Christmas Randomness and pictures

My mind is far too scattered to put these together in a nice way...so I'm just going to share some pictures from our fun Christmas season (since we're into January now...I thought it was time)

Here are my boys getting ready to enjoy the "Nutcracker" by Ballet West. I think it was a little long for them, but they really loved parts of it (and Dave only fell asleep for a little while)

Being silly by the tree in the Browning Center...Why oh why can't their shirts ever stay tucked in!! oh well...who want's to see perfectly posed kids who are well groomed...right?!?!

After the "Nutcracker" we took them out to ElMatador for lunch/dinner. Here they are throwing pennies in the fountain...bring back memories anyone?! I highly recommend this place for taking kids...the LOVED it!!

I think I only had to take 35 pictures to get something descent enough to put on a christmas card. and I only gave out about 10 of the 30 I had (oh well) and If you didn't get one...that's because I don't have your address anymore...so e-mail it to me!!! (ngarrits@msn.com) or it could just mean I forgot...sorry!! (I still have a ton if anyone wants one...LOL)

This picture just proves that we did truly move into the right house...here is Dave on December 1st picking up leaves after work...yes...he drove around with the headlights on. (Grandpa would be proud!!)

This is the annoying sight we had to look at all season long...yes...that is the leg lamp in Adam & Sherry's window...it glowed so brightly that it kept us up most nights!! We'll get them back...WE GET IT NEXT YEAR!!!! Dave's never been so happy that I tortured him with all the old Christmas movies!!

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O.K....Now onto Christmas day!!!

Here are the boys anxioiusly waiting to go see what santa brought...we hung sheets up in the door to help them resist the temptaion to peek!! They thought it was cool that when the furnace turned on it blew the sheet out the door like a tent!! (they were very anxious at this point...they had been up since 4:15 and we made them wait until 5:00...that was a LONG 45 minutes!!)

I love their faces in this picture!! So much excitement!! You can also see a new years resolution of mine in this pic...getting rid of the clutter piles!!!

Michael checking out his stash...he was excited about the Rhino Rampage game

Thomas liked the Rhino Rampage game too...he told him "this looks like a good game to share!!" Now that's thinking :)

Thomas checking out his stash...he LOVED the Lincoln Logs the best!!!

Here's Michael modeling his favorite present...the cowboy hat santa brought. He LOVES his new scooter too!!!

The Santa Sack was a big hit (I found this bag at Wal-mart!! It even has a drawstring top!!) we put a garbage bag FULL of toys in it and the boys were THRILLED when they discovered Santa had taken the toys. I was so proud of their giving attitude.

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Well...that's it for the pics. All in all it was a great Chrismas season. I'm taking down the decorations now and hoping for a week or two of normal before the baby comes!! That countdown clock sure seems to be moving fast!!!