Merry Christmas Eve!!
Here are the kids singing a couple carols!! Have a safe and Merry Christmas to all!!
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Two weekends' worth of wrap ups!!
So, I was a bad blogger this last week...but the week flew by and we were busy finishing things up for Christmas, and well ya know...time just gets away from me, so here are two weekends' worth of Schrunk fun!!
Last weekend, we were planning to head out of town to visit Gma & Gpa Schrunk and the rest of the aunts, uncles and cousins to celebrate Christmas. We had taken Friday off of work and were planning to leave Thursday evening. Well, lo and behold, we got the stomach flu on Wednesday evening. Started around 8:30 Wednesday night, we felt awful...Chris got it the worst, Elliott had it, and I did too...it was a rough one from about midnight til 3:30 am...anyway...I couldn't watch kids on Thursday and we all just laid around and felt miserable...we cancelled our trip, didn't want to spread germs, and didn't really feel well until Friday evening...that's when we could eat some "real" food again...but it really didn't matter because the weather struck again, and we had horrible weather here, and they had horrible weather in Illinois, so we had to cancel Christmas :( bummer!!
So instead we decided to stay home, bake our Christmas goodies, and watch Christmas movies with the kids! It turned out to be a very nice and relaxing weekend, just not what we had planned...The kids loved helping with the goodies, so that was lots of fun...we made peanut butter blossoms, almond bark dipped oreos, chocolate chip truffles...Have to make some more of these (SO GOOD)...and also have to make some peanut clusters...but I think we are set on the goodies for a while!! We also got some fun in playing Mariocart on the Wii...a lot of fun, and a lot of rest so that we got over it! Thankfully Evan, Ashley and Ayden avoided it! It was AWFUL...hope all of you can avoid it as well!!
So, this weekend, we had a Christmas celebration planned on Saturday with Great Gma and Great Gpa Kelly...I had planned to take the kids, because it was Chris' weekend to work, and then Gma and Gpa Schrunk decided the weather was ok for them to make it over to celebrate too....so we got to open up lots of presents this weekend! The kids are in heaven:)
From Great Grandpa and Grandma Kelly, the boys got awesome Hot Wheels race tracks...they love them! Criss Cross Crash and Bionic Battle...so fun! Ashley got doll house furniture:) Evan, unfortunately got something he already has, but we will return it and get something equally as fun for him to enjoy!
From Gma and Gpa Schrunk, the boys got Stinky the Garbage truck and Rocky the Matchbox truck...they love them! they also got new shirts, ornaments, and remote controled dinosaurs and motorcycles:) Ashley got the Fisher Price Loving Family doll house...wow, she is LOVING it:) she also got an ornament and a new crocheted hat...Evan got a new My First reader, an ornament and a penguin Pillow Pet...so cute!!
Ashley and I also got a very nice surprise. Great Grandma Schrunk had some silverware, that Jane had come to have, and while they were at the Spencer Fair this fall, they came across a lady who turned silverware into beautiful jewelry...so they decided to take her silverware and make an angel pin for each of the girls in the family! How beautiful, and what a great idea! Thank you so much:)
So, we had a great couple of weekends, and next weekend will probably prove to be a busy one too, ya know with Santa coming and all;) Should be fun! the kids are getting really excited!! So thanks to all whom we have been blessed to spend time with this holiday season already, AND we are anxious to spend time with the rest of you soon:)
HO, HO, HO....:)
Last weekend, we were planning to head out of town to visit Gma & Gpa Schrunk and the rest of the aunts, uncles and cousins to celebrate Christmas. We had taken Friday off of work and were planning to leave Thursday evening. Well, lo and behold, we got the stomach flu on Wednesday evening. Started around 8:30 Wednesday night, we felt awful...Chris got it the worst, Elliott had it, and I did too...it was a rough one from about midnight til 3:30 am...anyway...I couldn't watch kids on Thursday and we all just laid around and felt miserable...we cancelled our trip, didn't want to spread germs, and didn't really feel well until Friday evening...that's when we could eat some "real" food again...but it really didn't matter because the weather struck again, and we had horrible weather here, and they had horrible weather in Illinois, so we had to cancel Christmas :( bummer!!
So instead we decided to stay home, bake our Christmas goodies, and watch Christmas movies with the kids! It turned out to be a very nice and relaxing weekend, just not what we had planned...The kids loved helping with the goodies, so that was lots of fun...we made peanut butter blossoms, almond bark dipped oreos, chocolate chip truffles...Have to make some more of these (SO GOOD)...and also have to make some peanut clusters...but I think we are set on the goodies for a while!! We also got some fun in playing Mariocart on the Wii...a lot of fun, and a lot of rest so that we got over it! Thankfully Evan, Ashley and Ayden avoided it! It was AWFUL...hope all of you can avoid it as well!!
So, this weekend, we had a Christmas celebration planned on Saturday with Great Gma and Great Gpa Kelly...I had planned to take the kids, because it was Chris' weekend to work, and then Gma and Gpa Schrunk decided the weather was ok for them to make it over to celebrate too....so we got to open up lots of presents this weekend! The kids are in heaven:)
From Great Grandpa and Grandma Kelly, the boys got awesome Hot Wheels race tracks...they love them! Criss Cross Crash and Bionic Battle...so fun! Ashley got doll house furniture:) Evan, unfortunately got something he already has, but we will return it and get something equally as fun for him to enjoy!
From Gma and Gpa Schrunk, the boys got Stinky the Garbage truck and Rocky the Matchbox truck...they love them! they also got new shirts, ornaments, and remote controled dinosaurs and motorcycles:) Ashley got the Fisher Price Loving Family doll house...wow, she is LOVING it:) she also got an ornament and a new crocheted hat...Evan got a new My First reader, an ornament and a penguin Pillow Pet...so cute!!
Ashley and I also got a very nice surprise. Great Grandma Schrunk had some silverware, that Jane had come to have, and while they were at the Spencer Fair this fall, they came across a lady who turned silverware into beautiful jewelry...so they decided to take her silverware and make an angel pin for each of the girls in the family! How beautiful, and what a great idea! Thank you so much:)
So, we had a great couple of weekends, and next weekend will probably prove to be a busy one too, ya know with Santa coming and all;) Should be fun! the kids are getting really excited!! So thanks to all whom we have been blessed to spend time with this holiday season already, AND we are anxious to spend time with the rest of you soon:)
HO, HO, HO....:)
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Shutterfly: For the Holidays
Hello All!!
Tis the season to think about Christmas, and to go along with that is what to do about Christmas cards for family and friends. This year, Shutterfly is offering a promotion for bloggers to receive 50 free holiday cards, when you blog about them! Amazing:) What a gift, huh?!?
Shutterfly has been my go-to website for ordering photos and for the kids' birthday invitations for the past 4 years...they offer an easy to use site, and speedy delivery service, as well as reasonable prices, who could ask for more:) So when I heard about this amazing deal, I had to jump on it as well! Who doesn't like FREE!!
I have ordered our Christmas card from Shutterfly for the past few years. Checking out the designs already for this year, and I have to say I am very impressed with all the designs! They are so cute and I can't wait to upload some pictures to decide which layout will work best with the photos that I have of the kids...
Two of my favorite layouts so far are:
The awesome thing about Shutterfly is that they not only do Christmas cards, but they also make amazing personalized gifts. What grandparent wouldn't love receiving gifts with pictures of their grandchildren on it...and what dad wouldn't love to have an adorable coffee mug with his kids' pictures on it!! One of my favorites that I found looking through the site, was this adorable notebook! So FUN!!
Another must item: Picture Calendars!! What a great idea...I have taken so many pictures of my kids throughout the months, what better way to display them than on a calendar...enjoy the pics the whole year through!!
So, check out Shutterfly! A great site to use for all of your picture needs:)
Tis the season to think about Christmas, and to go along with that is what to do about Christmas cards for family and friends. This year, Shutterfly is offering a promotion for bloggers to receive 50 free holiday cards, when you blog about them! Amazing:) What a gift, huh?!?
Shutterfly has been my go-to website for ordering photos and for the kids' birthday invitations for the past 4 years...they offer an easy to use site, and speedy delivery service, as well as reasonable prices, who could ask for more:) So when I heard about this amazing deal, I had to jump on it as well! Who doesn't like FREE!!
I have ordered our Christmas card from Shutterfly for the past few years. Checking out the designs already for this year, and I have to say I am very impressed with all the designs! They are so cute and I can't wait to upload some pictures to decide which layout will work best with the photos that I have of the kids...
Two of my favorite layouts so far are:
The awesome thing about Shutterfly is that they not only do Christmas cards, but they also make amazing personalized gifts. What grandparent wouldn't love receiving gifts with pictures of their grandchildren on it...and what dad wouldn't love to have an adorable coffee mug with his kids' pictures on it!! One of my favorites that I found looking through the site, was this adorable notebook! So FUN!!
Another must item: Picture Calendars!! What a great idea...I have taken so many pictures of my kids throughout the months, what better way to display them than on a calendar...enjoy the pics the whole year through!!
So, check out Shutterfly! A great site to use for all of your picture needs:)
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Thanksgiving and Decorating the Tree
Sorry, all! It's been a while...nothing to say, just lazy:) and busy!! ha!
We had a fabulous Thanksgiving this year in Des Moines, at my brother and SIL's new house!! We had an amazing time, got to stay over for 2 nights (the kids were in heaven)and spend some quality time with family relaxing:) Very nice!! We even got to spend some time with Aunt Kelly and Uncle Wes and go out for lunch with them on Friday before heading home...Unfortunatly my picture taking abilities were lacking so I only got a few pics of the kids all together in front of the fireplace, and they weren't excited about it, so you know how they turned out:) ha!! anyway...just wanted to say what a fun time we had with you all and that we are so thankful to have such a great family to spend our time and love with! Thanks ANDREW and LISA:) SO FUN!!!
(told ya it wasn't a great pic! ha)
Also, on Friday when we got home, we told the kids that we would put up the Christmas tree and get it all decorated! Well, we kept our promise and had a great evening with the kis putting the tree together and getting all of our pretty ornaments on! Lots of fun had by all...Evan included:) He didn't get to put up the decorations, but he did have a fun time with the tree box!!
Other than that, we haven't been up to too much...just gearing up for the upcoming holiday! The kids are excited to go visit Santa soon, and they are even more excited to have him come visit us:) Should be a wonderful Christmas and New Year's season coming up!!
So, that's it for now...hope to get some more pictures taken here this week and update you on what's been happening around here more often! till next time...:)
We had a fabulous Thanksgiving this year in Des Moines, at my brother and SIL's new house!! We had an amazing time, got to stay over for 2 nights (the kids were in heaven)and spend some quality time with family relaxing:) Very nice!! We even got to spend some time with Aunt Kelly and Uncle Wes and go out for lunch with them on Friday before heading home...Unfortunatly my picture taking abilities were lacking so I only got a few pics of the kids all together in front of the fireplace, and they weren't excited about it, so you know how they turned out:) ha!! anyway...just wanted to say what a fun time we had with you all and that we are so thankful to have such a great family to spend our time and love with! Thanks ANDREW and LISA:) SO FUN!!!
(told ya it wasn't a great pic! ha)
Also, on Friday when we got home, we told the kids that we would put up the Christmas tree and get it all decorated! Well, we kept our promise and had a great evening with the kis putting the tree together and getting all of our pretty ornaments on! Lots of fun had by all...Evan included:) He didn't get to put up the decorations, but he did have a fun time with the tree box!!
Other than that, we haven't been up to too much...just gearing up for the upcoming holiday! The kids are excited to go visit Santa soon, and they are even more excited to have him come visit us:) Should be a wonderful Christmas and New Year's season coming up!!
So, that's it for now...hope to get some more pictures taken here this week and update you on what's been happening around here more often! till next time...:)
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