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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Christmas 2008

Quiet moment at last...company gone, Christmas decorations put away (sniff), the kids are asleep. Christmas was fun, as always. It is my favorite time of the year. Christmas brings out the best in many by thinking of others before themselves, whether it's giving to their families and/or strangers and spending time with loved ones. I wish that part could carry on through out the year. Yes, Christmas can bring out the worse in some...trampled at Wal-mart, for example. But, all in all, it is a magical time of year...remembering God gave us his only son, Santa Claus, decorations and celebrations.

One tradition my family had that Daddy and I have continued with our family is having Christmas Day at home. I have fond memories of reading the Christmas story from the Bible and Twas the Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve, and then getting up EARLY Christmas to find what Santa had brought. I want this for my kids too.

Another tradition Daddy and I have is to attend the Christmas Eve service at church. This year was special to me -- I had two of my dear friends and their families with us and Mimi was here too. (We missed Grammy & PawPaw.)

Here's some of the pictures... Much Love, Momma Wolg

Christmas Eve Service
Christmas Morning

Santa Claus gave them just what they wanted -- Sissy, a American Girl Doll and JT, a Choo-Choo Train.

Sissy almost faints when she got her Easy Bake Oven from Mimi. EBO -- A right of passage in a little girl's life, you know.
JT's first action figures, if you don't count Sissy's barbies.

Cheese! Happy she finally has her own digital camera.

Thank You Mimi for my fire truck, complete with a siren

LOVES her doll, Elizabeth, who is modeling her riding outfit.

Thanks Daddy for adding a slide to our swing set on Christmas Eve. They LOVE it.

And, Daddy added some excitement by putting it at a greater incline to make it faster and an element of danger by having less clearance for their heads when climbing up. Did I say they love it? Makes them scream...not that is difficult to do.

Mimi and Sissy

The kids were so happy to see her; it's been awhile.

Day after Christmas, we celebrated with Grammy & PawPaw, Uncle Paul, Aunt Teresa and cousins Ariel, Lyndsey & Zachary.

Ariel, appropriately dressed, liked her big-girl purse, complete with make-up.

Sissy loved her microphone; there will be hours of singing and performances.

Zach -- I didn't do anything.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

A Star Is Born

Sissy was busy this holiday season with performances at church. She sang in the Kidz Praise Choir's Christmas Musical, and then, after many rehearsals, she danced in the church's annual Christmas musical, Sounds of Christmas. There were 3 performances.

Sissy did great in both; I was so proud of her. I smiled the entire time I watched her perform. It is so hard to believe that she used to be a shy little girl that didn't like crowds. There she was up on stage, singing or dancing, in front of so many people. And, Sissy loved it. I couldn't help but to laugh when she would slip in her own little moves...ya know, add a little drama or boogie. Do we have a performer?

Sissy is growing up so fast. She's SO SPECIAL. Beautiful, Sweet, Funny, Smart, Talented, Strong Spirited. I love her so much and I'm so proud of her.

Love Momma Wolg

This is Sissy and JT at church right after the choir performance. JT was so proud of his sissy.

Aren't they cute....melt my heart

Beautiful!

Kidz Praise Choir Performance

Look for Sissy on the bottom row, just to the right of the balloons

Kaitlyn & Kaitlyn
2 of the biblical children in Sounds of Music

The biblical children dancers from Sounds of Christmas with Brittany, the creative director and "Mary"

The kids did so well, and Brit did a fantastic job!

A Star is born...Sissy, the biblical child dancer

Stay tuned for the DVD.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Thanksgiving Pictures

We celebrated Thanksgiving with Grammy & PawPaw in Lubbock. We had a great time even with JT and I being sick and Daddy having the virus by the time we left. Here are some pictures...

We went on the West Texas Polar Express Train. It was fun and JT could not stop talking about the BIG choo-choo. He LOVES trains. There was music, hot chocolate & cookies, Santa & elves, dancing...

All Aboard

Sissy dancing in the aisle with the "Conductor"

Here we are on the double decker passenger train; we were on the top level.

Santa got on board. He asked what the kids wanted for Christmas and gave them a jingle bell.

We also went to fire station to see the fire trucks. Another thing JT LOVES.

JT informed the fireman that the truck was too high. He was intimidated at first because they look SO BIG when you get up close.

We also went to Maxi Park. Daddy used to cruise around Maxi Park when he was in high school. Wonder if they still do that? It's a great park. The kids loved it.

Let's see how fast we can spin them!

Look at me!

Look Mommy, my space ship

Too Fun...I bet Daddy & Grammy could have made Sissy airborne if they wanted. Grammy, you're such a good sport.

Varoom... Motorcycle ...and, a Bright Sun

My kiddos -- hamming it up for me

Weeeee!

Seesaw

Grammy & Sissy

My boys

We dressed up for Thanksgiving dinner.

Sissy is trying to look cute while her brother is showing his green gum...boys.

Buddy, one of Grammy's three cats. He found and adopted them back in the summer of 2007. back then, he was a skinny cat. Now, he's HUGE. It's hard to do it justice in this picture. Now, JT calls both our cats Buddy. Sissy thinks we need 3 cats like Grammy. I reminded her that Grammy doesn't have 2 kids at home; 2's enough.