One of the gifts that Rob and I gave my brother was a sushi dinner on us. He has become a HUGE fan of sushi so we gave him a "coupon" for a sushi dinner at the restaurant of his choice. Jacob and Justin came up Monday morning and were kind enough to "let" me hang out with them all day. We had a great (but slow) dinner at Surin of Madison! Jacob and Justin have been coming up and spending the night with us basically since I got married. Rob and I enjoy having them around so much and wish they could come more often!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Coupon Redeemed
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Sunday, December 27, 2009
Mad Gab
Christmas night some of my family came over to my parents to visit. My cousins had gotten a game called "Mad Gab" for Christmas so we decided to try it out. If you have ever played this game, you KNOW how funny it can be! If you haven't had the experience of this game, you need to RUN (not walk) to your local Walmart and pick it up! It is hilarious....especially with some Southern "twang." I haven't laughed as much as I did that night in SO long. It was SO funny and just a blast! I hope we get to do it again soon!
This is just ONE of the MANY videos that we took throughout the night. We were all very funny trying to figure out what the phrase was but my uncle Robert was by far the funniest!!!
Rob and I just keep watching all of these videos because they are so funny! I have the funniest family!
I hope you enjoy your Mad Gab game as much as we did!
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Fun Times
We had a wonderful Christmas surrounded by our amazing family. Rob and I drove to Oneonta on Christmas Eve to have dinner with my grandmother. We spent the night at my parents house and watched "Four Christmases," which has become one of our "regular" Christmas movies. Christmas morning we opened gifts with my parents and brother. My parents got me a KitchenAid mixer that I am SO excited about. I have wanted one for SO long!Rob got a BlueRay player that he is also very excited aboutWe got LOTS of great and thoughtful presents! My parents cooked a HUGE southern breakfast with all the fixins.' Aren't they cute in their aprons!Here are a few snapshots of our great dayThere were people in and out of my parents' house all day. We are very blessed to have such a wonderful and fun-loving and FUNNY family!
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Merry Christmas to All!
We wish you and yours a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!! May we all remember the true reason we celebrate Christmas!
"He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth" Luke 1:14
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Today I'm participating in The Christmas Card Carousel over at Walk with me by Faith. I LOVE Christmas cards and am excited to see what everyone's look like and get ideas for next year.
We hope everyone has a magical Christmas season!!
(Our printer/scanner is struggling these days so this is a picture of a picture so sorry for the bad quality...maybe Santa will bring us a new printer)
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Christmas Tour of Homes
This year I decided to participate in the Blogging World's Christmas Tour of Homes. The Nesting Place is hosting the tour this year and I'm excited to participate! (Prepare yourself, this is going to be a LONG post) This year's decorations look a lot like last year's so maybe next year I'll change it up some. I love snowmen and just the simple red and white! Since our living room has a red accent wall these Christmas colors also work.
I found a pack of these red snowflakes at Target last year and I LOVE them. They are glittery and show up SO well. I went back to find some more but of course they were out and I can't seem to find any that are as pretty as these.
I decorated the mantle last year with "presents" using Hallmark's color coordinated papers and I loved it so much that I used it again. I hope to work on something new for next year but I really like doing this. It's much easier and cheaper than any other mantle decorations that I have done. There are also lots of snowmen in our kitchen too. When I registered for bridal gifts I found the Woodland Snowmen made by Fitz and Floyd and six years later I still love these pieces. I put them in my hutch along with our Christmas dishes.
I have a 10 piece setting of these dishes and I love them. Rob and I got engaged in November, 2002 and that Christmas was my first one with Rob's family. Rob's brother's family came out from Oklahoma and the whole Akins clan was there! Little did I or any of the rest of us know, that would be the the last Christmas with Rob's mom. When she found out we were all going to be at her house for Christmas, she went out and bought this huge set of dishes because she was SO excited. After she died, my father-in-law gave them to us and I absolutely love and treasure them!
If you are still with me after this LONG post, Thanks! I hope you have enjoyed my Christmas Tour. I can't wait to see everyone else's tours and get LOTS of ideas for next year!!!!
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
Naughty or Nice?
Today we took our "youngest" to see Santa Claus. Buster went a few years ago and Sam really isn't "in to" things like that. This morning we had some free time so we dressed Minnie up in her puff jacket and headed to Petsmart. Minnie LOVES Petsmart, probably because she gets to ride around in the buggy and she ALWAYS gets a new toy. She was a little unsure of meeting Santa, but warmed up quite nicely.
Isn't this too cute? Since we don't have children yet, this has to get us our "fix." It's the best we have! :) And she's pretty cute if I do say so!
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First Snow of the Year (Probably the Last)
Yesterday, the dogs woke me up at 6:30. Apparently, they knew that it had snowed outside. Rumor had it that it could snow, but we didn't pay attention. How many times a year do the weather people tease us with the "s" word? Well, this time they were right. We went out and spent about 30 mintues in the white stuff (Actually, Rob and the dogs went out and played and I watched through the doors and windows. It was COLD! HA!) After the fun in the snow, we all headed back in and curled back up in the bed and slept for a few more hours. Hello, it was 6:30...far too early to get up on a Saturday! ;)
Rob took a few pics of the house and the dogs.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
I Heart...
Gingerbread Lattes from Starbucks. I love this time of year for so many reasons but Gingerbread Lattes are definitely towards the top of the list.
Dear Starbucks, can't Gingerbread be one of my choices ALL YEAR...who said gingerbread was just for Christmas?
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