Question & Answer tag! I am it!!

I was tagged by Shannon at More Wine Please!

Step 1: respond and rework—answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.

Step 2: tag—eight other un-tagged people.

1. What were you doing before you started this post? Watching Caillou with SamBo & drinking coffee

2. What is the last thing you read/are currently reading? Same Kind of Different as Me was the last book I read but I am about to start Sheparding a Child's Heart or some sort of book on disciplining 2 year olds. Any suggestions?! I need to mention that he's extremely head strong!

3. Do you nap a lot? NEVER ever

4. Who was the last person you hugged? My hubby.

5. What is your favorite TV series? ER, The Biggest Loser, So You Think You Can Dance or Friday Night Lights (I'm kind of a tv junkie...hence the need to start reading many, many books)
6. What was the last thing you said out loud? "Owen, get in your house!" He was cornering Sammy for his raisins

7. What websites do you always visit when you go online? Yahoo email, facebook, blogger friends

8. What was the last item you bought? Nonfat latte from Starbucks

9. What is your most challenging goal? lose weight b4 getting pregnant with baby #2

10. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished- anywhere in the world, where
would it be? a farm style house with a huge porch and an oak tree with a swing hanging from it in the front yard on about 5 acres

11. Favorite Vacation spot? Disney World or Hawaii

12. Say something to the person who tagged you: Shannon- you and I are exactly alike when it comes to staying home alone! I'm a BIG fat baby when it comes to that!!!

13. Name one thing you just can't resist no matter how bad it is for you: salt

14. What is your favorite item of clothing? pajamas

15. Whis is your favorite beauty product? masacara

16. Name one thing you can not live with out: Sam

17. Has a celebrity's haircut ever influenced you on your own hairstyle? I tried the Jessica Simpson hair thing then afterwards realized that she had fake hair extensions to make it look that thick. ugh.

18. What is your drink of choice. coffee with great creamer

19. What is something you do every day? Kiss on Sam. He has actually starting pulling away and saying "Mama, no (insert kissing sound)". Maybe I'm a little too pushy :)

20. What are you wearing right now? pj's

21. What's your favorite room in your house? My living room

22. If you were to have a baby boy and girl tomorrow, what would you name them. Girl - Penelope / Penny.....Boy - Miles, Owen, there are several I like

OK, I am tagging:

House Family
Callihan Island
The Cooks Book
Kartoon King
baseball boy
Halle Caroline
The Timmons Times
The Anderson Adventures

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Thank you President Bush.

If I could have just one minute with this great man, I would simply say that on behalf of my family, thank you. Thank you for your leadership, courage, faith, wisdom, and integrity. Thank you for your humility and gentle spirit. Thank you for turning to Our Mighty God and his Word with each decision you made as our leader. Thank you for protecting us from harm and standing by our country though it may have felt that it had turned it's back on you. Thank you for being an example to my son. Welcome back to the great state of Texas. We're glad you're home.

Operation Clean Out Update #1

I'm happy to post that I have cleaned out my closet and have 8 bags of crap to give to charity. YAY! Now, I'm conquering the kitchen...wish me luck :)

Is that what I think it is?!

Ok Blogger friends, I will sum up my new mission in one simple story....

I hosted a baby shower at my house last week. While preparing for the party, one of my friends asked me if she could borrow a serving bowl. I cautiously opened my cabinet hoping that nothing embarrassing would fall out on the floor, for above this cabinet is one of many junk drawers in my lovely abode. As you may know, when you fill a drawer too full, it spills over to the cabinets below hence the rest of my story... A strong sense of relief came over me as I opened the cabinet and found no unexpected trinkets there to greet me. I cheerfully pulled out a bowl and just as I was handing it to her I saw it. The friendly visitor I had feared would appear...a tampon nestled among my white Ralph Lauren Clearwater china bowl, arms open wide as if to say, "Hey there, I've been waiting for you!". (clean and in wrapper I would like to point out) I was mortified to say the least. So the moral of my story is you know you need to clean out when you pull out a your china at a party and there is a tampon nestled inside acting as a representative for all the other pieces of crap that are infilterating your home.....

So this is my farwell for a while blogger friends. I may pop in from time to time and submit a little ditty but for the most part I am a mama on a mission....Operation: Clean out!

Christmas 2008

For those of you that don't know, I am VERY big on traditions especially when it comes to Christmas. This year was much like every other year and hopefully a lot like those to come. Although it may seem monotonous, Sam Bo is changing so fast, it's bound to spice things up!

Christmas Eve

We began this year by going to church on Christmas Eve. Afterwards, we went to my parent's house to meet up with the rest of my family. This year felt very strange because we were missing a few people. Emily came down with the dreaded stomach bug a few hours before and Matt's parents decided that after a long day, they would just stay home and prepare for the following day. We ate, hung out and let the kids play. Poor Ellison, Sam simply wouldn't leave her alone. He pulled her around by the hand the entire night. Just before going home, we put the kids in their matching pj's and my dad recited 'Twas The Night Before Christmas. He has done this for the past 43 years (since my oldest brother's first Christmas). As you can see from the pictures, this is not a calm event. It's full of loud voices, wiggly bodies and organized chaos. Afterwards, the kids sang Christmas carols. Then it was time to head home so that Santa could come and deliver the goods!

I wanted to get a good pic of Sammy in his Christmas outfit but this was about as good as it was going to get. He would simply ignore me and all of my crazy noises that I use to get him to smile until I would finally go away.

Sam and Luke playing with ornaments.

The piano was a hit this year with Sam. Most of what we did on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day was to the tune of a lovely piano serenade by my Sam.

Ellison was singing All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth :)

Christmas Morning at Home
Christmas morning was tons of fun! Sam actually kinda got the present thing this year. I'm not sure he understood that Santa was the one that brought the gifts but he knew that there were things under the tree that hadn't been there the day before and that those things were fun!

"The First Look"

Christmas at GrandRita's & PapaSteve's House
After opening gifts, we went to Matt's parent's house. We ate brunch and enjoyed our Christmas with them as well as Matt's Grandmother.

One of his quirky themes for the day was pretending like he was asleep. He would tell everyone "Night Night" and then close his eyes and fake snore.

Christmas at

NeNe & Grandad's (aka Din Din's)

House
Later, we went to my parents house to spend Christmas with them along with my brothers and their families. We stayed until bedtime and headed home.

Giving Elmo a hug.

Once again, Sam was going "Night Night" in Ellison's doll bed.

Since receiving this bean bag chair, this is a sight I have seen many, many times. (Please excuse the nasty sock. We do mop and clean....we just like to run outside and play without our shoes on)

It was a great Christmas! We are beyond blessed. I hope you had a very Merry Christmas!!!