Holiday Memories:Ga-zillion Pics

As promised, here are some of my favorite holiday photos: Much love to my peeps:

Here is a picture of me and my bestest friend, Heather...at her annual Ornament Exchange Party. Heath, I don't know what I would do without you! The day it became OURS 12/11/2008! Our dreamhouse!!!

Lauren's last day at daycare...Matt's cousin Nichole with happy Lauren and none-too-happy Jamie:

Lauren's closest gal pals at Miss Cheryl's:

All of the kids at Cheryl's...we sure miss them!

Christmas Eve at my mom's...pretty Lauren:

Jamie LOVES any kind of vehicle..much thanks to my cousin Melanie:

Jamie, drinking Lauren's drink...does he look guilty?

The tall man and the littley-boy...Ashley's boyfriend Victor and Jamie:

Look at my handsome boy! In his Christmas Eve suit:

Jamie...loving his new toys and his new "Cars" jammies:

Santa came! Christmas Eve 2008, our first Christmas at the new house:

The requests from Santa:

Lauren on Christmas morning (check out the crappy weather out the windows..ugh!) Talk about a white Christmas!

Unwrapping on Christmas Day:

Our stash:

Jamie's tool-set from Papa Leo, at their house, later on Christmas Day:

Matt's step-brother Stephen and his boyfriend Collin:

Matt's sister Kristen and her husband David, Christmas Day:

My best little family I know....Merry Christmas 2008!

Matt's dad Leo and his wife Tina:

The Lovato grandchildren; Lauren, Isabella, and James:

Matt's brother Greg, his wife Alex, and Bella:

Wrestling with Grandpa on Christmas Day, a new tradition?

Me and the best sisters ever...Sarah and Ashley:

At our annual New Years Eve Party...our first party at the new house!!! Kristen, being silly:

Matt's cousin Sherrell:

Kristen and Greg playing "Singstar":

Watching the new year count-down...Matt, Greg, and Alex:

New Years Day...my parents and Sarah came for a visit:

Me and my cute hubby...loving our new house, and each other! Happy 2009!

Finally feeling like normal!

What a whirl-wind the month of December has been! Between Christmas shopping, wrapping, parties and trying to pack, move, unpack, and decorate....we haven't had two seconds to sit down....BUT life is slowly getting back to normal. We FINALLY got our phone, the internet, and cable so we are starting to feel connected to the world again. I have worked a few days of my new shift, it isn't as bad or as hard as I thought it would be. We will see next Saturday after I work Monday-Friday of it...for those of you who don't know...the new shift is 545AM-845AM...then I run back home, then Matt works 9-430, and I go back from 430PM-930PM. My day is really long, but I have felt pretty productive. It is GREAT to spend so much time with the kids. And for those of you who are asking how the new house is. I can say now that I absolutely love it, it still feels a little unreal..like a dream, or like I am staying at a hotel...but everything is coming together and it is GRREEAAAATTTT!!! Friday, my sister Sarah came over and we actually set up my craft room, and we scrapbooked ALL night. I kept saying to her..."I can't believe that I have an entire room for this! What a dream come true"!!! Well, as we begin to settle into the routine, I will get better about posting, and posting with pictures. I will also try to post some of my favorite Christmas photos soon. I must apologize to my blogging friends, I did miss the last two weeks of your posts, but I will be back to my normal following shortly.