How sad is this??

Jamie and I played Wii Sports quite a bit yesterday afternoon, and we are both sore today! We took the fitness test, and I managed to get my fitness age down to 39 from my original score of 55 (yeah, how pitiful!). Jamie's fitness age is 25 - he totally has an unfair advantage. The fitness test is a combination of bowling, tennis, and baseball. Of course he hits a home run every single time he bats. I say they need to add a volleyball section in there, and then we'd have a real competition.

What is even more sad is the fact that Jamie is playing Wii Tennis left handed today, because his right thumb is sore from playing yesterday! And he is still winning. Show off.

Merry Christmas

From our family to yours, we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and we give thanks for the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ.

Here are our pictures, taken on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.

I also created a video montage of some footage that I recorded. I am just now beginning to use this feature on my camera, and I'm loving it! This video includes:

• Happy Birthday Jesus
• Dad & Jamie playing baseball on Wii Sports
• Elise singing Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
• Coach & Elise dancing in the kitchen on Christmas morning

Holly & Herman's last day with us

Holly & Herman had their last day with us yesterday, on Christmas Eve. When we woke up, they had set up my laptop on the coffee table and gone to Elise's favorite website for playing games. They were playing a Disney game that featured Donald Duck. What tricksters!





Last night Elise gave them hugs and told them goodbye. We knew that when Santa came to visit, he would take Holly & Herman back to the North Pole on his sleigh. Sure enough, when we woke up Christmas morning, they were gone. I actually feel a little sad to see them go. We will miss them and look forward to their return next year.

The day draws near

I was telling Jamie tonight how hard it is to believe that Christmas is only a couple of days away now. Every year there is such a build up to the big day and so much time goes into preparations - gift buying, wrapping, decorating, menu planning, grocery shopping, cooking, etc...then it seems like the actual day sneaks up on us.

It occurred to me tonight that we only have 2 more nights with Holly & Herman until they return to the North Pole for the next 11 months or so. I think we really need to make the most of it, so I am trying to get a little bit more elaborate with these last 2 days.

Tomorrow morning Elise will find Holly & Herman on the kitchen table with her crayons and Christmas coloring book...and they've gotten a bit artistic! Of course, who would expect anything less from a pair of mischevious Christmas Elves??




We will have to save their art work for Elise's scrapbook...which unfortunately is a full year and a half behind. How the heck did that happen?? I think I feel a New Year's resolution coming...

The Final Countdown

We are in the final countdown to Christmas Eve, which means Santa will be here soon! This also means that Holly & Herman are taking full advantage of their last few days with us. In the past few days they have...

hung from the ceiling fan



taken down the stockings



and turned on cartoons!



There is just no telling what else they may do between now and Christmas Eve.

I have finally completed the Christmas shopping and gotten all the gifts wrapped. That is a good feeling, although I wish it had been done a few weeks ago. I also did a little bit of cooking this weekend, because I like to have a lot of yummy things to munch on around the house for the holidays. All in all, I think we are ready for Santa!

Holiday Hoops

I got tickets a few months ago to take Jamie to see a double header at the Toyota Center. I have been sweating it out for weeks now with the playoff run in football, wondering if we would be able to use the tickets. As it turned out, we were free this weekend, so we saw UT vs Michigan State and A&M vs LSU. It was a fun day out, and Jamie really enjoyed seeing UT. Unfortunately they lost in the last few seconds of the game...still it was a fun experience. We did have a questionable Michigan State fan sitting right next to us - the creepy factor was high with that dude! But we made the best of it.

We also got to see James Blasczyk take the court for A&M. He graduated from FHS last year. Here he is shooting during warm-ups.