Monday, December 29, 2008

Santa dropped by & left pressies!!


Merry Christmas!! We hope everyone had a great Christmas like we did! As you can see, the girls were most certainly spoiled, as always lol. Allison had requested new D&D books in addition to a drawing tablet for the computer. Lindsay had asked for a video camera and Katie had asked for a tea set and a Nintendo DS. Needless to say no one was disappointed and Lindsay is now driving us batty sticking her video camera in our faces at the most inopportune times, ha ha ha. But who knows, maybe she'll be our first Hollywood Director!

Summer's Baby Shower


As you may know, the Garner family has been preparing for the arrival of it's newest family member. On Tuesday the 23rd I threw a baby shower for Summer and baby girl Garner. I attempted to put together a couple of silly shower games and rewarded the players with candies and nice smelling stuff. I think the most enjoyable part was us gals getting together and swapping baby stories. I hope the gifts that Summer and Damon received will finish up what they may have needed and added to all the fun stuff that they didn't necessarily need, but it's just plain fun having ('cause it sure was fun shopping for those things!). Look at those baby bumps!!

Garner Christmas Party




On Sunday the 21st we went to Grandma Garner's Christmas Party. We enjoyed our time with the Garner family so very much. The highlight of the evening was of course getting to sit on Santa's lap!! Karter was the life of the party, keeping us all entertained with his funny comments and silly faces. The evening was great fun and the time we were able to spend with Grandma is precious to us all.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

T-Minus Five Days till Present Time

Or, more accurately, five days until freak out.

Hello, hello, all one of our followers and all two of our readers. I'm coming here just to say some random stuff to fill out my monthly blog quota.

First week of December, I managed to get through It's a Wonderful Life. It was truly a wonderful play, and I had a wonderful time. A couple of things...

Before I begin, the first night was Friday the 5th, second was Saturday the 6th, and last was Monday the 8th.
1) On the first night, the tree wasn't supposed to be knocked over by one of the kids. Poor boy. =/
2) On the first night, yes, we all agree the door not opening was hilarious, and even the actor admits it was.
3) Whenever it happened, Mary was not supposed to go "Ring-ring!" during the scene at home.
4) On the second night, people went nuts over a simple little word: "Macbeth." Somebody uttered it, and the whole cast went wild over knocking on (fake) wood. Saying Macbeth in theater is considered bad luck, and may cause the onstage actors to die. The lead male and the angel were afraid that the bridge would collapse beneath them and both would die. Also, the first person to have said Macbeth was Harry, who, at the end, forgot a key scene prop: the book. So Mister Potter's Goon just walks on stage, hands Harry the book, walks off.
5) On the second night, I forgot my cue in the funeral scene. *sniffles*
6) Somebody has told me the drunk scene from the last night may be going on Youtube.
7) On the second night, Mr. Welch was supposed to be onstage before the first carol, 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' ended. Somebody informed me there were four carols sung.
8) The drunk scene was my absolute favorite in the entire play.

All-in-all, it was a fun play. I was only on three times, but it was fantastic regardless. =) Grandma has informed me I would be perfect for the role of Ado Annie in the play "Oklahoma!", which is our next play.

After looking up the character, I must agree. Sounds fantastic to me!

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Want to put a Hispanic twist on your holiday? I'm supposed to do one of the below things for Spanish:

1) Make tamales.
2) Go Christmas caroling.
3) Reenact the Nativity for others.
4) Act out/attend a traditional play/story.
5) Break a pinata on Christmas Eve.
6) Prepare a midnight dinner on Christmas Eve.
7) Attend Midnight Mass.
8) Open your gifts at midnight on Christmas Eve. (My absolute favorite)
9) The day after Christmas, give a gift to somebody that's performed a service for me throughout the year.
10) Put 12 grapes in my mouth at each stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, make a wish on each, and don't chew until all are in.
11) Put out shoes and leave water and straw for the three kings' camels on January 5th.
12) Fill somebody's shoes with small gifts on Jan. 5th.
13) Make King's Cake for January 6th.

... Whoever is hosting the Christmas Eve dinner this year, will you please supply the pinata? :D

Till next time,

Allison

PS. Didn't catch the drunk scene from the last night? Look no further! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFhqj2_dFpg
Here's the second night's drunk scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drYMvexzjP0&feature=related

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Merry Christmas!

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I don't know about everyone else, but our house and lives are a bit crazy at the moment preparing for the Holidays. Very slowly presents are beginning to find their way under the tree and I will begin cooking Christmas goodies tomorrow. Christmas is definitely in the air. I love this time of year!

I would make this post a bit longer but I have a boss that is a bit of slave driver and for some reason she thinks I need to actually get my work done. Ha ha, just kidding! Lots to do before the big day!

Everyone have a very Merry Christmas and safe travels for those that are traveling!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

It's a Wonderful Life!

Allison has successfully made it through her first production! She really enjoyed her part as a towns person and she can't wait to try out for the Spring Musical, Oklahoma. Maybe fewer 8th and 9th graders will try out and she'll get a shot at an actual speaking part. Who makes these silly rules that the good parts must go first to the 8th & 9th graders anyway???

Todd, the girls and I only attended the Friday showing of the play but I think we all agree that the best part of the play was George knocking on his mother's boarding house door and his mother being unable to open it. Oops, prop malfunction!

First loose tooth!


I am such a bad mom, I forgot to post about Katie's most exciting news ever! She lost her first tooth on November 22nd. She was soooo excited. Isn't she a cutie?