Christmas 2006

Hi Everyone!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We had a great Christmas. Thank you to all of our friends and family for all of the wonderful presents. As usual - everyone out did themselves.

I just wanted to share some of the pictures that were taken yesterday morning. I hope that you enjoy!

Here is a view of Carrigan's side of the room. She told us that Santa brought her everything that she wanted this year. That made Santa very happy!



This is Alan's side. Of course he got more Thomas the Train things and John Deere Tractor. Those are just two of his favorite things.



This year I was brave and put the kids up their own Christmas Tree. Their tree was placed in the dining room where you can see it from the road. The big family tree was placed in the back of the house in the family room. I had a smaller tree in the foyer with all of the kids small ornaments on it (ie. Sponge Bob, Barbie, Hello Kitty, Bob the Builder, etc...) Carrigan made the angel at school along with several of the ornaments. They are something that I will cherish forever.



This is a picture of Alan's Thomas the Train playset. This is two combined. He has had so much fun playing with it. Now if we can only find another place to put it instead of the foyer. LOL!!!



Here is a picture of one of the presents that I gave to Kristi. Of course - it is of Hunter. The pictures were taken by Kelly Byrom Photography. If you'd like to see more of her work - go under my sister's blog (The Patricks) then go under "I like my typography Bold". Please check out her gallery - she is amazing. You will love her work and be sure to check out her beautiful new son - Simon!



Please pray for my friends Tom and Cher during this very difficult time in their lives. Last week their little angel joined Jesus. Please add them to your prayers lists.
Kim

Santa arrives in Concord

Hi Everyone!

I can't believe that Christmas is just around the corner. I still have a couple more things to buy and then I am done. Yeah! I'm still not done decorating the inside of my house but I still have time! The outside is done - very simple this year. I have swags on my windows with maroon bows and then I have spot lights lighting up the house. That's it this year. No Christmas trees outside, no reindeers, no icecicle lights on the house, no lights lining the pine island, etc..... Just very simple!






Friday night Rusty and I took the kids to see Santa arrive in Concord. This year Santa arrived by helicopter. It was really neat. The DJ told us when Santa was spotted on the radar and everyone was looking around in the sky and the next thing you knew - here came a blue and white helicopter flying pretty low. It circled around a couple of times and then it started to land. At first it was facing away from everyone and then it turned around and faced us while still hovering. It was very cool. Carrigan loved it but Alan was a little freaked due to it flying right over our heads. Once it landed - out came Santa Claus! What an entrance!!! Carrigan said that the reindeer didn't come this year because Santa didn't want them getting tired before the big night.






The kids had a really good time. As you can see - Alan did not sit with Santa this year. He was very content with Rusty so we were afraid to push it. He wasn't real happy about the helicopter so we thought we would not even try to get him to sit on Santa's lap. Carrigan told Alan that she would tell Santa what he wanted this year for Christmas and she did.







Ebenezer Scrooge (aka Rev. Swain W. Penn - New Hebron Baptist Church) made his appearance. Carrigan was really funny - she said that he was not the Scrooge - instead he was the "Mad Hatter". I thought that was pretty good for a 5 year old! Finally we convinced her who it was and she was fine with it.






After Carrigan saw Santa we went and rode on the carriages. That was a lot of fun and kids had a good time. Carrigan was lucky enough to ride up front with the other kids once we got off. She thought that that was the best!

The weather was pretty chilly Friday night but that did not stop everyone from having a good time. They had fire boxes placed several feet apart and that seemed to help everyone stay warm.

We are looking forward to going back next year. It's neat living in a small town and seeing everyone come together!


Happy Shopping!!!

Kim