Merry Christmas!

Christmas was a blast! Will and I bought each other some awesome gifts. I got a hair straightener (which I really needed), a video recorder, lots of dvd's, including "The Little Mermaid", a couple of books, and some free weights so I can get my buff on! Will also recieved some super cool gifts. He got a portable dvd player, some dvds, a book, some Dale Earnhardt stuff, Totally 80's Trivial Pursuit, and a super scary life size board of Jason! We had a great day. We woke up early to open our presents and then we just kind of relaxed all day and played with all our new things. I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas!

Bones attacking his catnip toy!

All three kitties enjoying their presents!

Will loving his life size Jason board (what was I thinking, I have to see this thing every time I come out of the bathroom. It has scared the crap out of me about 10 times so far...not good for the heart).

Will super excited to get Season 5 of 24. We spent a lot of the time yesterday watching it. It's by far our favorite show.

xmas with the family

This past weekend was Christmas with my family. On Saturday, Will and I drove down to my dad's to celebrate Christmas. We had a wonderful time and it was great to see everyone. At first, we weren't sure if it was going to happen because of the wind storm but thank goodness the power came back on at my dad's and we were able to continue as planned. It would have been sad to not have Christmas with family.Everyone had a great time and we all recieved awesome gifts. If you look to the left under my "picture of the week" spot, you can see one particular present that Will recieved. He got the first season of "Walker, Texas Ranger" and my uncle and Patty pasted Will's head to Walker's body...it was hilarious. Will and I also got a gift certificate for a 2 1/2 hour sailing trip in Seattle from my dad and Gwendolyn. We can't wait to use it. We think we're going to save it for our anniversary in August and make a weekend out of it. We also got the original "Magic Bullet" that's right, i said, the "Magic Bullet." I can't wait to use it. You can do so many cool things with it but I'm probably going to use it mostly for my protein shakes and of course margaritas. We also played a little poker...and I can now say that I am the master at poker. I swear, I had a full house about five times. It was pretty cool. I should have taken a picture of every hand I had so I can remember kicking everyone's butt. It was pretty fun! Well, it was a Christmas to remember...great time with family...great food...and of course, great gifts. Can't wait for this weekend when Will and I get to celebrate Christmas in the morning with just the two of us then having his dad come over for dinner. You can't beat two Christmas' in one year. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas this year!

hero for the day

On Sunday, Will and I drove down to the Wal-Mart in Mt. Vernon to participate in a program that they call "A Hero for the day." There were about 50 students from the Mt. Vernon area who participated and about the same amount of heroes. The heroes consisited of firefighters, policemen, and military. Each student recieved a $50 dollar gift certificate from Wal-Mart and they were paired with a hero to shop with for the day. The students shopped for themselves or for presents for their family. It was a pretty cool event and I'm glad Will was able to participate in it. It was great to see all those kids super excited to hang out with a hero. Will's kid (his name is Jeremy and in the 4th grade) was awesome. Will gave him a national guard toy car and the kid was so excited he gave Will the biggest hug...it was so cool. I kind of just hung around and took pictures. They had fun shopping together and they even got to take a picture with santa and mrs. claus. Will told me afterwards that he had an awesome time and was so happy that he was able to participate. He said the kid reminded him of himself. So, I guess that means it was a perfect match.