A Much Needed...

4 day vacation!! Rylan and I definitely enjoyed our 4 day weekend! We didn't have the usual amount of Thanksgivings to go to this year..so we really got to spend some quality time together. Thursday we had Thanksgiving at noon with the Rusks and then we stopped by Grandma's to see everyone. Friday we got out our Christmas decorations and put up the trees. Oh yes! Plural! TREES!

Our tree is not real..oh yes Jared Cummins..we are communists! :-) (Rylan was highly allergic to real Christmas trees when he was a baby..not so much anymore..however..we don't want to chance anything) Sheila and Larry gave us their old tree and it is beautiful!! We have both of our ornaments on it from the time we were little..all the way up to our first house and first Christmas ornaments. Such a merry little tree it is!

And then we have the weeee-little silver pom-pom tree. It has old ornaments on it and some in the apothecary jar next to it. It needed a tree skirt so I used an old quilt remnant that I had. I just love this little tree!! It's definitely my fav!

We put away the fall decorations and re-decorated the house for Christmas. We went and cut down some greenery so we'd have some to decorate with both inside and out. Saturday we got things ready for the Bromm Thanksgiving..cleaned..ran some errands..and we to the Christmas Parade that evening. Our church won the Queen's Award!! Woo Hoo! Way to go everyone!

Sunday was the usual..church and then Thanksgiving with the Bromms. We did a lot of lounging and got some much needed rest! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

More Pics of Cait

We took quite a few pictures of Caitlyn yesterday. There were sooo many good one's that it was hard to choose which to post..but here's a few! Again...the camera loves her and she just knows how to pose and smile. I loved her hair in these! So festive and wintery!

Christmas Lights

We put up Christmas lights yesterday at mom and Pat's. What an adventure..as it always is! We decided to put lights at the very top of the front of the house this year..wehich we've never done..so nails had to be put into the wood before hanging the lights..and the ONLY way to hammer the nails in and hang the lights on that side is to lay on your belly with half of your body hanging off the roof. This picture is just that..Jen on her belly hammering in the nails while Bart holds on to her legs. Bart really had NO idea what he was getting himself into when he signed up to help. And any of you who have seen our house as Christmas know that we outline that ENTIRE house..sooo..needless to say..Bart had an all new experience yesterday.   :-) But I know he loved every minute of it!

This picture may be a little hard to see..but this is Jen and Bart on the little roof...they were trying a new way to hang lights..so they climbed out the bedroom window (the ONLY way out..no joke!) and they have a stool. Now I did not get to watch what or how they attempted to make this work..but I'm going to guess that Jen tried to stand on the stool while Bart held onto it..so it wouldn't fall off the roof. Just my speculations from across the woods..(I was taking senior pics of Cait). Funny stuff we are!! Always coming up with new ideas and new ways to TRY to make things easier?!? or more comical!

Jen is finishing things up in this picture..usually the antenna is the last thing to do..since you wouldn't want to climb up or down it with lights strung all over it..hence you'd crush them!! And we all know that mom does NOT need another strand of lights that don't at all or half way light up..stupid broken lights!!

I think days like this are the reason we all really don't want to do our own Christmas lights on our own houses. Not that we don't have a good time..because we do and I can remember whenever we'd skip school to hang Christmas lights without mom knowing until she got home. She'd be mad that we skipped school..but SOOO happy the lights were done and that she didn't have to help! :-) Gotta love the memories we've made! Maybe I'll post pictures of putting up mom's 12 foot tall Christmas tree this year..if I remember to take my camera when we help..hopefully there won't be any peeing of the pants this year..we won't mention who is famous for doing that.. :-) Love you Jen!!

Pictures Again

I took pictures of Rylan and his sisters yesterday at Mom and Pat's. We got some really good one's and some not so good one's..I really like the three below..

 

Rhett & Leslie's Engagement Party

We went to Leslie and Rhett's engagement party Saturday night. It was quite the gathering..if I must say so myself.. hehe :) 

Picture Event

 Oh yes! This IS an event!! To coordinate everything..time..clothing..location..poses..EVERYTHING!! We also have to consider height..hair styles..shirt color..and such..because we don't like Leslie and I next to each other because of our hair..and Leslie and Samantha's shirt color is so similar..ahh too complicated!

We decided this year to do pictures at Bart's parents' house in Amity. We also went to Uncle Willy's pond nearby. The first two pictures are my favorites..I especially like the one in the pine trees! Since we don't do Christmas cards anymore..too much $$..we're just printing pictures and carrying them with us..so if you see one of us..and you haven't received a picture yet..just ask!