New Year's Resolutions - sort of

Well, since the new year is almost here it is the time of year to set New Year's Resolutions. Since few people actually make them or even stick to them I thought I would go ahead and make some for someone else. Here are some of Ryan's new year's resolutions (by me):

1. Take out the recycle before Brianna puts it in the middle of the kitchen floor to remind me
2. Answer "ok" or anything within the first 3 seconds of Brianna asking me a question so she knows I am paying attention
3. Be happy decorating for every holiday and getting the decorations down from the attic
4. Come to the conclusion that Brianna has final say in decorating the nursery
5. Be less negative to all the fun things Brianna thinks we should do

So, go ahead and make someone's year by helping them out and making their New Year's Resolutions for them!

Merry Christmas to All

We hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas Eve! We can't wait until "Surf" is here and Santa decides to visit our house. I loved watching the NORAD Santa tracker as a kid and can't wait until he is big enough (of course now it isn't just on tv, but in 3D on google earth). What did you love about Christmas Eve as a kid?

Crib

This is what our crib looks like. This one made it home without flying out of the truck, but it took about 5 tries to put it together correctly. Thanks mom & dad for waking up on black friday to get this.

Deja Vu

Okay so Saturday we were out Christmas shopping for the Angel tree at church. We got the two things we needed and headed for Babies 'r Us. I had found a rocker and ottoman the day before and the sales person said to come back the next day for an even better deal. Well, we got the sales slip and took it up to the register. We got an awesome deal - almost 70% off. We were really excited because we never get such awesome deals so we put it in the truck and started on our way home. As we were going down Mason Rd Ryan yells “holy crap the box just flew out of the truck!” and stops in the middle of the road. The wind had just picked it up and thrown the whole thing out of the truck. Luckily no one was behind us and we get it put back in the truck and drove a little ways down and stopped to tie it down. All I could say was "it's broken, I cannot believe that you didn't tie it down. I know it its broken" over and over again. Ryan tried to remind me it was all packed up, but I don't think he really thought he could calm down the crazy pregnant lady. As we drove the rest of the way home (avoiding any main roads) all I could think of was when my dad put a brand new fridge in the back of the truck to bring home and of course it wasn't tied down right and fell right over. Luckily the fridge worked when he got it home, but it had a huge dent in it to remind my mom what he had done. So, I figured the rocker would have some major flaw to remind me it had flown out of the truck. We had to take it out of the box to get it in the door, but to our surprise it was perfectly fine. I don't think Ryan will be putting anything in the truck without tying it down again!! Here is our new rocker:

Cardboard Slip 'n Slide

So, our friends the Hudsons came over on Sunday night with their two boys. I had Ryan leaveout the cardboard boxes from our purchase on Saturday (this is a post in itself) for my visiting teachers' kids to play with this week. Well, it was a good thing we had them out because Ryan and Sam had the kids Isaac and Beckham totally wound up and crazy the entire time they were here. They had a great time making forts, slip 'n sliding down the entry way, and making slides. Taryn and I had a great time too since we got to talk while the boys were boys. What a great way to spend a Sunday night!

Fun, Fun, Fun

So, this week just flew by. On Tuesday one of my co-workers offered me two tickets to the Rockets game. So, of course I took them and we had a great time at the game. Surf started kicking right when we walked into the arena, so, despite Brianna's disbelief, we know he is a Rockest fan. Rockets won.

On Thursday we went to a work event. It was a dinner accompanied by Cirque de Soleil performances. The performers basically swing around on bars and ropes like monkeys. There was also a contortionist that did stuff you would not believe. Here are some pictures of the performers.

Christmas Decorations

Well, we finally have all our Christmas decorations up. It took us almost a week to get them all put up with everything else we had to get done. With our house all decorated, Christmas music playing all the time, and the cooler weather it is starting to really feel like Christmas. I am excited to enjoy this time of year, especially since I finished the Christmas cards and will be sending them out this week, have all of my shopping done, and the list of treats I am going to make ready for next Sunday. Hope you are all getting in the spirit too!

Our entry way

Our new stocking stand and the advent calendar and magnet board I made for this year

Our tree - we were excited that it looked so good since we bought it after Christmas last year and didn't know exactly what it would look like all lit up

The outstide of our house - Ryan did such a good job getting these up (probably since it was the third house he put lights up on this year)