Just Me: December 2008

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Friday, December 26, 2008

This Christmas was a lot of fun. The best part was being able to spend time with Dave and my family. My Mom and Dad really went above and beyond this year and got each person a 72 hour kit complete with MREs and a portable potty! They have done such a tremendous job at making sure that everyone in my family is prepared for whatever the future may hold, and for that I am sooo grateful! My Mom and Dad also gave us the best gift that they could ever give us. They started writing down their personal histories for us. This year we received information about how they grew up and each Christmas we will get more stories that we can add to the folders they gave us. It was so amazing to sit and read stories about my parents that I had never heard before. I know that receiving these stories will be the highlight of many Christmas seasons to come. Thank you so much Mom and Dad for being everything to me. I could not ask for better parents.

Christmas Day at my mom's house...

Any time you have the camera Meghan HAS to see what the picture looks like on the screen. She will say " I see, I see, I see, I see...." over and over again until you give in.

Guitar Hero was a hit this Christmas. Everyone played it all day long!

Sweet Baby!

My mom got Shannon and Meghan a clothing trunk that was filled with princess outfits. Shannon is wearing hers while playing with the foot massager we got my mom for Christmas.

The usual chaos while passing out presents, and Dad is the lucky one again to do the passing. It was a lot of fun!

Christmas Morning At the Neimans

wow... it looks like we got a lot of presents even though money was SUPER tight this year. It was a lot of fun opening all the presents though.

Daisy and Dave. She absolutly loves him!

Christmas Eve

What can I say... Kami is adorable!

Every year we pull names for Christmas presents because there are too many people in the family to buy a present for everyone and lucky Dad is always the one to pass out the presents. He was getting attacked by the grandkids.

I got to buy presents for Shannon and Kami. I got them a movie, two books, and I got Shannon some Tinkerbell underwear which she thought went on her head. It was so funny.

Every Christmas Eve we also do fondue for dinner and it is soooo good. We have two pots with oil in them and we fry anything from cheese to meat and shrimp. Its a tasty tradition!

Meggie and Spencer got a Mr. Potatoe head for Christmas and here she is trying on the glasses looking less than thrilled. She is such a stinker.

Sleep over at Aunt Jolene's house!

Meghan climbing on my bed to brush my hair... can you see how long her hair is getting?!?!

Spencer sleeps in bed with me when he comes over. He is such a crazy sleeper! Not only does he kick me in my back, but he also talks and laughs in his sleep. Its kinda freaky!

I gave Meggie a bath and painted her fingernails. Good quality girl time. =)

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Cute Meggie

This is a cute video that I found of Meggie dancing in the car. I think she is hilarious when she points her fingers and trys to sing a long.

Last week was a rough week....

Reasons why I am glad last week is over:
1. Wednesday: The toilet in my upstairs apartment overflowed and leaked downstairs into the kitchen. It was such a huge mess! We lost a lot of our groceries and had to take EVERYTHING out of the cabinets so they could dry. Then we realized that the water was leaking out of two NEW spots above our breakfast bar. The pictures below show the big mess.
2. Thursday: Brooke miscarried for the SECOND time. It was horrible and very frusterating for all of us.
3. Friday: I was fired from my job. I loved my job so much and poured my whole heart into my work, and I was let go. It is the worst feeling in the world. So, right now I am on the job hunt... again.
*whew* what a crummy week!