Merry Merry

Merry Christmas to all...
And to all a continued respite from my posting.
'Tis the holidays and we have been having a jolly old time celebrating with family and friends. I have fun photos and things to share soon.
In the meantime enjoy this great little drawing Luke did about a week ago of the Nativity. Aw.
Hope you've all had a great Christmas week!

Christmas Card

Yes. This is me. I'm all about high class, you know. I'm all about designing our Christmas card and then not printing enough so I had to mail those to family and email a printable version to friends. Yes. That is what we call classy.
And now I've become a martyr to my own generosity (line?). How can I not share it with you? It's easy, occupies some time and exercises crafty brain muscles.
So if you're bored at work or have bored kids, print and cut out a last minute deco to remind you of what the season is really about.
Merry Merry!

Jingle Your Bells

Phenomenal Handclap Band "15 to 20" Official Video

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Has a week gone by already? Man- I should be updating more often.
Forgive?
You will after watching this. Shake that booty of yours while up to elbows in wrapping paper and shiny bows. The video style is sweet- I love all the subtle filters. Enjoy!
(Plus, it helps the kids with their number sequencing.... ha!)

White Hot

Can I just vent a wee bit here....
I have wanted a boss white watch for over a year now and when they all started to crop up last spring there were some that were CLOSE to what I wanted, but enough of something wrong to turn me off: girly swirls, diamond bling in the face, pink accents, plastic, etc....
Well, count on Nixon to release what I want: the 42-20 in white.
It is perfection. It looks like a storm trooper that tells time and I really, really desire one.
Oh yeah, guess how much it is?
Two freaking thousand dollars.


Ugh.

Wrap Up of Lately

So... whew! I know I've been a little MIA from here...hopefully I can get back on top of it. I'll catch up in order of events...
The Girl Next Door show was a great success this year! I couldn't have been more pleased with the results. We had a great variety of vendors and an amazing crowd of friends, family and others to come check it all out. I know it's a busy time of year but we had so many people come by. Thanks to anyone reading this who could make it! You can read more about it on the official site here.
After the show I kind of checked out and slipped into the weekend doing things with our little family and friends, including the Santa Run (see below) on Saturday. Then Monday my parents stopped by on their way home from L.A. and ended up staying until this morning. It was a short stop but so fun to have them here- so I continued to put things off to play with them. We got some Christmas shopping done and while my Dad did some home improvements, my Mom and I made trees for her to take home. They are planning to return for Christmas so we are all excited to see them again. I can't wait!
Such a great time of year. I'm trying to cut back and not stress about a lot of little things. Let's see if I can do it with two weeks left to go. :) Hope you're Christmas season is fun so far. I've been so aware lately of the great family and friends that we have. We love you all so much!

Santa Run 2009

Last Saturday was the annual Las Vegas Santa Run and some friends and I decided to try it out this year. The registration fee includes a cheap Santa suit including pants, top, belt, hat and beard. To qualify for the attendance record (apparently many cities do this, trying to have the most attendees) you have to run wearing all five items. Now that's the Christmas spirit!
Naturally I was interested after hearing that.
Who wouldn't want to run around looking ridiculous in a Santa costume with nearly 9,000 other weirdos? Sign me up!
We were all laughing as we put our gear on... some pants and coats were huge, others were small...the beards shed and the belts fell apart...but it was awesome! So much fun. Look at all the people waiting to go...

Here we are in all our splendor before the start. I love these fun ladies...



After looking at this, I think I may actually be more attractive with a beard...

And off we go! Good times and giggles all along the way. Erica ollied over every speed bump, Jess listened to dirty rap and Catherine kept the speedy pace. (See? Check out those hot pants o' mine- nice!)

All the Santa's on our way back to the finish. Almost done!

My awesome photography as I turned around at the finish line, capturing half of the group.

This is DEFINITELY a new tradition we will do every year. We're already talking about wardrobe enhancements. I'm grateful for such silly friends and hope you're all having a fun Christmas season so far. Merry Merry!

Paper Wonderland

If you have some Sunday time on your hands (and possibly don't feel too motivated to put up all your holiday deco's), this was a great time filler I did with the kids two weeks ago. I'm surprised at how much we are enjoying them. They feel really festive and the kids like to discuss them while we eat. Or, rather, while they don't eat.
I kept it simple... we only folded the paper squares twice so I wouldn't have to hear moans about it being too thick to cut. Tie with string and tack to the ceiling. Easy, peasy- frosty, freezy!