Weekend happenings

Yes i do get out every now and then
my boys house art work, i am sure this may be Tanner's last year but i could be pleasently surprised and he'll want to keep doing them
Grandpa and the boys
Popping away. (homemade houses don't come with packing popper things) hee hee
just starting on the tree. ( i think this is the biggest tree we've gotten to date) this tree is huge, haven't gotten a good enough picture to show how big it really is. next year will be hard to top but i am sure Dax will manage.


We have spent the week gradually decorating the tree and house. I was thinking that this is the year I'll get a second tree and decorate it like the display trees you see at Macy's. I want it to match my colors at home. My neighbor/ friend did it this year and i love hers she didn't spend allot either. Not sure I may still do it but for sure I plan to do it next year. i thought maybe the second tree can be a fake frocked one( it will be on sale after the holidays and will be worth waiting another year). anyway. Dax really loves the tree with all the kids ornaments and the ones we collect year after year. he calls it our "family tree" and when i brought it up that i may do a themed tree instead he sounded crushed. So the family tree will remain this year and every year ever after even when were old and gray, but i am having that second tree as well...

Sat. after the games i picked up my parents from the airport. they are staying 2 weeks. we got settled in had some fish and chips, then later in the evening i went with a group to a wine tasting and pairing class and then off to dinner at Beaches on the river. I love the river during the holidays. This morning off to a class in Hillsboro. Lunch at red robin with my friends for our 3 birthdays then home to make our gingerbread houses. i keep it simple and buy a already made house, the boys like it. a few years back a friend gave me a great gingerbread recipe and the whole how to. she's an artist of gingerbread houses, they never fail year after year. i am not as lucky so i remain using the good old Costco or Walmart pre built houses.

i did get involved in a cookie exchange but wasn't able to attend, my friend took my cookies in for me and came back with a great assortment. i plan to freeze them for small plates for the neighbors. I watched a movie with my parents and off to bed. Monday it's Portland to shop til we drop...