Tradition

Christmas 2006

We broke our tradition this weekend! For those of you who don't know about the Thirtyacre Family tradition of tree hunting, it goes something like this....

1. First you wait until Daddy has a really nasty cold

2. Then you wait for the worst rainy, yucky cold day of the year (it has to be really rainy to get just the right amount of mud!)

3. Next, you go the 3-4 Christmas Tree places looking for the "perfect" tree, that is less expensive than the tree from last year..

4. After much driving around, and spending way to much money is gas, you finally decide to go back to Hunters for the "perfect" way to expensive tree....

5. The problem now, is that it is nearly dark, 5 minutes before close, but Mama doesn't want to go home and come back out, becuase the kids looks so cute bundled up, ready for picture....

6. So we dash into Hunters and make Daddy hold up every possible tree, and using the light of the camera, pick the most perfect tree...and plop down $50 bucks..

SO THIS YEAR....vowing to be less pick and needing to be more frugal...WE changed out tradition. And I should get xtra bonus points for being flexible...

Christmas 2008

1. First we attempted to get the tree on Friday, which was a beautiful day. But by the time we were all ready to go, it was nearly dark, so.... FLEXIBLE POINT #1, I agreed to get our tree the next day, so instead we went to the Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting. It was beautiful, I fed the kids chocolate and cookies to keep them quiet while we waited. We saw the much talked about Atheist sign (which you would think would be more than an ugly carboard poster) and it was properly dwarfed by the nativity scene. Then we went home and had pizza and put the kids to bed...still no tree

2. SATURDAY- A beautiful sunny day...

3. We joined our friends Chris, Leah and Alex at the Baker Ames Tree Farm. All doug firs were $15 dollars, so we were on the hunt! Riley was such a trooper as he walked through rows of trees with weeds standing taller than him. Jaden was happy because he had a saw

Jaden's Ready!

3. After much walking and searching, we found the "perfect" tree! Can I just say now, that trees look smaller in the field???

4. Daddy sawed down the tree and hauled it a VERY long way back to the truck, while the little boys played with a little tree..

Riley-Boo and Alex

5. Thus, a new Thirtyacre tradition has been born.

More to come...

The Saga of fitting a HUGE tree into a not so huge living room..

Asleep

It is true what they say about Turkey. If I can fall asleep with three monkeys on my beds listening to Elmo, there had to be something in the Turkey!

Or it might have something to do with cooking & cleaning for 2 days straight!

The Kiddie table! We told the kids that it was "fancy" to sit on pillows! We are seriously lacking in the chair department!

Then it was bedtime. Of course we had to wear our Elmo undies. And silly mommy didn't realize that if you put your undies on UNDER your pajamas you are criminally liable for imprisoning Elmo. Therefore, Elmo must be worn OUTSIDE of your pajamas for all the world to see. I'm thinking we are starting a new fashion statement. Anyone for Elmo undies for Christmas???

I think the doggies got into the Turkey!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Turkey Day!

P.S. Don't tell BooBoo, but I think Elmo may have gone missing!

MySpace vs. Facebook

Ok, I've decided that no longer am I going to try to update my myspace page, my facebook page, my kodak gallery, etc. Thus the "blogalution" (kinda like a New Years Resoultion but different) and I'm going to consolidate all the stuff onto this blog. No more little green patch invites that I can't figure out what to do with, no more crazy myspace impersonators that say that they are one person and really they are someone else, no more endlessly trying to upload mutiple pictures without my computer timing out. I am officially a "blogger!"

PS I am SO jealous of someone that is going to Hawaii that I am going to make her a cactus bra!

PSS This is how I feel trying to upload pictures!

Seriously???

Ok, it is really hard to take a baby seriously when

he has Elmo on his butt! I am sure he has very important concerns but REALLY.............

Inspired

Inspired by my fabulous friend Darbi, who has time to be: a great mom to two boys, adopt a new baby, take care of her hubby, and look after a number of animals (I lost count due to the unexpected trip to meet Jesus recently taken by a few fish), and be an awesome friend,.......I decided it was time to updated my outdated blog.

So my Fall/Winter resolution is to try to stay on top of my blog and update it with cute pictures and funny stories. The first story involves a few carrots, 2 nearly naked boys and a kitchen table...

Just in case you are wondering, the fact that 2 boys are eating their vegetables, negates the fact that they are dancing on a table!

Baby McKenna has arrived! Jaden makes a fabulous big cousin.

A day at the Park

All (three) of the boys LOVE the new park that was built near the house. Another bonus...you get to watch the trains go by!