Friday night in Wal-Mart

We had an interesting evening that included a visit to Wal-Mart. For more, check this out:
http://lchstrojanband.blogspot.com/2007/12/penny-wars.html

Mary & Joseph??

Hotel chain offers free rooms for Marys and Josephs at Christmas

Need some new Christmas music?

As you might guess, I am VERY PICKY when it comes to Christmas music. So, when I recommend some Christmas music, you KNOW it must be good. We heard a special concert tonight by the Annie Moses Band. I'm not a big bluegrass/southern Gospel fan, but these guys are simply AMAZING, and they blend all kinds of styles - bluegrass, jazz, rock, and classical - into their music. If you get a chance to see them, you should definitely go! (They're in Indiana this week!)

the tree is up!

We got a little tree this year. Putting it up on a table might not be the smartest idea we've had - but we'll just have to see. It was cheaper though :) Jacob is helping daddy water the tree. We had a high of 86 degrees yesterday!!!! so the poor tree needed all the help it could get.

the finished tree
here's a pic of our decorations. Umpah gave us a box of old decorations he used to put on their tree. They are so cool!!! Lots of wooden ones, hand made ones and some from around the world too. It really makes for a special tree.

crafty night

I wanted to get Jacob a cute Christmas T-shirt. Jenni told me about some cute ones at Wal-Mart. Went today only to find out that they did have them, but sold out in 2 days! Geezz. So I got inspired by this shirt on the clearance rack. Got some felt and heat-n-bond; sewed on some buttons and a jingle bell and there you have it - instant cute original shirt for Jacob. It took a while - but it was a fun project. Merry Christmas everybody!

The Collection

I started digging into the Christmas stuff today. I discovered that I have quite the collection of "Sally Carter Originals" :) Just thought I'd show them off to you. I look forward to new things from Sally all through the year. We have a small collection of Halloween/Fall items as well. And of course, Jacob has many personalized things on the walls of his room :) Merry Christmas!

The tin can has been with me a while - but I always love it. One side shows a winter scene and the other a summer.

Happy B-Day to Hank - early

WE GOT A NEW CAMERA!!!! Thanks mom and dad. We got it last night since it was on sale through yesterday. We got a Cannon Powershot Digital Elf SD750 (if anyone cares). Very similar to Laura's camera. It's a 7.1. Our old one was 2.0 so it was time to upgrade (it was 6 years old) Oh yeah, and it was held together by duct tape and rubber bands and used up 2 batteries every 5 pictures or so!! The new one has a rechargable battery back so no more buying batteries - we buy enough batteries for all of Jacob's toys! Oh... and I can also take black/white pics, short movies and it has tons of other features. Can you tell I'm excited (yes I know it's Hank's present)!