Christmas Thanks

121. Christmas Candles
122. making cookies with my boys
123. flour on faces and hands and clothes
124. sprinkles
125. Pecan Crescent Cookies
126. Carmel Brownies
127. husband who takes the kids out while I'm sick
128. My Dad reading to the boys
129. Challenging sermons
130. hugs form kids at church
131. handprint art
132. handmade ornaments
133. the smell of cookies
134. the smell of the Christmas tree
135. Betty Crocker cookie icing
136. classic Christmas movies
137. quite evenings for wrapping
138. Scotch tape
139. warm pjs
140. hearing my son say, "it's Jesus' birthday"

Merry Christmas

MAY GOD BLESS YOU THIS YEAR WITH PEACE AND JOY!

THE REAGANS

sights around our house

This past week a stomach/flu virus visited our house.  We are all better and have had some fun on the days we've felt better.  Here are just some sites that went on around our house this past week.

Carl the Elf

Our reindeer cookies.  So EASY to make!  If anyone is interested I can post a tutorial.

Did someone call a plumber?

gifts

81. Serious faces

82. Seeing the world through my child's eyes

83. Rediscovering the joy in small things.

84. Seeing amazement in my child's eyes

85. Seeing their excitement over God's creation.

86. Prayers on my kids

87. The love the boys have for their Day

88.  Giggles of excitement when Andrew comes home from work

89.  The sound of feet running to the door to see Daddy

90.  kisses from Nolan

91. boat rides with kids from church

92. watching kids worship God

93. shell hunting

94. singing goofy songs

95. road trips

96. caffeine

97. Amelia Rose

98. Maggie

99. Hatty

100. My bed!!

House Work

I have been a slight slacker lately about blogging.  To get ready for Ty's party we had been busy working on some projects around the house.  I had some curtains to sew for the dinning room and a few shelves to install.  I've always wanted an eggplant colored dinning room.

I haven't decided yet if we're getting new chairs or just refinishing the ones we have.

I've also been working on refinishing a table and chairs for the kitchen and making curtains.

All it needs now is a new light fixture.  I'm thinking this...

Thanks to my Dad and brother my mantle also got a make over.  They added the trim detail and I did the paint and finish.  Thanks to Ashley for the technique.

Captn Ty's birthday party, aarg

We had a small party for Ty's fourth birthday today.  He wanted a pirate party this year so we had a normal kid's birthday party.  Usually we skip the big party and go do a special family outing.

This wasn't your normal boy's 4 year old party.  We told him he could invite a few friends.  His list included one of the boys in his class and then some friends from church.  They were all girls ranging from a 4 year old to two fifth graders.  I guess he likes the older women just like his father and grandfather.  We all had a great time.

Ty was also extremely excited because this morning we woke up to snow on the ground.  He looked out the window and said, "I can't beweave it."

Ok, so it's not much snow.  But, how often to we get some in Alabama?

I found instructions for this cake on the internet is was actually very easy to make.

Ty and some of the "gwerls"