Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope everyone has an absolutely fantastic day! Our Christmas was almost over before today, but we saved the presents that my Mom mailed us for today so we had something to open! Jim got some great Red Wings shirts and a Red Wings calendar and I got a Bed Bath & Beyond gift card and we both got a Red Wings grill cover from her and Kevin. Ohhhh what it would be like to live where you can buy Red Wings stuff any time you want. Someday...

We had Christmas with Jim's family last weekend and made out like bandits! (I think that's the correct saying...) :) I got a Cuttlebug which I've been wanting FOREVA and some cash which I used to buy embossing folders for my Cuttlebug. W00T! Jim got some cash and a gift certificate to Hockey Giant and some Red Wings golf balls. Sweet!

I was spoiled by my friends this year. Actually I think I was spoiled by everyone! But Kala and I got each other Twilight shirts and it's so weird because we both bought some other smaller stuff for each other...and we each bought the other a Scentportable from Bath & Body Works and the exact same kind of Yankee Candle. Sometimes it's scary how much we think alike! A coworker brought me a FRESH PINEAPPLE FROM HAWAII! OMG! I about died when I smelled it. That was SOOOOOOOOOO nice! She said she remembered me saying that there's nothing like a fresh Hawaiian pineapple. And she's right, but I thought that was so thoughtful. Got a bowl full of Oreo balls from another coworker. Mmmmmmm YUMMY. And a gift card to Pier 1 from another coworker...since she knew we were wanting to build or buy a house this spring, so perfect! And a cute hot chocolate cup from another with lots of homemade goodies. And a cheeseball, crackers, bowl and spreader from another. Honestly, I really made out! Holy moly! :)

I think we did pretty well...Peyton & Jazlyn loved their shirts from Disney and their gift cards! And David & Ashley got exactly what they wanted. Jim's mom seemed to love the massage gift certificate and we know Jim's Dad will love his tomato plant thingys. And when I talked to Chase he was already playing his "Red Wings game"...we got him a hockey PS2 game and a week or so ago he mentioned to me that that was what he wanted for Christmas. Good job by us, I'd say. He loves it and loves his "football shirt with the mouse on it." That cracked me up. It was his shirt that we got at Disney. And my Mom and Kevin loooooooved their Harley shirts from Orlando as well. I'd say we did pretty well! :)

Okay, so Jim and I bought lots of stuff this year...and knew all along that we wouldn't be doing Christmas for each other. I mean, come on, we went to a Red Wings game, got new furniture, flew my Mom & Chase out here, plasma TV, Wii, and I can't even begin to say all the little things! So I mentioned to Jim that I was sad we wouldn't have anything to open on Christmas (this was before we had my Mom's presents!) So when I came down the stairs this morning Jim had wrapped the TV all up and wrapped the Wii and a box that his new computer RAM came in (he replaced my RAM with his and then put my old RAM in a box and said that my new RAM was my Christmas present). So here was my big present this year!









HAHAHA. He cracks me up. So anyways, we always go to the movies on Christmas Day. I can't remember when we started that...or why...but we've done it for the past few years so we're headed to the movies in a couple hours. I think we decided on the something something Life of Benjamin Button. Something like that. LOL!!!!

Hope everyone has a magical day!

Bentley Video

So our weekend was pretty dull...in fact what cracked us up the most was watching Bentley howl at our answering machine. For some reason he hates it and everytime he hears it he howls at it. So we kept calling the home phone to make him do it. LOL. Here's a video of him:



Jim had a hockey game last night and scored! YAY! That's his third goal this season! :)

Happy (late) Thanksgiving

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Ours was wonderful and was spent with just the two of us. We did make a large lunch with turkey, potatoes, pie, apple crisp, the works! It was YUMMY! Jim worked the next day and I just had to run into the station for a few minutes and had the rest of the day to myself...and bought an oh-so-gorgeous coat. :)

Let's see...what's been going on...So I told you about the Twilight books that I love. Kala and I just HAD to have shirts made for the movie premiere...We are such dorks! The movie was good...not as good as the book of course, but very good nonetheless. And they have been given the green light to make the second and third books into movies as well. YAHOO! I finally have all four books back from friends that borrowed them and am gearing up to re-read the series once this semester of school is finished.

Jim's hockey has been going well. He got to shoot in the shootout last night. Didn't score but did well. We've been looooooving all the Roadrunners games lately. No more until New Years Eve but they're having a big New Years Eve party after the game that night that all the players will be at and whatnot, so we bought tickets to go to that. Should be lots of fun!

That's about all for now....But before I go, here's some new pics of the dogs!

Bentley and his new favorite toy, Alice the Octopus.

Portia & Bentley fighting over Alice

I think Bentley is the laziest dog in the world...he was laying here and started to get down, that's why his foot is on the floor...laid his head on Jim's leg and fell asleep. LOL!