Sooo behind...Is anyone besides me running behind with Christmas shopping? My major problem is that I always have Julia with me and she is now old enough to notice toys in the basket and tell the WHOLE family. Forget Santa...she'd tell her brother and then Christmas morning, there would be no Santa surprises. Knowing my kids, they'd say..."mom bought that same gift at Target on Dec 3rd." They are getting way to smart for me. My only chance to get anything by them is to just try to confuse them so they aren't as sure of their point of view as they were at the beginning of the conversation...how pitiful!!!

Christmas Decorations...Christmas has arrived at the Elliotts. Last night, Jacob and John went and got our Christmas tree. So after a taco dinner, we decorated the tree for Christmas. This was the first year to have both kids helping to decorate the tree. Can't say it was "exactly" fun or peaceful but we got 'er done and the kids are thrilled with the end result. And I love to relax by the Christmas tree lights after the kids have gone to bed. Now, THAT is relaxing. Jacob decided it was time to make music and sing around the tree after the decorations were done so that was a nice way to end the evening. Merry Christmas and God bless you all!

P.S. Notice the old fashioned stockings hung by the pot holder rack in the kitchen. Says "ho, ho, ho", right!?!? HA HA!!!

A Nice Day at the Park...We had a beautiful day on Saturday so I took the kids to the park. Lots of kids out and about enjoying the day. Jacob met a new friend named George.

A few recent pic's...

Dinner and a Movie...Jacob and John have headed out tonight to eat chinese food and see the movie Happy Feet. Jacob was very excited! With our vacation time and Thanksgiving break, he and his sister have had quite a bit of "together" time. Thought it would be nice for him to have some one-on-one time with dad and a break from "together" time...ha! And, of course, a little sanity-saver for mom. Here's a picture John e-mailed me from the chinese restaurant. What a sweet boy!

Our Trip Back to Oklahoma...We got to spend lots of time with Gramma and Big Daddy. We even got to see a couple of friends before Miss Julia got her stomach bug. It was great to see some of our friends. We miss you guys!

Finally able to add pictures again...So, here are a few from Halloween and the Storybook Parade at Jacob's school. The woman in the duck costume is Jacob's principal.