A new roof at last....

As I am typing this, our roofers are on their way! We will finally get rid of the blue tarp that has been covering our roof for 2 1/2 months now.

Though we all ate way too much, our Thanksgiving was absolutely wonderful. Our friends flew in from New Mexico, and my parents came in. We had fun cooking in the kitchen and enjoying a delicious meal.

The day after Thanksgiving, we hit the stores at 4AM........or NOT!!! I can never bring myself to do that...I breakout in a cold sweat thinking of those crowds. However, we did take our friends to Space Center Houston. We stayed all afternoon and had a great time. We took a tram tour, watched an IMAX show on becoming an astronaut, and walked the exhibits.

When our friends had to return to New Mexico, we figured it was time to start preparing our home for Christmas. I guess I am a little obsessed, I admit...but a dozen plastic tubs and 5 trees later...we are decorated. Ok, one tree is very small and in Clark's room! However, we do have 2 full sized trees downstairs, one 4ft. tree on the upstairs landing, and a 5 or 6ft. tree in Ali's room. I LOVE Christmas...the sights, sounds, smells, tastes...and especially celebrating the birth of our saviour! It just all came a little too soon it seemed this year. It doesn't seem like it should be Christmas yet. But, it is and we have to run with it. I am not quite finished with the shopping. We hope to get it finished up very soon. We leave for Indiana a week from Saturday...so I am kind of in a time crunch. We are so excited to also be able to see our friends in Louisville, since it is only an hour away from T.C.'s family!! Ali is TOOOOO excited.

Clark had school pictures taken a while back, and we were to pick out our favorite pose yesterday. Pose? Shouldn't school pictures be you get what you get. That is how it was when I was a kid...you take your ONE picture...and hope for the best. Ummm, it doesn't work like that anymore in preschool. Some (overpriced) photographer shows up and low and behold...we go in to look at the pictures...and Clark wasn't even wearing the clothes I sent him to school in. The photographer CHANGED all the kids clothes into these goofy staged photos. To say they were lame is an understatement. Here is the rundown on the photo shoot...the boys all got their pictures taken in a nerdy button down shirt (buttoned up to the top) and a sweater vest...they even combed his hair straight down like a dork...then another with a soccer jersey and ball and the final one was a NASCAR picture with a jacket and hat on. Like seriously....we don't even watch NASCAR nor does he play soccer. Ummm, hello people!!! I was thinking to myself that I sent him in a polo shirt and cute shorts for a reason. Long story short, I felt obligated to purchase a pose...get this...for $25 a SHEET!! Ugh...

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and is enjoying the start of this blessed CHRISTmas season!