Its' that time of year again! Can you believe it? How fast did this past year go? WOW! I'll admit i had a hard time "getting in the spirit" this year, seems like money has been tight and stressin me out. But ya know, who cares.... It's CHRISTMAS for cryin out loud!!!! Why am I worrying about money.... I am losing sight of what this holiday season is about and for that i am guilty!! So I have been trying to change my attitude and last night helped a ton.
Austin had been gone for 4 days over the thanksgiving holiday, he went to his dads, and then he went and spent a few days with his cousin Parker!! I was so missing him!! When he came home he was ready to put up our tree and decorate the house! I tell ya, as we were hauling all the "junk" out of the rafters in the garage, i was thinking, "what a mess for just four weeks", again...bad attitude!!! But as the night progessed, it was the most fun night with Austin! He has the best attitude, he just kept saying "mom, it's not about how much money we spend, or the mess, it's about family!" What a smart dude i have, i tell ya!
And the rest was history, we had a ball!! And the house looks beautiful, i don't have many pics of all that Austin did, he decorted the stair railings, the entertainment center and the tree....later this week we will do the snow village.
But i did get a few pics of the tree while austin was put on ornaments!
This year he decided to go with colorful lights (we have had only white for about 8-10 years!!! So this was a fun change. Well, when we went to get some Lights he spotted these bright royal blue ornaments, he just HAD to have!! i thought they were knida ugly, but him and Joe LOVE blue, so i said, let's do it. It is such a fun and crazy tree, and we even used garland this year, i always use ribbon!!! He's really got an eye for decor!!
The twins had fun too, more of an "un" decorating help, than an actual help..but... Londyn put a few balls on the tree, River, just threw them all down the stairs with an "uh -oh" following his throw!!! I keep trying to tell him, that when you throw something intentionally, it's not an "uh-oh", but he doesn't get it. :) They loved the lights too, when we plugged them in their faces just lit up with excitement!
This year is really going to be fun for them i think!
After we got the tree up, Austin and I decided we needed to make some cookies, ya know, afterall, we worked hard and needed a bit of chocolate!! :)
We decided to make this an adventure too, and tried a new recipe!!! oh my goodness, are we glad we did....they were out of this world!!! oh and very fattening i'm sure, super rich!!!!
I found this blog the other day and this woman just makes up her own recipes off the top of her head, she has some amazing recipes for cookies and other things too...
click the link below to get the recipe and to bookmark her blog we decided to go with the double chocolate chip peanutbutter cookies..aaaaaah, just the name, makes me my mouth water! You must try them! The Picky Palate, so many yummy treats.
ok, Now i need a cookie....Merry Christmas to you all and enjoy this holiday season, and remember, "it's about FAMILY and being together"!!! And this is worth more than any amount of money can buy!
Just some fun pics-
