Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all!!! We hope you had a great day and enjoyed those you were near!

Neil and I had a great time pretending Anna cared what went on around her! :) We started with spending Christmas Eve with James and Erica (and baby!) Erica made Anna the cutest pink camo stocking. And then we just relaxed and watched Monday Night Football.
Christmas morning started early with Anna getting a baby sized Radio Flyer wagon from Neil and I. Then we went to my parents to spend the morning and have dinner. It was actually a pretty calm time. We all just ate and talked, mostly about our cousin Shane and his wife Tina, because we found out at 9:00 am that she had gone into labor. I wanted to rush down to the hospital so badly but we didn't know what was happening so we waited. She had to have a c- section which she was really sad about. But their handsome baby BOY was born at 12:26. In case you didn't know, their doctor told them they would be having a girl!

We spent Christmas Night at Jed and Jennifer's eating more food and playing games. And of course opening presents. The whole day was a ton of fun and I have no idea where I am going to put our goodies until we get our house done. I told Neil on the way home from Jenn's that we should just go straight to the storage unit! :)

Neil and I got to meet the baby Wednesday Morning. Tina was feeling okay but after any surgery there is always some recovery time. The baby is soooo handsome! and so tiny! I didn't think Anna had grown that much , but I have to admit she is not my tiny little baby anymore!!Can't wait to see you all in the new year!!!

Bell Ringers?

Or a plot to take over Earth? You decide!

This is a very good example of why you take your camera every where with you. Because if you don't have it you have to go home and get it! And then you feel kind of like a dork driving up and rolling down your window with Darth Vader watching you.

I was shopping at Wal-Mart yesterday and while I was loading my goodies I heard someone start to ring a bell. I looked up and saw three Storm Troopers standing there!!! And while I was watching Darth Vader walked out of the store!!! It was so cool! I kind of wanted to get my picture taken with them. But I had to remember this is Redding, not Disneyland!!

I wonder if they got more or less donation because of it? I could see people thinking its cool, but Darth Vader can be a little intimidating! plus Storm Troopers with weapons!

So has anyone else seen some cool or interesting bell ringers this year?

What! No Lime Sauce!?!

Well, it is the end of an era. Taco Bell no longer makes their lime sauce. It has instead been replaced with some avocado sauce. A couple of weeks ago Neil and I went to Taco Bell and he got a grilled steak stuffed burrito. It was so good I decided to finally get my own last night. Well, I went to order and when I said "add lime sauce please" the little lady said "I'm sorry we no longer make that!" Well, I said "That's just sad!" So I got the burrito anyway. And I must say it is NO GOOD!!

One of the Many Reasons We Love Hope

Brenda had me bring my laptop to Starbucks Friday morning so that we could transfer pictures between the two computers from Thanksgiving and Tree Cutting. It is so neat to be able to hook up the two computers together and just hit a few buttons. So after we were done transferrng pictures Heather wanted to see them. We turned Brenda's computer around and Heather and Hope watched them. It is so much fun to watch Hope while she is looking at pictures. She is so animated!!!! She laughs and yells and moves her hands all around! Well, since our computers have a camera we thought we would try and film Hope while she was looking at the pictures. Whatever you are filming shows up on the screen so you can see what you are filming while you are filming. Kind of like a mirror. So in our attempt to film Hope this is what we got. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. I still laugh ever time I watch it.