Daddy Saves the Day

At your request here are some pics of my daughter's beautiful vanity set on Christmas Day. No need to take closeups of the vanity itself because my husband did, of course, come through and there is virtually no evidence at all that anything happened to it. I really had no doubt in his ability to fix it good as new, it was just the time frame that worried me!!! The only thing that would evidence the fact that we had a mishap would be on one corner of the table where there are little traces of red fuzz stuck to it. This would be because that particular corner was still slightly wet at 1:00 a.m. on Christmas Eve when I was adamant that we had to cover it with a red Christmasy blankie so that it would not be visible Christmas morn. Whoops. Bri tried to warn me, but I wanted it the way I wanted it. I'm not worried though. I know we can pick the fuzz off and as of yet Hannah is none the wiser about any of it!!!! Just look at her. She is stoked about this beautiful gift and also the little foam curlers that she got with it were a huge hit. I believe they were the first thing she opened and she didn't waste any time puttin em in. This pic, which I'm actually very surprised that she let me take, was probably taken 20 minutes after all the gifts were unwrapped. Who knew that a 5$ box of curlers would be the most exciting thing for my darling 8-year-old?! More on Christmas to come soon!!!!!

Vavra Christmas Tree '08

I really don't have the time at the present moment to blog all about our holiday festivities, but I just couldn't resist posting this picture of our Christmas tree after Santa visited our home. It's just hilarious to see the teeny, tiny little tree being overshadowed by all those gifts. Personally, I was very pleased with our little tree (about 2.5 to 3 feet) displayed in our bay window this year. I doubt it will fly with the rest of the fam in years to come, however. (One good thing is that it sure does make it seem like we have a buttload of presents doesn't it????)

Merry Christmas!!!

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So Freakin Upset!

So do all of you remember my prize purchase for my daughter Hannah????? If not, you can scroll down to my post on December 1st for a recap. Well I was extremely excited that it was delivered in a timely manner and even more excited that my husband went straight to work putting it together. AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!!! This was the one thing that I was truly, truly excited about giving her. Something she would have forever. A beautiful piece to accent a child/preteen/teenager's room.

Long story short, because it has been so cold here, my husband decided to put the dogs in the garage one night when I wasn't home. WITH THE VANITY IN IT. Two edges on the table and one on the stool completely gnawed and chewed. Needless to say, I did not handle the news very well. Brian has assured me that he can have it good as new before Christmas morning, but it still breaks my heart. Hopefully he can fix it to the point that she will never know. (I told him I don't even want to see it till its back the way it was.) UGH. I can't believe it! I think the reason it upsets me so badly is that we don't really have too many NICE things, especially with kids, and it made me so happy to be able to do this for her. :(

SNOW DAY

The view from our front door.
The snow is almost to the top of our gate!!
Right after Hannah jumped off the trampoline.
Noah and Hannah on the trampoline before I could catch them!
At the request of Morgan all the way in Massachusetts I am posting some pics of our latest snowfall. These pics really don't do it justice, but I was forced to take what I could from the snugly warmth of my house, as I don't own a pair of snow boots as of yet. I sent Brian out this morning to find me some, but apparently everybody and their mother is on the lookout for these as well. Not one size 8-1/2 pair of snow boots to be found in the Spokane Valley. (Or even 8 or 9's). UGH! I'm extremely annoyed because I really was looking forward to getting out there and playing with the kiddos and doing some shoveling (although at this point I guess there's really no point in doing that considering the snow is still dumping).

I'm happy the kids are home and safe, just slightly perturbed at what mother nature has given us today because I only had two days left of the kids in school and I'm working on some stuff for them for Christmas. Guess I'll have to pull a couple really late nights sometime between now and Christmas.

Happy Snow Day!!!!!!!

A Walk Down Memory Lane

So I came across a scrapbook that my mom had made and I thought that everyone might get a kick out of some of these old photos. I know a lot of you already did!!!!! I used to hate to pull out the old photos because I really was not the cutest kid around, but now I can look back and chuckle at myself. (Oh yeah, I "chuckle" all the time)!



Not a very good pic as far as quality, but this is one of my senior pictures. The year was 1997.
Early teens here. Look at that hair, holy cow!
This is one of my very least favorite pictures of all time. Thought I'd throw it in for the humor effect. This is definitely me in the "big teeth" phase of life!!!!
Okay, so I actually kind of like this one (although I don't know what my mom was thinking with the dress I was wearing!). I think I was about 7 or 8 and going through the "no teeth" phase. It's all downhill from here!
I think I was about 4 here.
Me at about 9 months old. Not too bad, I guess, but I was definitely not the cutest kid around!

Holiday Shopping Update

I just purchased this for my eldest daughter for Christmas. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited. It is absolutely perfect for her. Shhhhhhh, don't tell!!!!!!!