Aaaahhhhh...love Friday nights.
Today I picked up the kids from school, took Drew to get his hair cut (don't worry Aunt Erica, I'll give the back of his neck some kisses!), the decided tonight would be a great movie night. Drew had a gift card for the video store, so he chose The Other Guys (which we've not watched just yet), and Sis chose The Karate Kid. We just finished that one and WOW was it great! Jaden Smith is such a cutie! So many similarities, obviously, to the original Karate Kid, but still great.
Threw some Omaha Steaks on the grill, baked some potatoes and now we're just chillin. Couldn't ask for a better way to spend a Friday night.
One of the best parts? We don't need to wake up early for anything tomorrow! mmmmmm. love.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Puppy Love!
Coopernicus B. Woof. Quite the character I might add. Not sure how many people that are reading this are "dog lovers" but since we have two. Yes. Count them. One, two dogs, one might realize that we pretty much like our pups. Well, most of the time.
Anyways, MB created a nice fire tonight, to go along with our grilled steaks for dinner - it's just the perfect winter night with a yummy dinner, a fire, and a few games with Drew...back to my point here. The fire was lookin' good, and feeling even better when Cooper jumped up on the hearth and stood there. Just, stood. I tried calling him down, thinking he might burn his fur. But he still wouldn't get down. And every couple of minutes he would shift. It was hilarious! Pretty sure he was warming up his fur!
It was too cute anyhow...
Back to the name for a sec. Andie was so sweet and typed up letters to Santa from the dogs - asking for treats, rawhides, etc. and signed his Coopernicus B. Woof. It just kinda stuck, just flows, ya know?
Happy New Year!
2011. I know I keep saying this, but where in the world does the time go? I try hard to relax and take in every moment during the holidays and such, but it seems as though time just goes faster and faster. Even the kids are noticing it...I don't remember noticing it as much when I was a kid.
We had a great holiday season...it started with a family party on Tuesday, December 21st for Drew and Josh's birthdays. 13 and 3. There's a whole decade between the two. And I really notice it more when I see it written (or typed). When you really think about a decade, that's a long time. Yet the two of them have a blast when they get together, despite the age difference. Maybe because they, being boys, like cars, guns, and just boy stuff.
We went to Christmas Eve Mass, where Andie surprised me by singing again this year. Brought tears of pride to my eyes. She has so much courage to do things like this - things I NEVER would've considered doing as a kid, OR an adult. She makes me so proud :). Then the family came over for dinner, which we love preparing. The kids each got to open a gift, then everybody went home rather early to get ready for "The Big Guy" to stop by and visit. It was funny - Andie was checking his progress on Norad, and about 7:30 she asked, to no one in particular, "Where is Allendale?" WHAT??? Allendale? She found out where it was, then proceeded to give hugs goodbye and goodnight and put herself to bed, because she knew that Santa can't stop by if she's not in bed and asleep! Too cute!
Christmas Day was spent at Mike's parents, where we all got spoiled rotten. Ate some food, talked, and really relaxed. It was splended! After that was the Anderson get-together at Shani's, where it wasn't quite as relaxing, but nice in a different way. Love to see the kids, especially the younger ones, opening their gifts and being excited beyond belief! So cute!
New Year's Eve was spent with great friends...the adults were very outnumbered by the kids, but thankfully, they're ALL great kids so it was a fabulous way to ring in the new year. The Bolles' didn't even attempt to make it to 5:00 a.m., but WOW! Kudos to those that did for sure! We turned into party poopers at 2:00 a.m. and headed home to bed where we slept until God woke us up in the middle of the morning sometime.
Then it hit. Poor Mike got sick on Monday afternoon. Stayed home from work on Tuesday AND Wednesday! Unheard of really. I took him to the Dr. Tuesday afternoon and got the official word of Strept Throat...the kind that causes Scarlett Fever! He's had kind of a rough week, but thankfully has been on meds since, so at least he's not contagious anymore! Boy oh boy have I been disinfecting!
So here we are to the end of the first week of the year...Andie starts a volleyball clinic tomorrow, the extended Anderson Family Christmas Party is tomorrow (always a lovely time!), school resumes for moi, Weight Watchers begins on Tuesday, and Drew's talking about Basketball this winter. Who knew? Thought he was all done with that, but we'll see! I always love watching my kiddies play sports :0).
All in all - we're pluggin' along, anxiously awaiting springs arrival.
We had a great holiday season...it started with a family party on Tuesday, December 21st for Drew and Josh's birthdays. 13 and 3. There's a whole decade between the two. And I really notice it more when I see it written (or typed). When you really think about a decade, that's a long time. Yet the two of them have a blast when they get together, despite the age difference. Maybe because they, being boys, like cars, guns, and just boy stuff.
We went to Christmas Eve Mass, where Andie surprised me by singing again this year. Brought tears of pride to my eyes. She has so much courage to do things like this - things I NEVER would've considered doing as a kid, OR an adult. She makes me so proud :). Then the family came over for dinner, which we love preparing. The kids each got to open a gift, then everybody went home rather early to get ready for "The Big Guy" to stop by and visit. It was funny - Andie was checking his progress on Norad, and about 7:30 she asked, to no one in particular, "Where is Allendale?" WHAT??? Allendale? She found out where it was, then proceeded to give hugs goodbye and goodnight and put herself to bed, because she knew that Santa can't stop by if she's not in bed and asleep! Too cute!
Christmas Day was spent at Mike's parents, where we all got spoiled rotten. Ate some food, talked, and really relaxed. It was splended! After that was the Anderson get-together at Shani's, where it wasn't quite as relaxing, but nice in a different way. Love to see the kids, especially the younger ones, opening their gifts and being excited beyond belief! So cute!
New Year's Eve was spent with great friends...the adults were very outnumbered by the kids, but thankfully, they're ALL great kids so it was a fabulous way to ring in the new year. The Bolles' didn't even attempt to make it to 5:00 a.m., but WOW! Kudos to those that did for sure! We turned into party poopers at 2:00 a.m. and headed home to bed where we slept until God woke us up in the middle of the morning sometime.
Then it hit. Poor Mike got sick on Monday afternoon. Stayed home from work on Tuesday AND Wednesday! Unheard of really. I took him to the Dr. Tuesday afternoon and got the official word of Strept Throat...the kind that causes Scarlett Fever! He's had kind of a rough week, but thankfully has been on meds since, so at least he's not contagious anymore! Boy oh boy have I been disinfecting!
So here we are to the end of the first week of the year...Andie starts a volleyball clinic tomorrow, the extended Anderson Family Christmas Party is tomorrow (always a lovely time!), school resumes for moi, Weight Watchers begins on Tuesday, and Drew's talking about Basketball this winter. Who knew? Thought he was all done with that, but we'll see! I always love watching my kiddies play sports :0).
All in all - we're pluggin' along, anxiously awaiting springs arrival.
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