Wow!! Where did the year go?

I can't believe that in a few days we'll see the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. This year has flown by.

Christmas treated the kids very well this year. We started our holiday off by making the annual Christmas Eve get together at Cody's aunts house. Cody did have to work part of the morning, but was able to make it to Children's Christmas Mass. The kids were adorable. Chase was a shepherd. He looked so cute standing up at the alter looking at the nativity. Rylie and Preslie were beautiful angels, as always. We came home, put the reindeer food, santa key and carrots out. Preslie insisted that Santa wanted Oreo's this year, so we left those out.

We actually got to sleep in on Christmas morning, 7:30am. It was wonderful. I love listening to the patter of the feet and the "oooohs and aaaaahs". They love the Rock Band that Santa brought, of course I think Cody is having more fun with it then the kids. Chase loves the drums. He hits them together and says "1-2-1-2-3" and this morning he was showing me how he could spin them. Is this what my future holds. He say a drum set at Sam's the other day and told me that was the kind of drums he wanted. Preslie loves the microphone. She loves to sing (just like her momma). Rylie loves playing with her acoustic Hannah Montana guitar. We tried to do a little more of a toy free Christmas this year and it worked out great. The kids got things that they really wanted and less toys. I think we only got them 2 toys apiece. Right now, the hits in our house are the Spiderman and Princess Scooters for Chase and Preslie and the roller skates for Rylie. They also love their mp3 players from Nana. It took us awhile to get them off Chase. Cody admitted that he wasn't sure how he felt about them getting those (my idea) but then said it was a great idea. We keep them in the car and the kids love listening to "their" music.

Friday, we headed into town with the intent of doing a little shopping. Of course, we got a late start so we didn't find much stuff. We went out again yesterday and I got a couple of new shirts, a new purse, wallet, perfume (Dreamer by Tommy Hilfiger), new boots (brown this time) and a new bra. Oh and I finally got myself an mp3 player. Yea, now I can listen to my music around the house. Cody got a new game for the PS3, a new shirt and a new jacket. I think he may have gotten something else but I can't remember.

The girls decided they wanted a haircut yesterday, so we also did that. Rylie wanted to go to a bob again and Preslie wanted a cut like Rylie's. Of course, I just let her go to her shoulders. It looks great on P and I think we'll keep that her length. Rylie looks cute as well. It makes her look older and I'm not sure if I'm ready for that.

Cody and I took down the Christmas decorations today. I usually wait until the New Year but I just wanted to get it done today. I love the Christmas decorations but it's great to have my living room back again. I'll be moving the stuff up to the attic tomorrow and moving my tables back into the house. This next week I will be spending it getting rid of a lot of stuff and doing a lot of cleaning, since I go back to work next week. I want to reorganize my bedroom and get ahold of the kids room (of course I'm afraid to go in there).