a hug. But I got to witness this one first hand and let me tell you, it was a moment to remember. Our 13yr. old reverted to a little child and it was awesome.
Priceless.
Tearful.
Keion didn't ask for it but "Santa" knew that if he had made a list, this would have been on it.
An iPod touch. The gift of the year. Every other neighbor boy got one too. Whew, glad he did too.



The great thing with the iPod touch, you can block the internet and password protect it. We really aren't that controlling of parents, or at least I don't think so. In todays world you just can't be too careful.
We have been downloading apps and playing on it like crazy.
Well, that's all folks. Now for the New Year!

Keion's Christmas

Watching Keion open his gifts this year was a lot of fun.
Guess who picked out this gift?

hmmm, I wonder! I finally had to tell both of them to put it up and look at it later.. but it is cool.

A fun game from Grandpa & Grandma McBride. The neighbor kids come over and play this all the time.


Super Mario Bro. game that I think Kylan and I like even more than Keion. It is just like the old school game but better!


What is this? Could it be?

What does this all mean?

Are you for real?

YYYYEEEEESSSSS!


I think he liked it.

While Keion thought this was the last gift to open, Santa had left another under the tree. Come back tomorrow and see! (even better than the ping pong table)

Christmas Stockings/ Gifts from Keion

For Kylan and I, the opening of gifts doesn't last long. We truly are ok with that. I think at some point in life you realize that it is the giving, not the receiving that you enjoy more.
Plus, we like to spend our excess money in a way that benefits the whole family not just us individually. (like having the basement done!)
So here we are in all our glory opening our stockings and gifts from Keion.
Everyone always gets a drink in their stocking.


So you're thinking I look a little old for this, maybe, but I talk about them every Sunday when I see the kids pull them out and I try to lure the kids over to me so that I can color in them too.
Keion also loves them. (ya, skipped Sunday school on Sunday and colored a picture!-not the reason I skipped though)


Every year I can count on a pair of socks from Kylan. It started when we were dating and it has gone on every year since. So much fun.

This pair have a special hidden meaning.
An inside joke between Kylan and I waaaaay back from when we were dating. I can't believe he actually found a pair of socks like this. So funny.

Kylan always gets a puzzle. It is something he use to do with his dad during the Christmas break. This one I got was a beast. I didn't realize those flowers would be so impossible but in the end, Kylan did it!

Some much needed new black socks.

Some jewelry from Keion! Just kidding. It was a gift card to the movie theatre.

Check out Keion..he knew he picked well.

Yes, I guess he did.

And I..


Got a new shirt. Love it.


Next up, Keion's exciting Christmas. You won't want to miss the grand finale. It was awesome.

Christmas '09

Twas the night before Christmas...


Usually on Christmas Eve, Keion opens one present, pajamas. This year we couldn't find the footsie pj's Keion wanted and decided not to get him any at all since he just recently got a new pair of pj pants. We told him he could open a family exchange gift instead. We dropped the ball because he was expecting pj's.
I was worried. Extremely.
But, on Christmas morning when he came down the stairs and looked in on his stocking and all the presents waiting for him.
All was good in the world again.





I thought I would break up the pictures. There are so many that I don't want to overload on one post.
Christmas was wonderful and we had a great break. I can't believe it is almost a new year. Where does the time go?
I also wanted to thank all of you for your wonderful Christmas cards and pictures. We loved everyone of them.

Pullin's Christmas Party and "Progrum"!

The Christmas season this year started off with a bang.
We went to the Pullin's Christmas party and had a ball.
There was the white elephant gift exchange.


Micah ruining our child!

The "progrum", Keion and Kylan represented our family. I watched.


Last year, Dan played the recorder and it was hilarious. He pulled out the stops this year with a beautiful rendition on the piano! Ha, love it.

Micah played a little jam on the guitar.



The night wouldn't be complete without a dance from Keion and Sara. These two are a crack up and really know how to get down.



My favorite picture.

Micah couldn't have them stealing the show so he got down and busted a move..

..or two! (very impressive)

There is always yummy food.

This white elephant gift was awesome. Micah and Sara cut out letters and words from a thank you card Keion had given them and made this fabricated saying. Inside joke but we thought it was perfect, almost as perfect as the gift we put together for Sara!

This gift was perfect for more than one reason. First, Ali (the one who opened it) isn't Christian and he picked the Bible case, ha. Then when you open it, WHAM there is a picture of some special people.
This is another inside joke. We got that picture of Sara last year at their Christmas party. It was a prize for winning a game or something. We saved it and we found the best way to reuse it.
It was entertaining for all.

Sara loved it so much it brought her to tears!

Here it is in all its glory.


We have such a great time with all of our friends.
The season got off to a great start and hasn't let up since. We had our ugly Christmas sweater ENT party for the 2nd year and I lost all the pictures. I was sick over it. I'm contacting the others who attended and took pictures to see if I can get some from them.
Santa even made a visit to the party. It was so much fun. I'll get pictures some how.
I would hate for you to miss out on the nasty sweaters we were all wearing. There were a couple that were pretty funny.
I'll get those and post soon.
For now, we are off to spend the day together as a family and get ready for Santa to come.
Merry Christmas to you all.