Christmas trip to Silver Dollar City.....

Went with my kids yesterday to Silver Dollar City and I still have lights flashing in my eyes.  It is a beautiful place and a great place to get that sugar high.  The little ones love it but it was sooooo cold.  Luckily, they have hot chocolate stands on every corner.

They made me ride one ride with them but that was about my limit.  Luckily, Mom & Dad will ride almost anything.  These two girls have no fear.  They'll get on any ride, just the two of them.  I looked at the two of them holding on to each other in a ride and think how lucky they are to always have a sister/friend with them.

But Sage is lucky to have his Dad to ride with him.  John will ride anything.

Some nice people offered to take a picture of all of us.  What a night! 

Tomorrow is my boy Sage's 10th birthday.  What an amazing 10 years I've had with him.  He had his birthday party on Friday since they had no school.  Today he will be singing with his class at Barnes & Noble.  It's another business that donates a portion of the tickets that day to Field Elementary.  You have to tell them.  So if you're at Barnes & Noble and buy something, please specify you want it to go to Field.  It really helps out with the extras.  Their budgets have been cut so drastically.

I'm going to fix sloppy joes and brownies for Sage's birthday so they can come for dinner.  I'll also throw in some vegies and fruit after yesterday.  Hope you have a good day.



Christmas decorating at my house!

Can't believe this is my 100th blog entry. I meant to have a give-away for it but it will have to be a little late. Still haven't made a decision on what it will be. Keep watching!

Finally got most of my decorating done this weekend but the tree is yet to be decorated. That will come. Just hope no one breaks in while I'm at Leola's tomorrow because someone could get seriously hurt falling over debris. Below is my mantle that I tried to keep pretty simple. I've used lots of fresh greenery & I love it.

I have so many vintage ornaments that I'm trying to invent ways to use them. Can't stand not to put all of them out. This will be interesting to see how long it takes Sage to lift this dome.

I'm determined to get things wrapped up because I want to sit and enjoy it before it's time to take it down. Also, would love to have some of the girls over.

We went with the kids to Silver Dollar City on Sat. afternoon to see the lights & what an experience. We had to park miles away & ride a bus in which was great going but when we left the line to get on the buses was at least 1 mile long. The kids (& adults) were exhausted and cold & it was 1 1/2 hrs. before we got to the car. Someone said there were over 30,000 people in the park on Sat. It was a shame that what could have been such a fun day had to end so badly. Anyway, it made us all think about what Christmas was all about. It certainly wasn't all the flashy lights & $10.00 hot dogs. It was that we got to spend the day with Allison, John, Sage, Stella & Phoebe, & they wanted us with them. We all rode back in a nice safe car & came home to nice warm homes after spending the day as a family & we felt truly blessed when we know there are so many who aren't that fortunate. PEACE & have a great week!