WEEKEND PROJECTS

Bulletin board and "L"

Lamps

Curtains I made. You can see the stenciling at the top also. It took FOREVER! The green color is the truest in this pic. It's bright--not minty as it looks in the other pics.

I have beed redecorating Lily's room slowly but surely for a while now. We have done many projects and usually try to do one per weekend. The only thing I now have left is to make the bedskirt. I made the curtains, painted and decorated the lamps, mirror, a big letter "L" and some other accessories and made a bulletin board. I'm so happy with the way things have turned out. Lily is, too. She had total input on what we did and helped a lot. It was fun but I'll be glad to have it DONE! Hopefully next weekend!

LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES!!

Christmas Eve

Did Santa come?

I-pod Nano

Rejoicing that she got her i-pod Nano

Lily loves to draw and design clothes.

Speaks for itself.

Lily and her friends are so into the string tricks-not sure what you call it---Cat's Cradle maybe? She got a book of tricks.

These are some pictures I took of Lily at Jeff's dad's overlooking the lake. It was near 70 degrees that day so the kids played outside a lot. She was hamming it up, as usual.

Opening gifts at their Nema's house.

Lily's favorite gift from Nema and Papaw---a big comfy chair for her room. Well, probably a close second to her phone, anyway. Wyatt's favorite was probably WiMusic.

We had so much fun playing Cranium Family Edition. Here Lily had to pick something up with her toes and stick something to her forehead. We laughed so hard.

Jeff and Wyatt got to go to a UK basketball game. Wyatt had never been so it was an exciting experience for him. We didn't know they would be going before we got there, so, of course, they had to go out and buy appropriate attire!!

Go Big Blue!!! Wyatt had a sign to hold up for 3 point shots---and they made many. They won the game-so that was a plus!

Here's my brother, Steve, playing Cranium. He had to stack blocks on his head and stand on one leg for 10 seconds! He finally did it after we realized he didn't have to stack them on top of one another

Jeff's aunt took this of us.

The next pictures are from our trip to Nashville and the Opryland hotel. We had such a great time. I wish we could freeze the kids at these ages for a few years. They still want to do things with us but are old enough to be truly enjoyable and fun. They are truly 2 of my favorite people to be around! We had such a great family time, laughed a lot and made some wonderful memories!

Inside the Opryland Hotel.

On the boat ride inside the hotel

The next pictures are from the ICE exhibit they had at the hotel. It was very cool----and all made of ice!

That is all ice behind them. They give you coats to wear---it was 9 degrees in there! The day we went it was near 70 outside, too!

They both went down the ice slide---here's Wyatt.

Jeff and the kids in the ice tunnel.

Helping to carve the roast beast.

Awesome nativity scene made of ice.

Wreath all made of ice

Lily and I ready for New Year's Eve.

Cake from the party we went to.

They had a red carpet going into the party and "paparazzi" that took your picture. Lily was in heaven.

We went to the room and watched the ball drop in New York at 11 Nashville time. Wyatt was pooped from a busy day, so stayed in the room. Lily, my party girl, wanted to go back to the party to celebrate the New Year there and see the main band---Superchick. We made it til midnight-which was actually 1am our time.

Pooped out on the way home.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Just one quick picture. We all had a great Christmas! Here is a pic of the kids before church last night. The kids are most excited about their i-pod nanos and have been uploading music and TV shows all day. It will be great for the car. We have relaxed today in anticipation of a busy week ahead! We're headed to Kentucky tomorrow morning. Jeff will stop at the outlet stores and work. What will the kids and I do while he does that? Shop, of course;-) Then we will have Christmas at my mom's tomorrow night. The next morning we head to Jeff's dad's for Christmas there. Christmas at his mom's that night-whew! Tired already! The next day is my birthday. Nagasaki, here I come! (My favorite Japanese restaurant). Then we have a day to recoup before we head to Nashville. We're going to the Opryland Hotel to spend 2 nights. There is a really cool ice exhibit there that we saw on TV. Then we're going to spend New Year's Eve there at a family party the hotel puts on. Oh, not to mention the huge indoor outlet mall next to the hotel. Should be fun and a nice little getaway. It's only a 3 hour drive from Lexington, so that's a plus.
Oh, check out Wyatt's blog. He started it all on his own. My little computer geek.
OMG-just realized I have to pack for a week! Better go! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

UPDATE-FINALLY

Lily singing with her "small ensemble" group in the church program.

Lily with her scout troop decorating cookies at the holiday party.

Lily and one of her best friends-Alissa.

The troop with the arrangments they made for the local nursing home-they turned out so great.

Singing--something she really loves.

Wow-can't believe it has been so long since I posted. I've been trying to limit my computer time to 15-30 minutes a day. It's amazing how much more I've gotten done around the house! Not to mention-Wyatt is on here a lot for school anymore.

Lily had her church holiday program today. She tried out and was chosen to sing in 2 small groups. She was so excited about that. They have practiced a lot and sounded really great. She loves to be on stage. The other pics are from her Girl Scout holiday party.

Wyatt has his holiday band concert Friday night, so hopefully I'll get some pics of him then.

Well, off to do some Christmas shopping!