Goodbye 2007! HELLO 2008!

It didn't seem right to let the night go without a post about 2007. I probably wouldn't have really thought about it though if our "party" hadn't ended several hours before we expected it to. We invited some friends over - one couple had another party to attend and the other couple is expecting their first baby any day now. So, it's understandable that we've shut down the Kirk house early tonight.

I wish I could think of a few highlights of 2007, but they're not coming to me right now. The biggest one I can think of is Lamar's job. He's dreamed of coaching varsity football since we've been married, and this year he lived the dream. It could be considered a nightmare by some standards, but we came out of the season stronger in our relationship and have made many new friends.

Our biggest blessing is our 2 little girls! Who could ask for more? God has blessed us so much this year!! We have an awesome family, great friends, healthy little girls and a wonderful church. I can't wait to see what God has in store for 2008!

Happy New Year!!

The BIG Suprise

Lamar and I were like little kids on Christmas morning. Both of us were up before 6:30 eager for the girls to wake up. We couldn't wait for them to see this:

The swingset was a big hit. The girls were freezing, but insisted on playing for a while. We had to drag them inside so we could go to Pops & Lolly's for round 2 for the day.

We were all spoiled like crazy. Karsyn decided she'd rather eat cheerios than open presents, but all in all...it was a great day!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too!

I'll share some more of our Christmas festivities later!

PS: This is my 100th post! Wow! It's taken nearly 2 full years to get here. Next year, I'll be a better blogger. I couldn't get much worse!

Christmas Eve

I can't believe Christmas Eve is here. It's my favorite day of the Christmas season. I love the anticipation and hustle & bustle of the day. This year is no different except...I still have 2 presents to buy and about 30 to wrap!! I can't believe that I haven't wrapped presents yet. I put it off at first because I wasn't sure how Karsyn would do with the presents and then I just kept putting it off. Terrible, I know.

So tonight, Lamar and I will stay up after the girls have gone to bed wrapping presents and just enjoying our night. Luckily, at the advice of Pops, we have no Little Tyke's toys to put together. We know those can be a nightmare.

We do have a BIG surprise for the girls tomorrow! I'll post pictures after they see it. Daddy has been working hard!

Merry Christmas, Y'all!

Tour of Homes

I have been looking forward to Boomama's Tour since last year! I had so much fun peaking into other people's homes and getting ideas for my decorations too. I'm pretty traditional when it comes to Christmas and my decorating, so if you were here last year, you'll notice little has changed. I have added a few little things though.

This year we moved the tree into our living room where we spend most of our time. I love it here! Surprisingly, the girls haven't messed with it at all!

The stockings are hung by the chimney with care...

The Little People Nativity has been a HUGE hit for these two angels below:

And of course, Rudolph and Clarice!

I also have a Christmas Countdown Calendar. My mom did this project and got me hooked too. Landrie loves to take down the numbered ornaments each day to countdown until presents and Baby Jesus' Birthday.

Merry Christmas to all!!

Rudolph & Clarice

Landrie is all into Christmas this year. It's so much fun to see her reactions to things. Lolly thought it would be fun to take the girls to Build-a-Bear today to build Rudolph and Clarice dolls. I'm not sure whether to hug her or strangle her. The girls LOVE the dolls, but have fought over them since. But they caused Landrie to be very cooperative when taking some pictures tonight--I could hardly believe it.