what we are up to…

i got these huge barn doors a few weeks ago.
i finally had time to start cleaning them up to bring them inside my house!
i scrubbed for several hours with hot, HOT water and bleach and by the end i was soaked!
but they look great!
i had craig & sean bring them in annnnnnnd there were some problems  with an outlet so for now they are back in the garage until we can figure out how to solve the issue.  BUMMER!
but it WILL be solved.
for sure.

basketball has started!
my favorite season all year!!!
even if we end up with games on monday, tuesday, thursday, friday and all weekend long.
oy veh!
sean is playing too but i guess i haven’t gotten a picture of him just yet.
he actually plays the most… JV game and then the freshman game and then sits on the varsity bench.
his tuesdays and fridays and long!
but until january we are on break from basketball and i am happy to have that break.
🙂

my girlfriends and i got together for the Jingle Bell Run again this year.
we walked it.
🙂
but it still counts.

my favorite part of the race day tradition is the afternoon at the spa!

craig took me to see Garth Brooks!!!
he isn’t a big fan but knew a lot of the songs.
i was IN HEAVEN!
i knew every word to every song.
the entire arena did too!
it was SO MUCH FUN!
and i think craig enjoyed it too – if for no other reason than laughing at me singing at the top of my lungs for 2.5 hours.

oh waffle.
he needs another bath already.

i took annie to do her christmas shopping and some one-on-one time.
she had been talking about trying to get her ears pierced again occasionally over the last month.
so we went to claire’s to christmas shop and i suggested trying it that day.
oh boy.
it was an ordeal.
she had a million questions for the sweet girl working the front of the store.
talby called me as she was trying to decide and gave annie a pep talk.
her face was still white as a ghost as she said “ok… let’s do it”
but then that sweet girl working figured out that only one of her holes had grown closed and she was able to get it open again without using the gun!  annie was SO RELIEVED!
we finishend our shopping in the mall and headed to starbucks.
and i had the best peppermint latte i have ever had!
what a great day!

lauren moved to a different apartment so before her utilities were turned on her geckos needed a warm house to sleep in.
yay.
ha ha ha.
how creepy could they look?!
such weirdos.

annie had friends over & i dumped out a box of ALLLL the left over christmas crafts and said “have fun!”
they definitely did.

and this…. i mean how adorable is this?!
scott was making his girlfriend a special bracelet.
he did a great job.

i thought all these pictures were so funny and random….. these 18 pictures are all pics that i have texted people the past week or so.
HA HA HA
all different reasons… but almost always for a laugh. 
the kids put up the tree again this year and completely decorated it.
i have no problems handing that job over.
none at all.


thanksgiving day selfies.
with my mini me.

a friend sent me these cookies from Reina Cookies.
OH MY WORD!!
seriously you guys… the oatmeal raisin was the best cookie of my life.
i am not exaggerating.
what a GREAT gift!  If you are looking for a sweet idea… this is it!
i felt so loved.