Christmas 2007

For those of you that I did not get a Christmas card to I apologize. This is the picture we decided to use and honestly I did everything so last minute that I'm suprised anyone got a card. Just when I was about to give up on the Christmas card picture and put down the camera, because the girls were not cooperating, BAM a perfect picture. That is what I get for trying to pose them. I should always just let them do whatever comes natural to them, and if you can't tell by the picture Claire was not in the least bit happy that Madeline decided to lay her head in her lap. :)

Anyway, enough about the Christmas card. I just wanted to say that this years Christmas had its great times and it's not so great times. The not so great times are due to my OCD and trying to make everything perfect and everyone happy. (Note to self: You can't make everyone happy. It's impossible.) I don't want to go into all of the stuff that went wrong and all of the crying I did, because as I sat here today I realized just how blessed this family is. We have way more than most. I am blessed to have my two beautiful healthy little girls, a loving husband (even tho I could kill him sometimes :)), a wonderful home, two cars that work, and being able to finish my education starting in January. I look at all of the things we received for Christmas and can't help but feel a bit guilty seeing as how we have more than most. I am not saying we are wealthy and don't live pay check to pay check. I mean we are wealthy in our health and happiness. I just feel guilty in getting all of the latest and greatest gadgets. The gadgets I received this year were an iphone, ishuffle, and a programmable crock pot. Michael's gadgets consist of an iphone, ipod, and an XBox 360. The girls gadget is the Nintendo Wii. I guess living with a husband whose work is computers and things this should be normal in this house. I just feel a wee bit of guilt.

I am happy that the girls got the Wii, because believe it or not it is teaching them a valuable lesson in being good sports. I didn't realize what sore loosers they were. They are getting better about saying, "It's okay, good game." So maybe this will be a good thing for them. They also got a whole mess of Webkinz. For those of you that don't know what a Webkin is, it is a stuffed animal you buy that comes with a secret passcode so you can play with your animal on the computer. It really is a very cute idea and the girls love taking care of them. We have their Mamaw to thank for the Webkinz. Their Granny and Pappy got them the cutest cash registers that actually work. They also sent them money to practice with the cash register. It is a great learning tool on how we have to pay for our groceries and such, and also teaches them about how to pay and receive cash back. They love it. From Grandaddy and Ms. Steph they received a whole bunch of clothes and a swing set. Which is awesome! We needed an outside toy. Last but not least from Santa they received a bunch of baby doll stuff and Barbie stuff. So I guess you can say that my children racked up this year. I hope they don't expect this every year. ;)

I could go on and on about our Christmas, but I will not bore you with all of the other little things.

I will be posting another blog some time soon about me furthering my education for those of you that don't know what I am talking about.

I love you all and hope that you had a blessed Christmas like we did this year. God has been smiling down on us lately.