5:20pm

This was an easy picture! Simon at Piano, Katie and Leo at computer. Hugh is taking his parents back to their car.

3:30pm

Grandma Paula and Katie making Gingerbread house.

Hugh showing off his shooting game to Grandpa Horsey.

Simon begging for candy.

I forgot to bring out the camera when the kids opened their presents from G. Paula and G. Horsey. But if you look in the picture with Simon you can see Katies present at his feet. She got the GoGo dog and LOVES it!

In the picture with Hugh by the toys on the ground you can see Simon's present of a FurReal Husky and Leo's present of Race cars. They love the cars the most I think.

10:30am

I think this is the same thing Leo was doing last year....
He is playing Lego Star Wars!

And Katie is just an on looker. I can't have them play at the same time or all I hear is whining.

And Simon is doing doggy tricks for an orange!

Breakfast

Eating breakfast. i made muffins and they were all gone before I got the camera and I didn't get any!
Simon totally posed for this picture!

Simon saying "CHEESE!"

TOMORROW!!! (ish)

Ok I know tomorrow is not REALLY the big day. But for those of you that actually got on blogger last year you got to follow us through our Christmas Eve Day to see all the fun and exciting things we did before the big man came. Well i plan to do the same thing tomorrow as well. Just giving you a heads up. Sadly we do not have snow on the ground like last year. We decided to stay home this year and it just doesn't really snow here. So snowman making is out of the question. but I will try to come up with something for us. You might just see us sitting around doing nothing. Just kidding. My kids are ready for tomorrow.

And sometime in the next few days I will tell you about my recent doll news... stay tuned!

Celtic Thunder

We went to see Celtic Thunder last night. We got there really early. On the plus side of being so early we got free parking. Then we walked around the center trying to decide what to eat for dinner. As we walked we stumbled upon the buses!! So we decided to hang around for a bit. So here is what happened....

We met some other fans. This girl had a book that she had drawn pictures of the group. They were really good and she nice enough and offered to let Katie color on some. She was really cool and we hung out the rest of the evening until the concert.

And then Ryan walked by and was attacked by the stalking fans!!

Next to walk by was Neil, he mainly plays the guitars for the group and sings a bit now too.

Sometime later Damian walked by.... twice!!!

We didn't see anyone else before the show so we went in and got a bite to eat. The show was pretty good. I have learned that concerts don't fascinate me. I have a DVD of them and I like that I can skip over the songs that don't have a place in my heart and the cameras get right up close to them. It was a nice experience. But I learned a lot about myself as well. It does not effect me to meet celebrities. I think I would do well living in CA.

After the concert I was determined that Katie would get to meet Keith (the whole reason for skipping out on a good dinner). So we went to the after show fan site and were the first ones there. Keith was the first to come out and he walked right by the crowd. I was not sure if he was going to come back. But then Katie turned into me and started crying. She wanted to give him her drawing. Her little feelings were hurt and it made me a little teary eyed for her. It was cute. So he came back she gave him the picture (he was ready to sign it and hand it back) but I told him it was for him and he looked and then asked Katie for a hug. Then moved on. I asked if I could get a picture of him and Katie and he said yes and said it was the only picture he was going to do that night. Katie was very happy!

Then we drove away. While we were leaving the parking garage we could here the screams of all the girls as the guys came out. It was pretty funny. Then dropped my Mom off at the hotel and drove home. Katie conked out as I was getting gas.

So for me, I am ok if I never see a live concert again. But it was fun going with my Mom and my little girl.

I would have not wasted my time waiting around to meet them if Katie was not with us.

Unpacking!

Hugh finally got his things from his deployment. His bag got wet and some things were a little destroyed. But most things were ok. The kids wanted to help...