Merry Christmas from the Clay Family

This is our Christmas Card for 2008. It was designed by Shannon Foster. She is really easy to work with and did a great job! Her email address is cardsbyshannon@yahoo.com

A Lot To Be Thankful For

Otis and I were busy at work throughout Thanksgiving Day. What a great opportunity to take some great pics! Matt said the theme of Thanksgiving 2008 was my new camera (he's just jealous). We started the day with a little of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Sam was interested for about 30 sec. and then he was over it and wanting to watch Clifford.

As soon as we got ready, we headed to Matt's Mom's house for Thanksgiving #1 and then to my parent's house for Thanksgiving #2. Sam had a great time playing with his all of cousins. Here are a few pics of our Thanksgiving #1...

Rita (Matt's mom), slaving away over a hot stove...

The unbelievable trees in their front yard. Family Pic

Sam's Thanksgiving Feast (AKA Waffles)

Next, we went to my parent's house for Thanksgiving #2. Here are some pics...

Don't let Sam fool you into thinking he's eating turkey with all the fixin's, he's eating fruit made with tons of delicious sugar :) My sweet nephew, Drew.

Playing video games with Ellison.

Busy Busy in NeNe's toyroom!
Giving Grandad (AKA Din Din) a kiss. He loves his Din Din!Checkin out the Door Buster Ads as if we would actually camp out and hit the stores at 4 am. For those of you that do that, more power to ya!

A Komodo in my Kitchen!

Much to my surprise, I rounded the corner of my kitchen only to hear the scraping of claws from a full blown Komodo Dragon. Here is a picture of him...

In case you need a better look, here's another shot...

OK, maybe the first picture is a little dramatic but honestly this wasn't some cute little gecko. I REALLY could hear his claws scape as he tried to scurry across the floor. I wasn't too freaked out because I felt an odd connection to him as well as his family.

It all started 3 1/2 years ago when Matt and I moved into this house. As we were unloading, we saw a monster of a lizard on our driveway. He was incredibly big and incredibly fast. We named him "Lemony Snicket the Lizard that Lives in our Driveway" and made a game out of him. The object of the game was that every time we saw him we had to say, "Hey, there's Lemony Snicket the Lizard that Lives in our Driveway" as fast as we could before he ran away. To date, Lemony has won every time. He's a fast little booger. He's been busy too because over the past 3 1/2 years he has managed to create an entire colony of Lemony Snickets that are now residing in the bush by our front door. (which leads me to suspect that Lemony is in fact a Polygamist) There are tons of them and they are all enormous! It was just a matter of time before one of them got the courage up to make the incredible journey into our humble abode. Lucky for this Lemony descendant, Owen and Rudy were in their crates!

Halloween 2008...Better Late than Never

Well, I finally got my little camera back from the mean and nasty Geek Squad people. Now I can post pics of my precious little "Monkey" on Halloween...

Practicing his "Aren't I cute...give me more than just one puny little Dum Dum" smile.

Tankin up on chicken nuggets before the madness begins.

1st time he has really understood the idea of trick or treating :)
By the end he was making out like a bandit!

The whole gang

If only it were that easy...

Ok, don't call CPS just yet....let me explain. Sam loves to play in the dog crates. He gets all of his Chuck E. Cheese balls and puts them in Rudy's crate. Then he climbs in after them and shuts the door. He could play in there forever! I'm sure it helps that they are nasty with dog hair and dirt. Although we clean them often, it doesn't take long for a 100 lb. dog to dirty them up. What can I say, he's all boy!

Shameless Plug for my FANTASTIC Hair Dresser!

Ok ladies...this is a shameless plug for my FANTASTIC hair dresser! She is really good with color and cuts and is UNBELIEVABLY reasonable with her prices....just $50 for color, cut and style. That's right, $50! It doesn't matter if you do low lights, highlights etc., it's the same! I am super picky with my blonde and she does a really good job. She is located in Southlake. Her name is Debbie and her # is 817-229-8687. Give her a call and tell her I sent you! :)