4 days until.....

DISNEYLAND!!!!!!!!!

We are all very excited!! The kids can not stop talking about going to Disneyland. They have never been to Disneyland before so they are ecstatic. We are taking out laptop so I can blog at night about what we did. (I have great intentions, but you know after 5 days of Disneyland I am not going to want to blog at night.) We will see what happens.

Our Stockings!!

I had to post a picture of this. I LOVE OUR STOCKINGS. I got them embroidered with our names and they all match. I love hanging them up every year. If I could leave then up all year I would. :-) I know I am kind of a dork.

Decorating the Christmas Tree!

One of our favorite things about Christmas is our tree. We love decorating it and we love having the lights on ALL the time. The kids enjoy decorating it as well.

Shane concentrating hard to put the ornament in the spot that he wanted to put it.

Grandpa Alan , Shane and Madison putting one of our heavy family ornaments on the tree. Grandpa had to help because it is a very heavy ornament.

Shane putting another ornament on the tree. He LOVED decorating the tree this year!!

Madison wanted to put her ornament on a tall branch so I had to lift her up. She had a great time decorating the tree as well this year.

All of us putting more ornaments on the tree.


Once the tree is done the kids LOVE getting their pictures taken in front of it. i swear we took about 20 different poses. Shane went to his room to grab stuffed animals as props! :-)

Madison in front of the tree.

Shane and Madison in front of the tree.

The finished product. The bummer thing is that you can't see the lights very well. Trust me it is really cute. :-)


Cute little family with Eeyore.

Our family pic in front of our tree.

Shane and Madison with Eeyore and look in Shane's hand he wanted to hold Eeyore. He is such a sweet little boy!!

Happy boy with Eeyore.

Shane and Madison in front of the tree. Look at Shane's face, that is a proud boy in front of his tree.

Family Christmas Adventures

Eric, Shane and Madison getting our tree. ( I am always taking pictures and never in them, but I am here too. ;-))

We love getting our tree. We usually go to a farm, but since we are leaving on vacation on 14 days we needed to get it so we could enjoy it. So we just went to a local tree stand. I was surprised with what a great tree we got. If you can't tell I am a little late at posting this, we got our tree last weekend.

ELMO MAKES MUSIC!!

Last weekend we went to Elmo makes music. It was at the Hult Center. The kids had a blast and so did the adults. All 4 of us went with Nicole and Grandma Kathy. I make sure that we go to all of the kids musicals at the Hult Center. The kids have a great time.


Madison, Ben and Shane excited to go see Elmo makes music!!!

Picture that Shane took of the performance.

Ben, Madison and Shane after the performance.




"Sesame Street Live!!"

My new Sassy Dew ;-)

Madison took this pic so it is a little off center. It gives you the idea though.

Here is a close up of the back showing how it is stacked.

Here is a little further away view of the back.


To give you a little bit of the background. I have wanted to get my hair cut like this for about a year. I talked to Eric about it and he HATES short hair. He didn't want me to get my haircut. So since I respect his feelings I have not gotten it cut. So 2 weeks ago I had a hair appointment. I asked him again if he cared and he said yes. I told him I have 2 hours to change your mind. So an hour before my appointment I asked him again. He said "fine, do what ever you want" So can you tell what I wanted? He hates it, but he will get used to it. I love it and since I have to do my hair everyday I am glad that I did it!!!

Husband Tag. :-)

WHAT IS YOUR HUSBANDS NAME? Eric Shane Schwake
HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN MARRIED? 7 Years 8 Months
HOW OLD IS HE? 30 (GOING TO BE 31 ON 12/24)
WHO IS TALLER? ERIC
WHO CAN SING BEST? ERIC
WHO IS SMARTER? Depends- Eric is more book smart and I have more street smartness
WHO DOES THE LAUNDRY? ME
WHO PAYS THE BILLS? ME
WHO SLEEPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED? ERIC
WHO COOKS DINNER? ME
WHO MOWS THE LAWN? ERIC
WHO IS THE FIRST TO ADMIT THEY ARE WRONG? ME
WHO KISSED WHO FIRST? ERIC KISSED ME FIRST
WHO WEARS THE PANTS? ERIC SAYS HE DOES, BUT WE KNOW WHO REALLY DOES. :-)

Eric is an awesome husband. I love that I can make a post all about him.
I LOVE YOU ERIC!!!

I tag:
1. Denise
2. Nicole
3. Liz
4. Katie
5. Anyone else that would like to do it.